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Archives 2005

 

December 30th, 2005 - number 100
Believe it or not, this is our 100th issue and it falls on New Year's. How spectacular!!!
December 23rd, 2005 - number 99
We're "slim Picks" this week.  Only because it's Holidaze Eve-eve and we worry that you won't have time for us (gasp!)
December 16th, 2005 - number 98
Okay, not to whine or anything.  We are full of good cheer and egg nog and all...
December 9th, 2005 - number 97
Ho, ho, ho…hum.  Because of all this eating and extra poundage we're storing for the long winter...
December 2nd, 2005 - number 96
There's no transition anymore between Thanksgiving and Christmas...
November 25th, 2005
Missed due to Thanksgiving
November 18th, 2005 - number 95
This is a big issue because we aren't doing much next week...
November 11th, 2005 - number 94
Fa la la la....tis the season, the rainy season that is...
November 4th, 2005 - number 93
So much for daylight savings! Why does it always get so dark so quickly?
October 28th, 2005 - number 92
Looking back at college photos there are some I could definitely burn...
October 21th, 2005 - number 91
It must be that time of year, the gloomy transition into a long dark winter...
October 14th, 2005 - number 90
We love this time of year. Fall and pumpkins...
October 7th, 2005 - number 89
Oh my gosh, we've had perfect attendance for 89 weeks.
September 30th, 2005
missed
September 23rd, 2005 - number 88
Wouldn't you know it...the weather turns, school starts and we get the flu.
September 16th, 2005 - number 87
No offense, but women really should rule the world.
September 9th, 2005 - number 86
In our marriage, our partnership, we split the tasks.
September 2nd, 2005 - number 85
Everyone has a horrible moment in footwear. For us, it was when we were 10 years old,
August 26th, 2005 - number 84
Back when R&B singer Brandy was relevant, she gave an interview and announced...
August 19th, 2005 - number 83
Can You Feel It?
August 12th, 2005 - number 82
Those Were the Days...
August 5th, 2005 - number 81
The dog days of summer are truly here...
July 29th, 2005 - number 80
Halfway through the summer and we’ve not yet had a sunburn...
July 22nd, 2005 - number 79
Summer is the time to embrace and enjoy...
July 15th, 2005 - number 78
This issue is devoted to the things that make summer matter...
July 8th, 2005 - number 77
As we swept the last of the detonated explosives from our driveway...
July 1st, 2005 - number 76
In the independent spirit of ’76, the 76th Portland Picks will be...
June 24th, 2005 - number 75
We were so bleary eyed from Vegas we obviously didn’t notice any of the blips
June 17th, 2005 - number 74
There’s just not enough time in the day to lounge in the fashion we’d...
June 10th, 2005 - number 73
This is a slightly smaller Picks because the publisher is having a big scary birthday...
June 3rd, 2005 - number 72
This is the season that we were placed on earth to enjoy....
May 27th, 2005 - number 71
Kick up your heels, kitten, summer’s just around the corner...
May 20th, 2005 - number 70
There is no getting around it, sometimes we are just more naughty than nice...
May 13th, 2005 - number 69
Some things are so cute you could eat them with a spoon...
May 6th, 2005 - number 68
This week’s Portland Picks is all about getting back to the basics...
April 29th, 2005 - number 67
There's so much to celebrate this time of year. Cinco de Mayo...
April 22th, 2005 - number 66
Don’t let them lie to you; you really can have it all. We will have our cupcakes...
April 15th, 2005 - number 65
Forgive us, we are in the ultimate of girly-girl moods...
April 8th, 2005 - number 64
We absolutely adore spring but peeking over the horizon is that utterly-evil bikini...
April 1st, 2005 - number 63
Happy April Fool's Day!
March 25th, 2005 - number 62
We at Portland Pick’s are in a perpetual state of spring fever. We are “half is glass full” people
March 18th, 2005 - number 61
Albeit a few days shy of the official kick off, we, at Portland Picks...
March 11th, 2005 - number 60
Portland Picks: The PMS Issue
March 4th, 2005 - number 59
Spring is the season of our hearts...
February 25th, 2005 - number 58
Portland Picks doesn’t like to preen. Preening is demeaning but to everything there
February 18th, 2005 - number 57
We are not sure if it is the anticipation of spring or the aftershocks from Valentine’s Day
February 11th, 2005 - number 56
Whether you're happily married or savoring singledom, whether your valentine is a he...
February 4th, 2005 - number 55
Oh Heart Day! We hate to be thought old fashioned but this season gets us misty
January 28th, 2005 - number 54
You know Valentine’s Day is around the corner when the theme to Loveboat cruises
January 21st, 2005 - number 53
To everything, there is a season and this season is for the boys!
January 14th, 2005 - number 52
Okay, it’s January, a month built for curling up in those flannels
January 7th, 2005 - number 51
Welcome to the first Portland Picks of 2005! This is our year, the year of the aware