Love Letters is Portland Monthly’ s quarterly series from nonfiction comics creator and editor Shay Mirk celebrating the parties and places that shape our city.

Eugene punches above its weight in the baked goods category, and right now Noisette Pastry Kitchen is the go-to morning stop. Its flaky multilayered croissants sell out quickly, so don’t dawdle.

Staying on the vineyard isn’t as immediate of a thought. Though it absolutely should be. At Abbey Road Farm in Carlton, for instance, three transformed grain silos make a five-room bed-and-breakfast, ...

There’s so much fantastic design in this town—how’s a house supposed to stand out? How about a surprise tiki bar off a mid-level stair landing? It certainly got our attention. Not that you’d guess ...