Events and Updates

My Grandfather retired to the Portland, Maine area, and as a guy born and raised in New England, I know THAT Portland well.  Portland, Oregon, less so.  Thankfully, the Rick’s Picks Summer 2009 Pickle Tour has brought me here to the Pacific Northwest.  Everyone knows the wines from here are spectacular, but many of us have been pronouncing things wrong all these years.  It’s the Pinot Noirs from the Wil-LAM-ette Valley, not Wil-lam-ETTE.  Say it wrong and you are busted as an out-of-towner.  So I have been practicing.  My hosts, Richard and Charlene, have a spectacular compound of dwellings about 25 minutes outside of Portland .  Their gardens deserve a post all of their own, and they will get it.  I’ll also put up a list of cool things I saw and did in the region.   But for now, let’s focus on the mission at hand.  Here’s a list of my store appearances here in the Rose City over the next few days.  Spread the word to your friends in the area!

Saturday July 25

Elephant’s Deli

115 NW 22nd Avenue, Portland 11 AM – 2: 30 PM

Zupan’s Burnside

2340 West Burnside, Portland 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Sunday, July 26th (Happy birthday to my Dad AND to Mick Jagger!)

Whole Foods Laurelhurst

2528 East Burnside, Portland 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Whole Foods Freemont

3535 NE 15th Avenue 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Monday, July 27th

Zupan’s Macadam

7221 SW Macadam, Portland 11:00 AM – 2 PM

Whole Foods Pearl

1110 NW Couch St. 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM

See you there!

Rick

I got a call from a fellow named Adam Lerner of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver.  He curates a series around the country called Mixed Taste, where two people in unrelated fields give talks about their areas of expertise and then there’s a Q and A where the speakers and the audience discuss how the two themes mash up.   It was the kind of offer I could not refuse!  Here are the details:

The Lab at MCA Denver presents

Mixed Taste: Tag Team Lectures on Unrelated Topics

Sunday, July 19, 6pm

Pickles and Three-Way Marriage

Rick Field, founder of Rick’s Picks, will talk about shelf-stable, artisan

pickles. Author Abby Ellin will talk about her research on polyamory and

alternative marriages. Pickle samples will be provided.

Hosted by Adam Lerner, Director and Chief Animator, MCA Denver

Deitch Studio

4-40 44th Drive, Long Island City

212.343.7300