Comments on: A Couple of Minor Bones to Pick With Willamette Week http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:46:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: badfetch http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14885 badfetch Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:23:38 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/#comment-14885 It's the <b>Laurelwood</b> which has the children play areas, a bin of coloring books, and mini tubs of crayons when you walk in the front door. They advertise themselves as being very kid-friendly. I see nothing wrong with that, or with parents taking advantage of the very small list of brewpubs in town which cater to that demographic. I'm in complete agreement with you that those who do choose to bring their offspring with them to drinking places need to still treat the place as a restaurant, and not Chuck-E-Cheese. There are people there without kids, and being respectful of that is all I ask. Also, be selective as to which places you choose. The Laurelwood being a very good place, but dragging kids in to Tug Boat Brewing or The Rogue is just poor planning. You deserve those wicked glares from the table over when your kid starts going nuts. Those who frequent pubs and don't have kids, I don't suggest going to the Laurelwood, just like I don't suggest you go to Chuck-E-Cheese either. Oh, unless it's to pick up (takeout) one of their pizza pies. Damn, those are good. From the Laurelwood, not the mouse place. It’s the Laurelwood which has the children play areas, a bin of coloring books, and mini tubs of crayons when you walk in the front door. They advertise themselves as being very kid-friendly. I see nothing wrong with that, or with parents taking advantage of the very small list of brewpubs in town which cater to that demographic. I’m in complete agreement with you that those who do choose to bring their offspring with them to drinking places need to still treat the place as a restaurant, and not Chuck-E-Cheese. There are people there without kids, and being respectful of that is all I ask. Also, be selective as to which places you choose. The Laurelwood being a very good place, but dragging kids in to Tug Boat Brewing or The Rogue is just poor planning. You deserve those wicked glares from the table over when your kid starts going nuts. Those who frequent pubs and don’t have kids, I don’t suggest going to the Laurelwood, just like I don’t suggest you go to Chuck-E-Cheese either. Oh, unless it’s to pick up (takeout) one of their pizza pies. Damn, those are good. From the Laurelwood, not the mouse place.

]]> By: theoutsider http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14879 theoutsider Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:40:41 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/#comment-14879 No worries, Squire. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave probably thinks anybody with better-than-disastrous financial prospects or owning three or more garments purchased at full retail price is a "yuppie." All self-righteous, self-proclaimed "working class hero" trust-fund hippies must perish in flames. Re: the substance of your post, that Prius is only $1.5k more than the adjusted price of the Honda Accord my parents bought almost twenty years ago. They were middle-aged, already on a fixed income, and absolutely not shopping for a driveway ornament. Apparently, sensible is the new cool. I've had my own bones to pick with WW, the Merc, et al, mainly that they read less like journalism and more like snarky hipster blogging with every passing month. News flash for publishers: if you want to survive in the era of electronic media, the solution is not to adopt electronic media's less-exacting standards and practices. Oh, well. Not every paper can be the <a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php" rel="nofollow">Tribune</a>. No worries, Squire. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave probably thinks anybody with better-than-disastrous financial prospects or owning three or more garments purchased at full retail price is a "yuppie." All self-righteous, self-proclaimed "working class hero" trust-fund hippies must perish in flames.

Re: the substance of your post, that Prius is only $1.5k more than the adjusted price of the Honda Accord my parents bought almost twenty years ago. They were middle-aged, already on a fixed income, and absolutely not shopping for a driveway ornament. Apparently, sensible is the new cool.

I’ve had my own bones to pick with WW, the Merc, et al, mainly that they read less like journalism and more like snarky hipster blogging with every passing month. News flash for publishers: if you want to survive in the era of electronic media, the solution is not to adopt electronic media’s less-exacting standards and practices. Oh, well. Not every paper can be the Tribune.

]]> By: tenstringesquire http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14878 tenstringesquire Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:48:42 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/#comment-14878 I am? Sweet! ...still feel kinda broke, though... I am? Sweet!

…still feel kinda broke, though…

]]> By: daaaaave http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14877 daaaaave Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:49:42 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2008/06/27/a-couple-of-minor-bones-to-pick-with-willamette-week/#comment-14877 Hello, blogger. The confusion you are experiencing is due to the fact that you are, in fact, a yuppie. Hello, blogger. The confusion you are experiencing is due to the fact that you are, in fact, a yuppie.

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