{"id":25552,"date":"2025-06-20T11:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=25552"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:27:55","slug":"summerguide-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/summerguide-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Summerguide 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23dbdbdb&amp;d=summerguide_2025&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Exclusive<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>31 From the Editor<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFor Your Eyes Only\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. 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