http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126781806843739000 2010-03-05 11:41:08 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126781806843739000 en-us Master Rosenthal, or Sa Bom Nim, the fifth-degree martial arts teacher at Lake Oswego’s Oregon Moo Duk Kwan is a quiet man, but you can tell by the color of his belt that he packs a punch. Jeremy Rosenthal and his wife moved to Oregon from upstate New York in 2008 to open the only studio in ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126781798087698000 2010-03-05 11:39:40 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126781798087698000 en-us So many things are happening at Oak Tree Insurance of Lake Oswego that company director Steve LaCesa is almost overwhelmed. The company is celebrating its 25th year here; it recently moved into sparkling new digs on Kruse Way; its business is growing by leaps and bounds; its number of employees ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126772332019629300 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126772332019629300 en-us “Enlarge, Enliven, Enlighten!” is the battle cry of the exuberantly bizarre and brazenly unique Lettice Douffet. Such is the mantra of Sir Peter Shaffer’s delightful play, “Lettice and Lovage,” which opens at Lakewood Theatre Company March 12. This charming and ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126772288848113400 2010-03-04 09:14:48 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126772288848113400 en-us Personnel at Maher’s Restaurant and Pub in Lake Oswego want St. Patrick’s Day to mean more to their friends and neighbors than green beer, so they are hosting a four-day Irish festival to take place March 12, 13, 14 and 17. The celebration will take place at 464 First Street in Lake ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126764530459151300 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126764530459151300 en-us I’m a little bit older and wiser this week, friends. Older, because I celebrated my birthday, and wiser, due to an evening of umami imbibing. Umami is the pleasant savory taste imparted by glutamate (an amino acid) and ribonucleotides that occur naturally in many foods including meats, fish, ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126764499357524400 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126764499357524400 en-us It was a dark, dark night in darkest Africa, and Keegan Warrington and Tate Koenig were really worried. They were desperately trying to revive their totally unreliable 1986 Suzuki Samauri so they could resume their epic trip in the Africa Rally. But it did not look good. “There were times ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126747947648353600 2010-03-01 13:37:56 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126747947648353600 en-us Pets First! Diane’s Priority Pet Care has expanded its service area to include Lake Oswego, West Linn and Dunthorpe. Owned by Lake Oswego resident Diane Mead, the business has been active in the south metropolitan area for four years. “No kennels, no lack of attention and lots of ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126722874051050600 2010-02-26 15:59:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126722874051050600 en-us Coffee ranks number one with the new owners of Blue Moon Coffee in Lake Oswego. That might seem like a given at a coffee cafe, but Cory and Nicole Neal really, really want to provide the finest coffee possible for their customers. “It’s the coffee. That is really our focus,” ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126705342838562400 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126705342838562400 en-us Fate can be fickle, but it can also be fortunate. Like when Pulitzer-prize winning photographer David Hume Kennerly encountered Alexis Johnson in an art gallery in Santa Monica, Calif., last year. The result has been an outstanding presentation of Kennerly’s work called “A Forty Year ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126704502026081800 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126704502026081800 en-us I love that my friend Michelle Minch pulls me into her circle when Jewish celebrations are in the works. She e-mailed recently to tell me her congregation would be celebrating Purim Friday and wondered if I would like to attend the celebration. “Beit Haverim will celebrate Purim beginning ... http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126704485876465500 2010-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=126704485876465500 en-us Adopting a foreign child can be a long, tedious process. But for Dr. Manny Karlin of Lake Oswego it was rather more perilous when he flew to Haiti soon after the giant earthquake of January to bring back the three children he had adopted. Things ended up as an all’s-well-that-ends-well ...