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I love love love Greenloop. I always forget they’re right here in Portland because they have such a fabulous web site. They carry Toggery t-shirts and Raw Earth Wild Sky shirts (don’t you love this one? I even love the colors). For the next 5 days take 25 percent off all mens and womens [...]
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Taniya Nayak of HGTV’s Designed to Sell show – recognize her? She’s the one that goes in after the critique of the property and helps the homeowners spruce up the place and stage it. I love her energy and enthusiasm. She’s very edgy and innovative. And, she reminds me of my friend Abby! Definitely a plus. [...]
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I was just informed that I was chosen as one of the top 25 writers who have “strong voices, varied backgrounds and wonderful expertise and viewpoints to share with our Women On Writing!” according to Annette Fix. Women on Writing is a blog (duh) and web site that’s surprisingly deep. Ultimately, WOW! hopes to contribute to the [...]
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Oh how I hate to be cold. Which I’m not, actually. Portland is seeing the big dog days of late summer. But I was shopping online … imagine your surprise … and had to show off these three four coats at Nordies. Check them out: This Houndstooth jacket is by Sola & Kyo sells for $350. This [...]
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well-uncared for, originally uploaded by InWaves.
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Oh dear I wish I could stay off the Kate Spade web site. I can resist anything but temptation as they say. You know I say that but I don’t really mean it. And I don’t even have a full-time job right now for Pete’s sake. BTW if anyone you know needs a blogger … [...]
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And speaking of great gifts, have you heard of Lilliebelle Farms artisan chocolates? Oh my. I was in Jacksonville last month doing a series of stories on some of the tourist sites and of course shopping, in Southern Oregon. Lillebelle Farms is located in Central Point, which is very near to Meford. Let me tell you [...]
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Vivan McInerny is at New York Fashion Week. Or at least she was last week. Don’t know if she’s still there. I love her blog on OregonLive.com. She highlighed an Orange ruffled number by Christian Siriano. It is fabulous but who can wear it? OK maybe just the hat. tehe. This design is Christian Siriano whose [...]
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“To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless.” - Marsha Sinetar Tonight is lower NE Fremont’s Art Walk and Sidewalk Sale including Poppy & Ivy, County Cork, La Bodega, Acadia and [...]
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If you you love the song, you’ll probably love the store. It’s not just a song by Kenny Loggins but a home décor, furniture, haute couture furnishings store in Troutdale and they’re having their fall sale. Love the store. Note to self- must get out there next week! Through Oct. 12 there’s up to 20% savings. [...]
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“When you’re following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves.” - Shakti Gawain It’s Chumby dammit! Well, that had to be said. You know instead of It’s Gumby … well if I have to explain it… heavy sigh. Have you seen the Chumby? It’s the [...]
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How did that creep up on us? OK me. Yes, in fact, it is. In New York. Which seems so very far away here in Portland. If you don’t read Cathy Horyn’s NY Times Fashion Editor’s blog … well what can I say. She’s the go to woman for NY Fashion. But there’s a piece [...]
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DSC_0234.JPG, originally uploaded by jaspitzer31. Aren’t they cute? My just-turned-12-year-old grandson and his friend Katie! in a weird weird swing.
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“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.” -Groucho Marx Love that quote. Speaking of dogs – this weekend is the Tour de Lab – a benefit for Portland’s DoveLewis Animal Hospital. The benefit is a 18 or 30-mile bicycle tour to the three Lucky [...]
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I’m dedicating this post to my darling daughter Suzanne who is the queen of the clean and the uber-organized among us all. I’m sure part of her motivation is OCD and another part psyche but she’s been this way ever since she was a toddler. I’m sure one of her first words was disgusting. She [...]
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Check Vivian McInerny’s vmcinerny@news.oregonian.com latest blog. She’s fashion editor at the Oregonian and writes a blog regularly that I love to read. She’s very up, of course, on the latest and greatest in fashion around the country as well as the Portland fashion scene. Her latest (blog) is entitled Chic Shorts Seen on the Street. [...]
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The weather, the flowers, the setting … everything was beautiful including the bride and groom, my daughter (bridesmaid) my grandson (usher and he read an excerpt from The Velveteen Rabbit). It was a spectacular day with no real (or imagined) upsets or emergencies or no-shows etc. Speaking of my son’s wedding on Friday in Spokane. [...]
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