Portland Music Awards 2012
Plans shifted and a last minute invite to The Portland Music Awards (PMA) on Sunday night swooped in to occupy my night. I met a friend downstairs at Ringers for a drink before heading up to the award show. He pointed me to the empty seat at their booth and when the introductions were made I found myself sitting next to Rob Wynia from Floater! I never realize Portland had this Grammy style awards show, nor did I ever think I would be going to it and yet here I was having a drink, sitting in a booth next to Rob. Not bad for last minute plans on a rainy Sunday night. The PMA was...
Read MoreMiz Kitty’s Parlour
Miz Kitty’s Parlour is a Vaudville Revusical and Novelty Show and has been a Portland event for the past decade. This January was my very first “parlour act” and I loved it! Lisa Marsicek IS Miss Kitty. Her saucy and sexy charm wins everyone over, wearing a corset, red and black stripped stockings with sequined boy shorts that peek out from under her feathery clad derriere, she instantly puts a smile on your face. Every 2nd Saturday of the month the Mission Theater, on NW Glisan, fills up with people of all ages who gladly pay $12 for their ticket to Miz...
Read MoreThe Pearl’s Oldest Print Shop
The Pearl’s Oldest Print Shop is exactly what I saw printed on the window when I happened to look up. I was walking down 14th Ave, just past Johnson, and I looked up. I read the sign, I walked 5 more steps and I stopped. I was looking for a printer. Could I just walk in off the street into this extremely old building and apparently extremely old print shop and say “Hi, I need some letterhead printed. Can you help make it happen? Oh and can you make it look like this business card I already have, but have no computer file for it’s likeness?” The notion seemed...
Read MoreIt’s The Little Things
It’s the little things that mean the most- Laughing with friends, A compliment from a complete stranger, The excited faces of kids mixing cookie dough, A movie quote that warms the heart. It’s the little things that turn out to be some of the biggest motivating factors in our lives and can also be our most memorable accessories! What? Yes, I did just take a very profound sentiment and give it a fashion spin! This is a blog about the The New Spaces, Places and Faces of Portland ,after all, and not words of wisdom from The Happy Buddah. It was many “little things”...
Read MoreHello, Mellow!
Mellow Mushroom, primarily an east coast franchise, has recently planted roots on the west coast in The Pearl – 1411 NW Flanders St. Mellow Mushroom proclaims they are more than a pizza place. Their goal is ”to provide an experience that is filled with colorful art, eclectic music and food that comforts your soul.” I’d say they accomplished that very well. The restaurant has a warm, fun, classic but not kitchy retro vibe. Wood planks cloak the facade of the bar, warm the walls, and ooze across the ceiling. Lime green, raw umber, orange and yellow complete...
Read MoreBathrooms?
My current project is a coffee table book about memorable and unique bathrooms in Portland. This page will give you updates about my escapades in some of Portland’s most memorable bathrooms, bathroom trivia to test your P-town knowledge and sneak peeks into the book. Bathrooms are my current fixation when I’m out on the town. A few years ago I wandered into the bathroom at the Doug Fir Lounge and wound up standing there taking in this room and feeling very confused; all the while my knees began to tightly buckle together and I started wondering “where the heck do you pee in...
Read MoreThe Porcelain Diaries
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