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OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR

Tuesday is election day for the Oregon Primary. But you already knew that. No? Now you do. Out here in the real west, not some landlocked desert version of ‘out west’ in states like Idaho, or Utah, or Arizona, we drag ourselves to the table, pick up a black or blue ink pen, open the […]

MICROBRAND MARRIAGE? JOIN THE CLUB

A microbrand marriage is an extra tightener on the matrimonial knot. The idea came to me during an important conversation about the R word. Realionship. Getting married seeps into everything until it becomes the defining relationship we’ll be judged by. The “Good Husband,” and, “Good Wife,” pressure is easier to manage in a microbrand marriage. […]

MARRIED MILLENNIALS, PORTLAND WED pt. 3

Confessions of a helicopter parent on married millennials. Like the time you looked in the mirror and saw your dad’s face for the first time, or your mom’s, or both, married millennials change the picture. They won’t do it the way it’s been done, the normal way, or new normal. Instead, they’ll put their own […]