I feel, recently, as though the Facebook feed for this site has just turned into a place where we do nothing but plug craft fairs. Which is fine, because I love craft fairs and love, in particular, how they give small local artisans the chance to have a storefront for the day, leading you to [...]
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Last night I had a wonderful time strolling around the Society for East End Arts’ 2012 Holiday ‘Art on the Hill’ show. Over 70 vendors — many of whom were not, I was totally pleased to note, the ‘usual suspects’ that I’ve seen at every vaguely craft-fair like show I go to. Admission is free, [...]
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Count me in a someone who was happy to have an entire extra week between Thanksgiving and the first of December. I heard on the radio recently that this year has the largest possible number of days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Count me in as pleased. Here’s a few things coming up I wanted to [...]
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So, how was your summer? Here are a few images from Saturday’s annual Picnic Music + Arts Festival, probably the premiere showcase for independent artisans and craftspeople in the city. Enjoy! Please visit the Picnic website (www.picnicportland.com) to learn more about the vendors whose work is featured here. You can also follow them on [...]
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So, it’s possible that I might have gushed mentioned that the first Saturday Farmer’s Market in Deering Oaks took place last Saturday, which to me is as much a hallmark of the start of summer as baseball opening day or the first robin of spring. The thing I love most about the market is how [...]
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Another week seems to have blinked by in the wink of an eye, and here we are at First Friday again. Tonight’s First Friday Art Walk seems to be a particularly busy one, with all sorts of funky stuff going on. For me, the most exciting thing is that Victoria Mansion’s Wonderama exhibit will be [...]
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This has been exciting. If anyone doesn’t know, it’s been over 80 degrees here in Portland over the past few days. It’s supposed to get cooler over the weekend, but still what we’d all call “unseasonably warm”. Last night I went with my family to have a picnic on the Eastern Prom, and it was [...]
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First and foremost, many thanks to Flickr user johnolore for making the beautiful image I used in the header available on Flickr. It perfectly captures the beauty of the stark winter trees we see all around us. Here’s the full image: At my house, we’ve all been cooped up inside from a variety of those [...]
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First and foremost, credit to margaaretkilljoy on flickr for the terrific photo of what I believe to be the playground on the Eastern Prom used in the header of this page. Please be sure to check out the rest of her photos on her Flickr feed or visit her website, Birds Before The Storm. Here’s [...]
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First and foremost, credit to d_hillphoto on flickr for the beautiful image of Wharf Street used in the header of this page. Please be sure to check out the rest of his photos on his Flickr feed. I want to apologize for my lax posting this week. Things have been kind of sneezy around my [...]
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