Don't Worry Portland, They Can't Keep Me Down

Hello everyone out there, I wanted to leave a last minute update on the finally resolved issues with Planning Portland.

I spent a good deal of time trying to work something out with the folks at McMenamin's. After many trials and tribulations, I thought I had reached a final selection for Portland. Lo and behold, as of today I got a call from the General Manager alerting me that we COULD NOT do the event there because the "higher ups" were concerned.

Apparently, they somehow reached the conclusion that a Beercast was a discussion about Beer - WTF? OK, let's leave the name out for a moment. You would assume that my e-mails to them which describe it as a reality talk show and the mention that we discuss numerous topics, NOT TO MENTION THE ARCHIVE OF SHOWS that it was pretty obvious that 1) we didn't talk about beer and 2) that there's no way you could get enough people to sit around long enough to talk solely on beer.

Quite dejected, I worked with Alex from EventLab and we got a new place and now it's all about proving to McMenamins that holding on to old and fading thought/marketing practices just WON'T WORK ANYMORE.

It amazes me still that a bar would turn down 20 folks coming down to their venue on one of their slower nights, to drink for a few hours! Indeed I had those outlandish demands of access to a *gasp* power outlet and permission to sit in the corner. I'll know better for next time and where I won't be doing events as well.

For those interested in having a great night, you can find us here partying with people that do get it:

Goose Hollow Inn
1927 SW Jefferson
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 228-7010

CF Folks, I'd definitely like to see you all out there and talk some shop!