Just as no song can register that poignant pang like one you heard on a car radio in sophomore year, the carving of culture idols is a youngsters votive vocation.
Radix malorum est cupiditas becomes "It isn't the money itself that causes the trouble, but rather the use of money as votive ritual and pagan ornament.
The gesture is not so much an act of narcissism as a votive offering to his core constituency.
New watering holes freshen bar scene Bread & Brew Not every neighborhood in America would welcome a bar called Church. On lower Sandy Boulevard, though, residents are more likely to celebrate the arrival of a laid-back, upscale hangout than they are to launch a protest on its irreverent name. The bar’s decorations are somewhat churchy, but they’re understated, not kitschy. Votive candles burn everywhere. Reclaimed wood paneling is ...
June 7, 2013 - Portland Tribune