Portland’s Whimsical Creativity Trumps Grit and Crime
When I first moved to Portland, Oregon, in the early 1990s, one of my first…
Teresa Bergen is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance writer who specializes in travel, health and fitness. She has a BA in journalism and an MFA in fiction writing. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from the fascinating but obscure Reptiles & Amphibians to more recognizable titles like the Saturday Evening Post, Travel+Leisure and the South China Morning Post. While she loves covering wholesome topics like yoga, kayaking and vegan food, her non traditional tourism side draws her to cemeteries, internment camps and ghost tours. Teresa is the author of Easy Portland Outdoors and co-author of Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. She can be reached at teresa.bergen@gmail.com
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