Starting July 26, the annual Oregon Brewers Festival will serve up more than 80 different craft beers from around the U.S. The ease of living on the cheap and chill can make the town feel smug at times, ripe for the satire of "Portlandia, " which has made the place a poster town for hipsterdom.

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Guests can "chill out" with 93 spa treatments, "clue in" with 97 lectures and classes, book sessions with more than a dozen specialists from psychologists to psychics, hike, play golf, or just lie by the pool.

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Without standing, he lifts his left foot and drags a brittle friction match across the sole of his boot, then watches the red tip flare and expire in the chill wind before he can transfer the flame.

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Property agents already report they can feel a chill among permanent residents as a result of the 5% levy.

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Garbus has serious pipes, and properly employed, they can induce a primal chill.

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After suffering a sizzling summer, much of the U.S. can expect the proverbial big chill this winter.

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Ms Field's insouciance can, unwittingly, strike a chill.

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Unlike most of the hotels in the area, the Paramount, which is priced under the nearby W and the Marquis, has a welcoming two-story "living room" lobby where "you can kick up your feet, chill out and regroup, " said Mr. Rosen.

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Research into a self-cooling can for beer or soda led to a new type of packet, called "NanoCool, " to chill injectable drugs for up to a week.

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