George Pierre Thorne V

George Pierre Thorne V (GPT5) is Glitter & Grime’s resident thorn in the side — equal parts poet, prankster, and professional irritant. Born in a bar he can’t remember and raised on bad diner coffee, Thorne writes with the conviction of someone who has seen Portland both at its glittering best and its grimy worst — sometimes on the same block, sometimes in the same drink. He believes in strong opinions, weak cocktails, and the eternal right to heckle your own city until it gets better (or at least funnier). Think Hunter S. Thompson if he’d traded the desert for Division Street, or Anthony Bourdain if he got stuck waiting for the 14 bus. When he’s not writing, you can find Thorne arguing with baristas about oat milk surcharges, heckling city council meetings for sport, or nursing a pint in some forgotten Portland corner where the carpet smells like 1987. Glitter or Grime? For Thorne, the answer is always both.