As you make travel plans for VenueConnect, please be sure to book your hotel as early as possible. Summer is a popular season for Portland, Oregon, and hotel blocks are filling quickly with housing deadlines fast approaching. We recently added the Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown-Conven

It was 20 years ago today that a nation watched a white Bronco SUV drive up, down, and around L.A. freeways. O.J. Simpson was in the vehicle, and the former football standout was wanted by the police for questioning in a double murder. It was gripping television, as O.J. sat in the ba

We’ll be descending on Portland in six weeks for VenueConnect, and we’re super excited. Personally, I’ve never been to Portland (and admittedly, everything I know about it comes from Portlandia). So for those, like me, that aren’t familiar with the “City

The color blue is known to have a calming effect and can spark creativity. Now, let’s add hunger to that list. According to a new study, blue-enriched light exposure was associated with an increase in hunger 15 minutes after light onset and still lingered two hours after the mea

I don’t remember the last time someone asked me to play a game of flag football. In fact, the last team sport I played was sandlot kickball about five years ago. Today, if I’m asked to do something sporty, it’s usually along the lines of kayaking on White Rock Lake o