A Cadillac and its owner meet their unexpected spiritual guide. Desperation leads to a shot glass of expensive, mysterious substance.

Existential politics of the living room aquarium are revealed. The grandiosity of the Columbia Gorge is captured on camera.

Portland's Burnside Bridge is studied, past and future. Buckman Journal: Gorge runneth over with the right stuff! Get gross and gorgeous at once in a cover spread by Paisley Lee.

Visit the real-deal dive in our namesake neighborhood that serves a pricey, path-altering drink in fiction from Hannah Love. Spend time at The Institute of Living in a memoir excerpt from Sara Atwood.

Consider blowing your fortune on a vintage coastal property in a novel excerpt from S. Z.

James. Get lost in Stephanie Hatch's technicolor collages and swirl in the lava-lamp-mindscape of Emily Moon.

Find a new slogan in the strange phrasings of poet Maxwell Kline. Stop to linger on the city bridges and envision our remade Burnside in creative nonfiction from Anita Macauley.

Eat barbecue in the Alvord Desert vortex. See your reflection in the glowing fish tank.

Get down with the creases. And more more more.

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Contributors: Cover by Paisley Lee & Sam Sangermano Zac Pranji, Hannah Love, S. Z.

James, John Kirkley, Andrew Simon, Alex Diamond, Jamie Cattanach, Christian Johnson, Ree Artemisa, Anita Macauley, Goldandfaceted, Tracey Nguyen, Dustin Hendrick, Sara Atwood, Kimberlee Frederick, Noelle Smith, Claire Gunville, Emily Moon, Megan Chin, Jack Wang, Judy Jiang, Maxwell Kline, Alicia Johnson, Stephanie Hatch, Rich Perin. .