Category Archives: Lake Oswego lifestyle

4 Excuses to Check Out the Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Bus

Outdoor enthusiasts were drawn to Lake Oswego in the early 1900s by the promise that it was a community where you could, “Live where you play.” That love for the outdoors is still alive and well among Lake Oswegans and … Continue reading

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3 Impressive Ways to Ring in the New Year in Lake Oswego

Looking for a little inspiration as to how to start your new year off in a memorable way? Here are three “only in Lake Oswego” ideas to jump start 2012. Take the polar bear dip. For years, our son Brady, … Continue reading

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Lake Oswego makes it easy to get in the holiday spirit

Lake Oswego, Oregon is making it very easy for you to get into the holiday spirit over the next few weeks. Once again this town of 36,000 belies its size in the variety of activities it offers to ensure that … Continue reading

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Giving thanks for living in Lake Oswego, Oregon

On Thursday, Lake Oswegans will gather around their tables to give thanks for what is most meaningful to them. With all three of our kids home, our blessings will surround us as we carry on our family tradition of writing … Continue reading

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There’s no place like home for the holidays when home is Lake Oswego, Oregon

Dorothy had it right when she closed her eyes, clicked the heels of her ruby slippers and recited, “There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home.”  So did Perry Como when he sang, “There’s no place like home … Continue reading

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Community Culture Summit Invites Lake Oswegans to Shape Their City’s Future

Lake Oswego—it has come a long way from an industrial town with little more than an iron smelter and stump -studded Sucker Lake to brag about. City officials and citizen advocates would like to take it even further with a … Continue reading

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Check out these great Lake Oswego neighborhoods for Halloween trick-or-treaters, oh my!

In our house, Halloween wasn’t about the search for the Great Pumpkin…it was all about the hunt for the candy. Our kids had it down to a six part process: Candy collecting Candy weighing Candy counting Candy sorting Candy trading … Continue reading

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5 Reasons why Sundeleaf would be happy to have his name attached to Lake Oswego’s newest park

Sundeleaf Plaza is the new kid on the block–the latest addition to the City of Lake Oswego’s park system. While open since June 25, an official dedication will take place on Monday, September 26, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and … Continue reading

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A guide for Euclid to Lake Oswego’s pathways

Euclid said the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but which is the most scenic? Probably one of the trails or pathways winding around Lake Oswego. Inspired by a master plan to provide its citizens with safe … Continue reading

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5 Reasons why during summertime, the livin’ is easy in Lake Oswego, Oregon

When DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,” for the opera Porgy and Bess, they could have used Lake Oswego, Oregon for inspiration. This city knows how to do summer. Here are … Continue reading

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