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| All I can say is, if you like mail art, go to Portland. I had way too much fun and I am dreaming of my next trip to PDX. Letter Writing Social at Noun. Champagne, cupcakes, mail art pals, rubber stamps. What's not to love? And a late night happy hour at Nostrana afterwards. See anyone you know? |
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| The gang's all here! (Maybe you better a cappuccino because this is a long post) |
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| PDX Scrap It wouldn't be a trip to PDX without a trip to Scrap. In fact, there were TWO trips to Scrap. I scored some great rubber stamps, including those bird stamps. It's Portland -- Put A Bird on It!! |
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| Another tradition is a day at Uptown Stamp Show picking out fabulous 10-cent postage stamps from all over the world and 25-cent well-traveled envelopes. I found a bunch of vintage Berlin envelopes/stamps for my next travel journal. (BIG thank you to Niko!) |
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| Coffee and coffee shops abound in PDX....and, well, my blog does have cappuccino in the name... There was an entitie isle of coffees at the New Seasons Market near my AirBnB. |
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| POK POK Yes, it is as good as they say. And want to avoid the wait? Just get it to-go! |
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| My PDX peeps kept me RUNNING but I did manage to squeeze in some time to tear up a few things.....I am working on my PDX travel journal now that I am back home. |
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| And......I invited myself over to Michelle Geller's beautiful studio. I hope you follow her Instagram feed @HoldDear. SWOON. |
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| Michelle's studio was wonderful but I was really going crazy looking at her incredible handmade altered books. So much inspiration and beauty. |
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| Lunch at Michelle's. That cake! |
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| TRINKET Yes, I am still eating. And, isn't Trinket the cutest name? Put this one on your not-touristry list. (IT pays to be pals with the locals) |
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| OF COURSE we had to cram ourselves into the photo booth at CARGO. (You will want to go there too). I love how crazed we look......but then...we are kinda crazed.... |
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| SMITH TEA This was a lovely afternoon spent drinking tea, writing the FREE postcards at Smith Tea and dropping them into the white mailbox -- the nice folks at Smith Tea put a stamp on them and mail them for free. Can you believe it? And I loved the trains roaring by as we wrote... |
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| Lunch at Noraneko |
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| I got a nice AirBnB and was really comfortable. I stayed home one night with Thai take-out and relaxed....(and gave my pals a break too) |
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| Wonderful lunch at Maurice |
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| Lunch at Vivienne -- a Breakfast salad -- TOO yummy! |
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| The Hollywood Farmers Market There is a Hollywood in PDX -- who knew?And a wonderful farmers market. |
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| All the comforts of home..... |
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| I brought little booklets for all my pals....you can't go empty handed... (you all know how to make these?) |
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| Flying into SFO My flight home only had 47 people on it - we each got our own row! And I saw the most wonderful views flying into SFO. That green in the lower right is Golden Gate Park. So cool. BIG BIG thank you to my wonderful PDX Pals -- Karen, Polly, JJ, Michelle, Dre, Sugene, Tammy, Niko, Cori And, if you are going to Portland, here's your list of fun things to do! Now, I've got to go work on my PDX book. See you! SEND GOOD MAIL GET GOOD MAIL |
