What do snuggle parties, defiant chickens, black spot, autism, and Buddhism have in common? They permeate the author's frevent quest to become a Portlander. Over forty years ago, a story about Portland's local currency, the "greenbucks," inspired M. J. Coreil to set her sights on the Rose City. When she finally arrived in 2012, recently retired from academia, she discovered the story was bogus. Would everything she expected of this blue-green...