More KPW
Summer brings out a whole new slew of characters in Portland, which furthermore makes you appreciate the full force of summertime KPW.
I have a bunch of mental pictures of unique characters. Please post your photos because I’m really excited and feel the whole world needs to see the people that KPW.
Kid Does His Part to K.P.W.
This is hilarious. And I know it will inspire us to keep doing what we can 24/7 to KPW!
KPW Entries
While many people just sent links in the original post, a lot of people sent photos to my info@, which I had offered as an option. Here they are. Do you guys have a vote? Check 'em out. And keep 'em coming.
From Brandon: Mini Bike Winter 5, bike chariot
From Kristi: It's a Bike! It's a House!
From Karen: Bikers moving a mattress in the Pearl District
From Matt: Kid playing hide-n-seek with her pet chickens
From Patrick: Urban Iditarod
From Jack: Man getting off the MAX
From Brandon: Mean, the chicken, eating from bag before being eaten by a racoon (may he RIP).
From Todd: Stop-sign entertainment at Hawthorne Bridge
From Martin: World's best mullet at the Rose Garden. Go Blazers!
From Brian, the curator of City Hall's KPW: Portland's Santacon
From Griffin: Pirates outside Kells on a regular Friday night
From Sameer: A car in Orlando
From Jeff: A link to a 2-year collection of KPW photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/zervas/sets/72157603984141146/
From Ron: A Volvo in disguise?
From Wendy: (Sorry I missed posting this before the event, but check out this blog)
http://www.commissionersam.com/keepportlandweird
From Jonathon: Pug drums with his feet, accordian or guitar with hands, harmonica, and vocals
From Oliver: No comment necessary (Thank you Getty Images)
K.P.W.
Now, I don’t think a lot of people really understand what that means so I’m going to give them a brief history lesson on the origin of K.P.W: It means Keep Portland Weird and the true Oregonians, the ones who wear Birkenstocks, ride in a Subaru, wear earthtones 90% of the time, these are the people that have this bumper sticker on their car.
When I first moved to Portland, I truly didn’t understand or realize the greatness of that meaning until I saw some of the ... how do I put this … very INTERESTING people that walk the beautiful streets of our fair city.
So my new little project is if you see anything in any city -- especially in Portland -- take a picture and send it to info@channingfrye.com.
We’ll give out a prize to the winner of the K.P.W. Award so that the INTERESTING people can be seen not only by you but by the world and they can truly, truly be appreciated.