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Designed with the Meeting and Event Planner in mind. Planners find the Event Resource Guide to be invaluable whether planning a meeting for , a holiday party foror a conference for ,. The guide provides details on more thanmeeting and event sites, caterers, audio visual and rental equipment, attractions and activities, and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on July 10, 2003. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Selling Oregon.(Editorials)(Statewide lodging tax would promote tourism)(Editorial)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 10, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: A8

Article Type: Editorial

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VegOut Vegetarian Guide Series

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, offers two new titles in our groundbreaking new vegetarian and vegan guidebook series. City specific, these guidebooks provide everything that a vegetarian or vegan diner needs to know to enjoy a meal out:

-Listings of hundreds of restaurants, greenmarkets, and cafes-Ratings for each restaurant, including price, atmosphere and cuisine-Must-know details about each venue's culinary offerings-Contact and location information, including a foldout, color, site-specific map of the city

VegOut: Vegetarian Guide is a registered trademark of Gibbs Smith, Publisher. George Stevenson grew up in Europe and the Southern U.S. He sharpened his skills working in kitchens throughout the Southeast and Seattle, such as Seattle's Lowell-Hunt Catering, Fuller's Restaurant, and Nashville's Sunset Grill. George is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Little old, but useful
As a vegan and a guidebook junkie, I'm always on the lookout for restaurant guides to whatever particular area I happen to be visiting next. I have yet to try out a lot of the restaurants mentioned in this book, but my favorite part is that the author notes the difference between when a restaurant has vegetarian choices, and when they actually offer vegan choices. Also, fun to read!

Still useful despite its age
I often don't find older city guides very useful because restaurants open/close so often that they're quickly outdated. I use yelp and urbanspoon more than books to find new places. However, reading this book in 2009 still helped introduce me to some still-open places that I've managed to miss despite being a Seattle mostly-native who eats out regularly.

The book doesn't limit itself to restaurants which are specifically vegetarian, so many of the places listed here have some vegetarian dishes and a lot of meat ones. That's often convenient anyway when eating out with a group of people though.

Some of the geographic descriptions are confusing. Capitol Hill is lumped in "Seattle South" even though no native would consider it anything other than central. Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland etc. are referred to as "Seattle East" even though they're other towns/cities. I hadn't realized from the book title that it would also cover Bellingham and Olympia, and those proved to be the most useful segments for me.

Hopefully an updated version of this guide will be released soon, but this version does still hold some handy information. I'd find it more useful if it were organized by category. Many of the places listed are Thai restaurants and since I eat Thai very regularly already I would've liked to more quickly access other options.

A useful book
The Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Seattle and Portland is a pocket guide designed to slip in a purse or travel bag. It's got a sturdy cover and slim design. It also includes a fold-out map of both cities (somehow the map of Portland is much larger and easier to read, perhaps because the editors decided to cover a smaller geographical area.)

The book is organized geographically and actully includes "Seattle East," which is really the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland and surrounding suburbs; Bellingham (north of Seattle); Olympia and Tacoma (south); and Eugene, Oregon in addition to Seattle and Portland. Grocery stores, farmers markets, and juice bars have their own chapters and there's a short list of local northwest vegetarian orgainzations. There are three indices: alphabetical, by cuisine, and an index of "top ten" lists for food, atmosphere and best buys.

Each restaurant is rated by star and price. There's a cuisine designation and the bottom of each entry tells how "veg friendly" each location is, for example "Full menu with vegetarian and vegan options." Since most of the restaurants listed are not exclusively vegetarian, I would have appreciated an index listing the veg-only restaurants. It has been omitted from the cuisine index.

Seattle and Portland are both veg-friendly cities, but it might be hard for a visitor to know where to start. The VegOut editors have listed all the major favorites of local vegetarians as well as some of the lessor known finds like Hillside Quickies in Seattle and The Tao of Tea in Portland. --Amy O'Neill Houck

A New World of Vegetarian Delights
"The food ranges from the samosas, pakoras, and curries found in Indian restaurants to upper-worldly treats such as Tseral-mixed vegetable balls..." ~George Stevenson describing Himalayan Sherpa in Seattle, WA

There is an entire world beyond salads and side orders of vegetables and this book proves it. If you love visiting Seattle & Portland or you are a Vegetarian looking for an excellent dining guide, this should impress you. The size of this book makes it easy to keep in your backpack, purse or car.

The Restaurants are found in Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia, Tacoma, Portland and Eugene. There are listings for Tea Houses, Juice Bars, Farmers Markets and Green Grocers. You could enjoy tea in a Chinese Temple, visit a fun PCC Natural Market (my personal favorite for natural foods and organic products) or sample Mulitethnic cuisines at many interesting locations. They even list Larry's Markets where I used to work.

Some of the highlights:

The Elliot Bay Café - Try a Veggie Reuben in the café in the basement of the famous Elliot Bay Books in Seattle.

Shalimar - Exotic foods like Mulligatawny Stew or dishes with eggplant, mango and lotus stems.

Persian House - Pomegranate sauces and lentil dishes and they have a nice buffet lunch at a very reasonable price.

George Stevenson's creative writing style is refreshing and honest. He makes each location sound completely tantalizing. The listings all have a star rating, hours, payments accepted, Parking locations, Yes/No for Alcohol and Atmosphere Description. Some of the restaurants are completely Vegan and some have Full Menus with Vegan Options.

You could go to an upscale restaurant in the evening or stop by a Family restaurant with great artwork and enjoy a relaxing lunch.

The next time I'm in Seattle or Portland and my husband asks me where we should eat; this is the guide I'm going to show him. In fact, you could almost plan a trip just so you could visit some of these locations.

Also look for Veg Out Books for Southern California, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area and Washington D.C.

~The Rebecca Review

I found some great new restaurants!
I have been a vegetarian living in Seattle since 1991; this book revealed some great new vegetarian places I had somehow missed! I gave it to a visiting friend. Great book for a person visiting town; fits right in your pocket. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Portland Hotel, Ace Hotel, Hotel Alder, Governor Hotel (Portland, Oregon), New Imperial Hotel, Sovereign Hotel, Imperial Hotel (Portland, Oregon), Treves Hotel, Broadway Hotel (Portland, Oregon), Benson Hotel, Hotel Cornelius, Fairmount Hotel (Portland, Oregon), Kenton Hotel, Commodore Hotel (Portland, Oregon), Arminius Hotel, the Nines, Hilton Portland Hotel. Excerpt:Ace Hotels logo Ace Hotel is a boutique hotel chain founded in Seattle, Washington and currently headquartered in Portland, Oregon . It operates hotels in Seattle, Portland, New York and Palm Springs . Ace Hotel are known for their campy, bohemian aesthetic. History Ace Hotel Portland The chain was founded in 1999 by Alex Calderwood who, along with three friends, purchased a Seattle halfway house with plans to renovate it as an affordable hotel that would appeal to the creative class . Calderwood had previously founded Rudy's , a retro hip barbershop concept he started in Seattle and eventually expanded to more than a dozen West Coast locations. In 2007 Calderwood opened a second hotel in Portland, which was followed by properties in Palm Springs and New York in 2008. Operations Properties Interior of guest room at Ace Hotel New York According to Calderwood, the style and furnishing of each Ace property is designed to reflect its location and "not a Northwest sensibility." Growth Calderwood has stated his goal is to open a new Ace Hotel every "one to two years." The company's expansion plans focus primarily on the West Coast, with Los Angeles and San Francisco being key target markets for new properties. Artist Collaborations at Ace Hotel Portland A number of Northwest artists created murals in the rooms at Ace Hotel Portland. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter i... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on April 15, 2007. The length of the article is 1568 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: THE ROADS TO RICHES.(Travel)(Oregon is a national leader in marketing its scenic routes to increase tourism)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 15, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: G1

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Missouri Tourism Commission stapled undated booklet, abt. 14 pgs, b&w photos. Partial contents: Mills: Dawt, Dilday, Zanoni, Aid-Hodgson, Alley Spring, Huston, Falling Spring, McDowell, Ritchey, Greer, Rockbridge, Dolle, Topaz, Cedar Hill, Dillard, Dry Knob, Appleton, Montauk, Jolly, Robinson Covered Bridges: Sandy Creek, Union, Noah's Ark, Linn County ... Read more

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For twenty-five years, Studies in Outdoor Recreation has been a standard text in courses on parks and outdoor recreation and serves as an invaluable reference for park and recreation managers.

The first book to integrate the social science literature on outdoor recreation, it reviews studies from this broad, interdisciplinary field and synthesizes them into a body of knowledge, providing an historical perspective on outdoor recreation research and developing its practical management implications.

This third edition is completely revised to reflect current research and new concerns in the field. A new chapter examines the emerging issue of sense of place and its relationship to outdoor recreation. The book concludes with twenty principles to guide outdoor recreation management and research. An extensive bibliography and A Guide to the Social Science Literature in Outdoor Recreation lead readers to valuable primary source material.

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 10, 2003. The length of the article is 748 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cyclists, tourism advocates push idea.(Transportation)(Riders and state officials hope to gain lodging tax funds to promote Oregon)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 10, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: B1

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