Staff Writer at Daily Hive Portland. Former radio producer at CiTRradio 101.9FM. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, and Schema Magazine. Formerly at CBCVancouver, on BC Today. You can reach out to me at lakshmi@dailyhive.com for tips and pitches. 
I moonlight as a professional bubble tea taster.

Portland

Portland's NAYA Winter Market Place will feature beautiful handmade art

Portland might be the first city in US ever to ban facial recognition

5 of the best cookie spots in Portland

5 things to do in Portland today: Thursday, December 5

A new food-cart pod is opening in Portland's Eliot neighborhood next month

Dive into ice cold water at Oregon's annual Polar Plunge this winter

Watch Portland's Christmas Ships Parade during an awesome night cruise

Enjoy Christmas music with a jazzy twist at this concert this weekend

Mix up your own cocktail bitters for the holidays in Portland

Learn how to make your own soap at this OMSI workshop

7 fun things to do in Portland this December to get into the holiday spirit

Ring in the new year at the trendiest party in town

Meet Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer this holiday season at Lake Oswego

Check out interesting local art and foods at Sherwood Center's Winter Art Walk

Explore creepy critters tomorrow at OMSI After Dark Adventures

This popular museum of oddities is relocating and expanding early next year

Go on a gingerbread adventure at the Oregon Museum of Science

This classic Christmas tale is coming to Stumptown Stages this week