i bet they had fun at the strip club though. as opposed to Seattle...

No, there probably won't be fisticuffs, just outraged blog postings. We're way too passive-aggressive to actually confront people here.

WHOA! Does The Stranger's style guide strictly forbid mention of PDX's Willamette Week?

I ask because the Mercury's post is purely a (fully credited) reprise of the WW piece on the fracas.

Fully credited, as in:

The Willamette Week's Kelly Clark has the scoop on a bizarre altercation ...

(which explains who the "Clark" is whose "sources" claim things in the Slog excerpt.)

@3: I don't read the Willamette Week's blog—I do read the Merc's, and Mr. Coleman did a nice job of summing up the insanity. I clarified the Clark reference and fixed the link to Blogtown so everyone can see for themselves that it links to the W.W. Thanks for caring!

When they said pigs I thought they were talking about Portland women. Some portly ladies down there.

Bechard was chef for a while at Opal on Queen Anne. Too bad he went back to PDX; Seattle needs more angry headbutting chefs!