Everywhere I turn recently, it seems that something cool is happening in Portland, Ore. Tasty coffee. Cool bands. Cool people–including the owner of Queen’s Hideaway, a brilliant little lo-fi resto in Greenpoint. Hip online CD stores. Countless magazine stories fawning over the hipster city’s delights. And now there’s this: Extramsg.com: Culinary Blog and Portland Food Guide. It’s got the Mexico connection too.

Coolest of all, of course, is our friend and Sunday-night-dinner guest par excellence, Portland native Dapper Dan. He sent me the link in the first place–all part of a subtle propaganda campaign for a DD-guided Oregon excursion. I think it’s working. Wait for me, Portland, city of morels and renegade winemakers!