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Winston Ross is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon.
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Everybody Hates Tulum—Is It Really That Awful?
‘TURNING POINT’Some of its residents are ashamed to tell people where they live. Others lament the literal poop in the water. And yet, so many people are still in love with Tulum.
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Reports of Portland’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
TUNE OUT THE NEWSPortland is still the best city in the country. It’s still crafty, still a collection of charming neighborhoods, beautiful parks, great live music, and world-class eateries.
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Our Tips on Where to Eat in Portland, Oregon
EAT SHEETFor a couple of decades, Portland’s food scene was one of the best in the U.S.. Luckily, that’s still very much the case.
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How Hippie Couples’ Paradise Spiraled Into All-Out War
BAD NEIGHBORSThe McKerrachers felt they had found soulmates in the Neustaters but their decision to buy an off-grid property together descended into a fight in British Columbia’s Supreme Court.
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What if Everything You Owned Was for Rent?
NAME A PRICEHow the sharing economy forces me to travel the West, from dregs to chic.
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‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Author Guilty of Hubby’s Slay
STRANGER THAN FICTIONA jury took about 24 hours to decide the fate of Oregon romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who was accused of murdering her chef husband in cold blood.
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Writer Was ‘Only Person’ Who Could’ve Killed Hubby, Says DA
‘SOMETHING WE AS HUMANS WANT”The state said only Nancy Brophy had the means and opportunity while her defense said their love story leaves lots of reasonable doubt as her trial neared its close.
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Key Witness Falls Flat at Writer’s Trial for Hubby’s Murder
‘A CERTAIN CODE OF ETHICS’Prosecutors said Andrea Jacobs would rebut the author’s claim that she had not in fact murdered her husband. But that’s not quite what Jacobs ended up saying on the stand.
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Writer Has ‘No Memory’ of Critical Minutes Hubby Was Slayed
CAN’T REMEMBERNancy Crampton Brophy was grilled on the stand Tuesday, telling prosecutors she can’t remember exactly what she was up to in the minutes her chef husband was murdered.
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‘He Loved Me,’ Writer Accused of Hubby’s Murder Testifies
‘WEIRD SHIT’Nancy Crampton Brophy, who once wrote an essay called “How to Murder Your Husband,” insisted on Monday that she was very happily married.
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