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Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
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Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
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St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
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Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
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Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
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La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
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Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (28)
There seem to be some letters missing from some of the roofs.
Posted by Allan L. | January 22, 2007 2:54 PM
It's a 60 million dollar game of hangman.
Posted by skyview satellite | January 22, 2007 3:02 PM
Can I buy a vowel?
Posted by Bark Munster | January 22, 2007 3:05 PM
There seem to be some letters missing from some of the roofs.
And the award for stating the obvious point of the joke goes to....
Posted by b!X | January 22, 2007 3:05 PM
Will Country Joe and the Fish be playing for the opening this weekend?
Posted by Bark Munster | January 22, 2007 3:07 PM
"And the award for stating the obvious point of the joke goes to...."
And the award for stating the obvious point of the joke goes to....
Posted by Jackanapes | January 22, 2007 3:21 PM
I didn't notice the letters until Allan L pointed it out. I was wondering which one was Walt. Made me disney.
Posted by Bark Munster | January 22, 2007 3:41 PM
It continues on. The next block down says, "And the Tram you rode in on."
Posted by Bill McDonald | January 22, 2007 4:41 PM
Piffle, Jackanapes. Allan's stating (or, repeating, really) of the obvious point of the joke in the picture isn't itself a joke. Or maybe I'm the only one with that particular pet peeve. "Oh, look at me, I got the joke and now will spell it out for everyone else!"
Posted by b!X | January 22, 2007 4:56 PM
I'd like to buy an "A".
Posted by Bark Munster | January 22, 2007 5:33 PM
Google Earth map?
Posted by Mister Tee | January 22, 2007 6:08 PM
Vision this: same letters, in xmas lights strategically/carefully staple-gunned to wood frames, afixed to roofs, powered up from Nov 30 thru Jan 2.
Next up? A "local" radio station (tune into AM 999, or, whatever) that loops a taped message just like those construction sites with 750 feet range. Don't need more than that.
Discuss.
Posted by got logic? | January 22, 2007 6:12 PM
I'll take any award I can get; and to all those who don't appreciate my attempt at humor, I apologize. But to say that my comment wasn't a joke . . . well, that's just cruel.
Posted by Allan L. | January 22, 2007 7:36 PM
Did you mention the tram is connected to 160 million building that pay no property taxes because it's owned by a "non-for-profit".
Posted by Martin | January 22, 2007 7:48 PM
I still think the "Burma Shave" approach has merit, too. Then folks could be "arty" and "clever".
But then, it probably wouldn't get through that haze of stultifying arrogance.
Posted by godfry | January 22, 2007 8:43 PM
This may be a naive' question, but is that a real photo or has it been photoshopped? If real, I propose taking up a collection to raise funds to entice the "missing letters" to allow the finishing of the message.
Posted by butch | January 22, 2007 9:30 PM
Nevermind....I'm an idiot. But on second thought, how about a fund to write the whole message?
Posted by butch | January 22, 2007 9:32 PM
Just think of those poor souls who have had homes below the St. Johns and Vista Bridge for the last 80 odd years! Too bad only cyclists and peds can really gawk from those places.
Posted by jimbo | January 22, 2007 9:57 PM
I see their plot has worked. You're all following the program. No more insults to the cars themselves, Walt and Jean, lest you be labeled racists, and misogynists. Did the real Walt and Jean give their consent to this name-game? Do they know they are being used as a front? Or are they conveniently deceased?
Posted by Lowly Citizen | January 22, 2007 10:03 PM
Walt and Jean were pictured riding the tram - with big smiles - on the front page of the O last week.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | January 23, 2007 1:01 AM
FYI, here's the link on Google Maps. Doesn't appear that Google has the tram on their satellite imagery yet.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | January 23, 2007 1:04 AM
Gotta love Phil Stanford's suggestion. The city should paint Walt and Jean yellow and let everyone ride them for free. At least no one could steal them.
Posted by butch | January 23, 2007 7:58 AM
Lowly Citizen,
From reading the news reports, both Walt and Jean were asked for their consent and Walt at first balked because of the controversy associated with project. The naming of the cars is one of the very few things that OHSU/COP got right on this project.
Posted by hilsy | January 23, 2007 9:24 AM
Thanks for the info Kari and Hilsy. Now I know. But I don't share the opinion that this naming was a good thing, even if Jean and Walt do. These people are being used, not honored. And it's working well.
Posted by LC | January 23, 2007 11:29 AM
And what is planned for the OHSU property on the waterfront near the tram?
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0123/biz/stories/biz-prs-1-23-07.htm
A 325' high, 500 thousand sq. ft. retirement tower. Now that's a view buster - eh?
Posted by genop | January 23, 2007 11:34 AM
hilsy writes>>>The naming of the cars is one of the very few things that OHSU/COP got right on this project.
Well, I guess if you define "got it right" as -- came up with a Hallmark cutsy warm-fuzzy handle, and justified it by saying the names honor certain individuals and their achievements.
In reality, when this city, state, country, world, wants to honor an individual by naming something after him/her -- they use their full name, or at least their last name -- without regard as to whether that name is "cute" enough to disarm the rabble. We don't call it "Mart Blvd" ya know?
The exception to the rule is when the individual has some title like "Queen" or "Emperor" before their name. Then first names only, preceded by title of course, are common...
Memories are short, and very shortly the names of the folks being "honored" in this unusual fashion will be forgotten. But "Walt" and "Jean" will continue on their chipper, cute little ways, and people will coo over their names, wondering, were they named after someone’s favorite dog? oblivious to the lives of the two remarkable people they were, superficially, "named in honor of”.
Posted by Anne Dufay | January 23, 2007 11:36 AM
NEWS FLASH: This just in from SoWhat/Tram Central:
Even though the taxpayers of Portland paid for the new sewer, water, and streets in SoWhat, the city has allowed the newly created streets to be classified as "private streets". YOU can't park there. This the the explaination for the new signs along our streets reading "condo residence parking only". Another shaft to the taxpayers of Portland like the tram.
Posted by Jerry | January 23, 2007 12:08 PM
Too ironic for words.
Posted by Mister Tee | January 28, 2007 1:28 PM