Ah, 5 years too late! I used to live 3 blocks from there (in the Honeyman building.)

You forgot to mention the two best perquisites of working there: Powell's books a few blocks one direction, and the Low Brow Lounge a few blocks the other. I don't thing YC or Techstars can beat that!

Especially Powell's Technical bookstore...everytime I go home to Portland I go broke buying books there.

I found a very effective way to limit my spending at Powell's Technical. The rule is simple; you have to leave the store after picking out the books you want. The ones you still want to buy after having lunch or walking around the block are the ones you can buy.

I actually follow this rule approximately two visits of every three.

Worse: 24 hours too late. The meeting was yesterday. Sad now that I didn't know about it. I might have gone.