waterlogged

don't miss this article on caitlin and the crew's floating art space, the LABRADOR PROJECT, up in portland! do it!!!

they're on a boat!

any portlanders out there should be sure to check out caitlin, zoe, lewis & kyle's show opening in their new BOATSPACE this weekend! yes, that means art on a boat. but it's much more than that. i'd be there if i could, but they know my heart is there with them! congratulations, friends, can't wait to see what's next!

father/daughter

i was browsing una's blog (one of my favorite stores in portland) and came across tomoko igarashi's knotted necklaces! apparently her parents were both designers, her father, takenobu igarashi an influential and innovative graphic and product designer (below!) and her mother, keiko, working in textiles and housewares. don't you just love a creative family!?

loved and lost

OH MY GOD four years ago i used to have these amazing shoes i found at the goodwill in portland that for some ridiculous reason i ended up getting rid of (i never wore heels, they were too "witchy," who knows?!). ever since i've doodled them, dreamed of them, and have been scheming up a plan on how to remake them until...i just found them on etsy! wtf? if you're a 7.5 you've gotta get these, they're super comfy and the spirit of them needs to continue on. check them out at the james rowland shop on etsy. they've got a ton of other great shoes too. i love you, zodiac platform shoes with a bow! one day you will be mine again!

fall in portland

gorgeous! a japanese maple at the portland japanese gardens!

im hoping to go up to portland for the weekend of the 12th to see haley & noah before noah leaves for spain to teach english (go noah!) portland is so nice in the fall--still a residual warmth (that quickly fades into rain rain rain and grey) and you can wear dresses without a jacket into the evening. then the leaves turn bright bright colors and it's crispy and nice and beautiful and you can crunch them with your steps all down the sidewalk and in the gutters.

im psyched to see my friends again and maybe do some much-needed (and budget-busting) fall shopping.....eat more good food and just hang around. here's what's on the wish list:

from stand up comedy:
a detacher fuzzy pillow!


shabd hand-dyed tights!


rachel comey brown booties!


at souchi:
bruce vest dress!


OMG! ports wooden wedge (on sale, yes!)


at frances may:
jason kinney's scarves (saw them being made last time in portland! beautiful!!!)


therese rawsthorne dress:

what i ate...in portland

forgot to mention the amazing delicacies i indulged in while up north. like...


BURGERVILLE!!!



PINE STATE BISCUITS AND GRAVY!!!


HEART SHAPED BANANA BREAD!!!


PECAN PIE!!!


SUSHILAND!!!


MT. TABOR PICNIC!!!

portland: part 4, SO LONG

it's always terrible to leave old friends, even for the second time around. my best ones, caitlin and haley and noah, were my first friends in college and are still up in the northwest. c & h are graduating this semester from college, woohhoo!!! noah graduated a semester early, that bastard!



we rendevoused at the rose garden for a last look at the city in which we made so many memories together. i was sad to leave, but i'm happy to know that we are all moving on to bigger things.



caitlin, as i mentioned, is using her talents to make and make and make more and more and more and will be spending the summer working and creating in martha's vineyard with her beau, caleb.



haley is working at an equine therapy center, using horses as therapy for disabled children, and wants to go on to study animal assisted therapy in grad school. how RAD IS THAT???



noah is working for americorps (always the selfless one) up in seattle and plans to keep fighting for gay, cyclist, and pedestrian rights until he croaks. hopefully he will get his teaching position in spain...fingers crossed!

here's to their college graduation and our futures apart but always together!!! CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!!

zoe's place

this is zoe's studio apartment, conveniently located near holocene in the semi-industrial part of southeast portland. her apartment boasts a terrific view of downtown (particularly at sun-rise/set) and a hide-a-way bed camouflaged as a built-in. how convenient! zoe is amazing, i hope to see her soon in san francisco, her hometown!