Those quirky old Multnomah Days are this weekend.

Well, a couple of weeks ago I began to notice the veritable flood of local press coverage for the upcoming Multnomah Days festival. It seems like there is lots more pre-event coverage this year. I have been weighing a pre-event pot of my own for a while, but the Portland Tribune put me over the edge.

Here's a link to the Trib's article about thos quirky old Multnomah people and their odd festival with the dog parade.

I found this interesting since I've been reaching, unsuccessfully, to find a way to articulate the comments I overheard about last year's parade, from twenty- and thirty-somethings realting to how hokey the local parade is, and how we don't have any big-time floats or anything, just cars with signs on them and bands, and people dressed up. Oh yes, and dogs. We got us some dogs.

Personally, the parade through the village is one of the highlights of the summer, especially now that Jr. Villager is on the scene. We wlays see people we know, we end up having to dodge flying candy launched at major-league-pitch speed, we see all different breeds of dogs and their owners (they really do look alike you know) and get a chance to partake in overpriced face-painting and get at least one item with a bank logo, sometimes more!

If you read the pre-event coverage, you'll find that there will be a more village-local focus this year, with the huckster booths being restricted to members of the Multnomah Village Business Association. This is good, last year there was a bit too much of you know, "Rare Tibetan Weight Loss Formula" and "Handmade Woven Leather Friendship Bracelets" and that sort of thing. Although the inflatable kid-slides were a welcome hit.

Come on out this Saturday! We usually hang out in from of the toy store. More info is here....

SWNI News (front page!) PDF
Multnomah Village Post

Note - the Post link is to a June story. Their website has not been updated in some time.