Lizzy Acker

Find me at lizzyacker.bsky.social or honestly, just send me an email at lacker@oregonian.com if you have something you want to tell me.

Happy Election Day to everyone just trying to keep it together. oregonlive.com/advice/2024/11…

NEVER FORGET that while the pandemic raged & wreaked havoc as Halloween approached in 2020, the Oregon Health Authority had an official appear in a clown costume to report the daily death toll. Re-upping @lizzzyacker's masterpiece is an annual tradition. oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

What would you put up with for a dream vacation? oregonlive.com/advice/2024/10…

@shanedkavanaugh Only because we're friends! That's how I treat my favorite people. Ask around!

Apparently, The Oregonian's @lizzzyacker—who has a habit of mean mugging me in the newsroom—never had the chicken fried steak or a slice of Shari's key lime pie. Shari’s wasn’t a great restaurant, but for a lot of Oregon teens, it was still our place oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10…

@NigelJaquiss @AaronMesh Thank you guys!!

@AaronMesh @lizzzyacker My favorite line: "I remember being depressed when the boys revealed our destination, sitting for an uncomfortable meal that I barely ate a bite of, staring down the barrel of slow dances in the school cafeteria."

We may not have liked Shari's, but we needed it. oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10…

A possibly controversial take in today's Why Tho? oregonlive.com/advice/2024/10…

I'm taking down the take-downer! oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10…

Um...I talked to Cyndi Lauper on Tuesday??????oregonlive.com/entertainment/…

Weird how some people don't agree with my sage advice. oregonlive.com/advice/2024/10…

ALERT: I WENT TO GREEN DAY LAST NIGHT oregonlive.com/entertainment/…

I INTERVIEWED CONNIE CHUNG AND SHE WAS LOVELY oregonlive.com/books/2024/09/…

I guess despite delaying for nearly a year Bill doesn't have to eat a jersey now. oregonlive.com/sports/2023/10…

Take pity on your friends with children. They haven't slept in years. oregonlive.com/advice/2024/09…

Time to start planning for the weekend... oregonlive.com/weather/2024/0…

How's this for a troubling sign: Portland now has 20 days of 100 degrees or more since the year 2020. That's more than any other decade going back to 1940. And we're only halfway through this decade! Find out more from @lizzzyacker and @mfriesen. oregonlive.com/weather/2024/0…

Portland just hit 100 degrees in September for only the third time ever. oregonlive.com/weather/2024/0…

Exciting news! I am going to be writing pretty much only about weather for the next six months (and doing my advice column too, don't worry). Good news for me, bad news for everyone else: I'll be starting off with a heat wave. oregonlive.com/weather/2024/0…