“I think part of the charm of Portland is that we’re all kind of famous. Like, maybe the only city outside of LA where everyone is a celeb.”
— Rebecca Minnick
- Norm the Barber
- Norm the Barman
- Norman the Glassy-Eyed Pervert
- Heavy Metal Cyclist
- Herb Adams
- High-Stepping Bob
- Spencer Albee
- Samuel James’ sideburns
- The Whistler
- The Fuge
- The West End Pooper
- The Bar Room Flower Bucket Lady
- The Meiklejohn Boys
- The White Heart (RIP)
- The Blackstones Outdoor Smokers’ Council
- The Beautiful Chamberlains
- The dance floor at Bubba’s
- Geno’s
- Shirtless Mayoral Candidate, Erick Bennett
- Shirtless Pedestrians of Congress Street, generally
- Tin Foil Man
- Pretty much anyone who has worked at 151 Middle Street
- Casco Bay Books (RIP)
- Judd Nelson
- Jay Villani
- John Hatcher
- Joe Soley
- Joe Bornstein
- Joel Beauchamp
- Kurt Baker
- Future Kurt Baker
- That little prostitute that hangs out in front of Joe’s Smoke Shop
- That guy who brings a stuffed rat to city council meetings
- That guy who sold hemp necklaces and handed out homemade fliers about conspiracy theories
- Doug Rafferty
- Ian Harvie
- 33 Grant Street
- Sontiago
- Starr the Pigeon Whisperer
- Yeti
- Michelle from The Snug
- Mr. Felony Fitness and his pitbulls
- Most of Big Meat Hammer (including Jordan’s Corgi)
- Mocha the Dog
- Knaughty Sarah’s boobs
NOTE: This list was conceived and written with the help of Patrick Banks, and a number of suggestions came by way of friends and acquaintances via Facebook and Twitter.
NOTE: More on Starr, “Portland’s Bird Whisperer.”
EDIT: Whoops. I had originally included Mark’s Hot Dogs in the original list (which would make it 46 Characters, Famous and/or Infamous…), but it accidentally got omitted due to a formatting error.
JUDD NELSON PHOTO SOURCE: GIFake