High desert air, half-cooked theology, and a bottle passed among the faithful. Turns out, nothing pairs with family history quite like a generous pour.
50 Years on the Rocks
Category: Oregon
Lincoln City Community Theatre Presents: Operation Smoking Dragon!
An ensemble cast of dive bar saints take the stage for Operation Smoking Dragon! Starring Maggie. Featuring Wara. And introducing Isy Badger.
This is a story about a play about a joke with an unhappy ending.
Old Year’s Day
This bar holds many stories. Of being a regular, a barfly. Of becoming friends with the owner and the staff. Of cousin dingus working in the kitchen. And this story, of how I took my shot with the bartender Maggie.
Getting to Portland OR, and a few notes on L-O-V-E
The Unhaunting of the Morrison Hotel
Uncharted Dives 100th Post!
The 3 Founding Authors of Uncharted Dives return to the location they first met years ago: the Morrison Hotel.
Bar of the Gods
“I am a great friend of chaos. It’s all we have. Life is risk, life is chance, life is being open to chance. The best things in my life, and probably in anybody’s life, comes out of being open to being blown off course.”
~Tilda Swinton
MoHoWeen: the Uncharted Dive Origin Story
This is a story no different from any other Halloween, except this is the night Wara met Vic and Vic met the MoHo, all while Isy embraced his mortality behind Big Buck Hunter. Welcome to Halloween on Morrison Street.
Dives of Christmas Past: Showdown at the Jolly Roger
an Oral History of the Great Christmas Snowpocalypse, as told by the authors of Uncharted Dives: Wara, Isy Badger and Vic Neverman.
Portland’s Bucket of Blood (or “I’d Rather Be Lonely Tonight”)
Vic participates in a paranormal investigation experiment, sitting down in the closet of an old tavern in a place known as a Gateway to Hell. And he is not welcome.
Football is Life
Portland, OR “We completely undervalue curiosity” I was nearly shouting as I shouldered in through the door, talking back towards Roy who closely followed on the balls of his feet, his long arm reaching up to keep the door open long enough to enter. Inside the place was buzzing, and a chorus of voices poured…
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