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This year’s top headlines from the Life and Culture section of The Oregonian/OregonLive spanned the human experience, from stories on the colorful glass floats that dotted the Oregon coast to new linguistic expressions and coverage of television shows that bring millions together for shared experiences.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 stories of the year, as of Dec. 23.
Tiffany Boothe of the Seaside Aquarium captured these images Tillamook Rock and the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, known as “Terrible Tilly.”Tiffany Boothe
10. Oregon’s ‘Terrible Tilly’ lighthouse on private island for sale at $6.5 million
An historic lighthouse and the rock it was built on 141 years ago went up for sale in May for a handsome $6.5 million. While an unlikely spot for a vacation home given the fierce and destructive ocean conditions, the island allegedly maintained an allure that the sellers perhaps hoped would lure in the right person with cash to burn.
Guy Fieri on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” (Photo provided by Food Network)
9. Guy Fieri visits Jim Belushi’s Oregon cannabis farm, the coast, and more NW stops in Food Network series
Guy Fieri is famous. Jim Belushi is famous. Guy Fieri and Jim Belushi? On a cannabis farm? Well, that makes for the ninth-most read Life and Culture story in The Oregonian/OregonLive of 2022. Fieri’s visit to Belushi’s cannabis farm was shown during an episode of “Growing Belushi,” a guest appearance made possible by Fieri’s road trip at the time for a four-episode series about the West Coast.
A glass float is hidden on a beach in Lincoln City, part of the Finders Keepers program that “drops” floats on the central Oregon coast beaches daily.Courtesy of Explore Lincoln City
8. Finders Keepers drops 2022 glass float schedule for Lincoln City beaches
We’re all kids at heart, a most basic truth a Lincoln City tourist organization took advantage of yet again in January, dropping 3,000 multi-colored floats made by local artists for people to find and delight in. “Float fairies” drop the glass orbs in visible spots between the high tide line and the beach embankment.
“We want them to be found,” a spokesperson for the organization, Finders Keepers, said at the time. “Finders Keepers is this perfect combination of art meets the outdoors, so it’s a way to get visitors to explore our beaches and the surroundings and experience seven miles of beach, and potentially find a beautiful keepsake.”
Clover in bloom. FINCH MPR FOR LIVING
Photos by BILL FINCH/Press-Register
White clover (Trifolium repens) is the familiar three-leafed lawn clover that most of us grew up with, its white flowers tucked into little round globes.
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7. How did I get clover in my lawn and how do I get rid of it?
Clover. It’s nice and pretty when it’s growing in the grass, but if it gets in your lawn, it apparently could mean your lawn is underfertilized. And that issue is sufficiently high on Oregonians’ minds that an article about how to get rid of clover became the seventh-most read story in the newsroom’s Life and Culture section.
“Yellowstone” returns for Season 5, Episode 6 on Sunday.Paramount Network
6. ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 premiere: How to watch online without cable, time, TV channel (11/13/22)
A show on Paramount has recently scaled the charts to become the most popular entertainment show on cable television. When Yellowstone’s Season 5 premiered in November, readers wanted to know where and how they could watch.
Portland, OR –08/12/10– Portland actor Todd Van Voris, left, appears on stage with William Hurt in a scene from a production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” by Eugene O’Neill. The play is starring William Hurt, and will be opening in Portland at the Newmark Theatre. The production had a successful run at the Sydney Theatre Company in Sydney, Australia. It is also featuring Portland actor Todd Van Voris. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian LC- The OregonianLC- The Oregonian
5. Actor William Hurt, who died in Portland, had longtime Oregon connections
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt may have been famous everywhere, but the man had particularly strong connections to Oregonians. Hurt, who died in March at age 71, performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the early days of his career, followed by multiple performances at Portland’s Artists Repertory Theater.
Jenny Nguyen, owner of The Sports Bra, a bar and restaurant dedicated to women’s sports, poses for a photo on Monday, Feb. 22, 2022.Vickie Connor/The Oregonian
4. When the Sports Bra opens in Portland in April, it might be the only women’s sports bar in the world
Men. Sports. Bars. Sound familiar? Well, it sure did to Jenny Nguyen who, sick of sports bars that by default catered to men, decided to open a sports bar for women, aptly names Sports Bra. An athlete herself, Nguyen said in February she had grown frustrated with how rarely women’s sports were featured in sports bars.
Tomatoes ripen quickest at 70-75 degrees.Stephen Ward/OSU Extension Service
3. Can I grow tomatoes in a 5-gallon container? Ask an expert
When space is limited and home-grown tomatoes are a must-have, this newsroom has you covered. In one of its most popular Life and Culture articles of the year, The Oregonian/OregonLive answered a reader’s question about whether they could grow a Supersweet 100 cherry tomato plant in a 5-gallon bucket, among several other gardening questions. The answer: Yes, you can successfully grow a tomato in a 5-gallon bucket.
Kea Parker helps price some of Mia Malkova’s items inside Blackberry Castle before the sale. January 20, 2022 Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
2. Adult film star Mia Malkova trades $4 million Portland mansion for Hollywood
Adult filmmakers Mia Malkova and Eli Tucker decided to ditch Portland in exchange for Hollywood, leaving Portlanders to scoop up whatever belongings and home furnishings the stars wanted to sell in an estate sale. But the sale was cancelled by the owner of Malkova and Tucker’s $3.9 million mortgage.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 06: Gunna attends his DS4EVER LA Listening Party on January 06, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for DS4EVER Presented by Gunna, Young Stoner Life Records, 300 Entertainment)Getty Images for DS4EVER Present
1. What ‘Pushin’ P’ means, and why everyone on the internet is using it
Pushin’ P. It means something, but most of us likely don’t know what, even multiple months after The Oregonian/OregonLive published an explainer that became its top-read Life and Culture piece of 2022. As our intrepid reporter explained it in September, Pushin’ P has come to mean “keeping it real,” used primarily in a positive way.
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