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Bargain Hunting 101: not just for the ladies

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

HUGE SALES. HUGE. tomorrow. come. 12-5pm at the Crystal Ballroom.

Bargain Hunting 101 in August. not to be missed.

Super Bowl Sunday, February 7, 2010 Noon-5pm
Bargain Hunting 101 is the Mother of All Clearance Sales!
Over 50 locally owned boutiques and independent vendors at the Crystal Ballroom & Lola’s
For the biggest collaborative clearance sale ever!!

Bargain Hunting 101 – Winter Session is on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Crystal Ballroom & Lola’s, Noon-5pm. Over 50 of Portland’s best and most unique boutiques and vendors come together for a huge end-of-season clearance sale. Unbelievable discounts. Full Bar. Game in Lola’s. www.bargainhuntingpdx.com

WHAT
Bargain Hunting 101: The Mother of All Clearance Sales!
It happens twice a year and is an opportunity for shoppers to find rare, one-of-a-kind, samples and limited run clothing, furnishings and more at the lowest prices of the season. Shoppers can expect to see apparel, art supplies, home and garden furnishings, local designs, unique fashions, premium handbags, handmade hats, jewelry and other fabulous accessories all at discount and clearance prices.

WHO
Over 50 of Portland’s best boutiques, designers, and artists including Frock, Moxie, 2 Monkees, Handmade Julz, Gypsy Chic, B Hive Designs, betsy & iya, Knot Ugly, Bella Sisters, Haggis McBaggis, Pie Footwear, Plywerk, Sofada, Plue, Ellington Handbags, Clark & Mayfield, Buchic Bamboo Clothing, Tender Loving Empire, Collage, and many, many more!

WHERE
The Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
Portland, OR 97209

WHEN
Super Bowl Sunday, February 7, 2010, Noon-5pm

COST
Free and Open to the Public – no RSVP required

***Song of the Moment: Black Sand, by Jenny Lewis***

Tags: frolicking fashion fun, independents, job loving, portland oregon
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Portland digs Truth & Beauty.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

THREE more nights of performances …for now. I suggest securing tickets online beforehand. Thursday, Friday or Saturday this week … 8:30 pm @ Shaking the Tree Studio, 1407 SE Stark.

REVIEWED;

Portland Monthy Magazine (blog): Preview: Truth & Beauty

Willamette Week: Fertile Ground Day 1, Truth & Beauty

Oregonian: Fertile Ground: ‘Truth and Beauty’ is a literally moving production about a unique friendship

a friendship like no other

It’s playing in front of these audiences that has really brought our characters to life. A few days before we opened, Jessica (co-star, plays Lucy Grealy) handed me a book for inspiration: C.S.Lewis’s A Grief Observed, written after the death of his wife. His words helped me tremendously:

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. … And no one ever told me about the laziness of grief. I loathe the slightest effort. Not only writing but even reading a letter is too much. Even shaving. What does it matter now whether my cheek is rough or smooth? They say an unhappy man wants distractions–something to take him out of himself. Only as a dog-tired man wants an extra blanket on a cold night; he’d rather lie there shivering than get up and find one. … The act of living is different all through. Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.

There is a sequence in the beginning where Ann Patchett (the character I’m playing) lyrically expresses her grief. With an appropriate David Byrne song playing and only one chair, Ann’s chair, in just a few moments, she goes down to the bottom and claws her way back to the top—fighting through the mire and muck of sadness to come out on the other side. Ann wrote the book this way…3 weeks after Lucy’s death.

In the performance, there have been nights when I thought I got there. There have been nights when I knew I was no where close. I have 3 more nights to go even farther and I intend to.

Won’t you join us?

***Song of the Moment: Memories Can’t Wait, by Talking Heads***

Tags: hard work, inspiration, job loving
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Every Little Bit.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Haiti is in serious need of our support. Along with the world, Portland is extending a hand and I’d like to extend my own through betsy & iya. I pledge to donate 15% of ALL online sales from today through January 21st to Haiti relief efforts.

and/or go here to find an organization with whom you would like to donate directly.

feel free to post this everywhere.

***Song of the Moment: There is a Kingdom, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds***

Tags: Haiti relief efforts
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Outfit of the Day: Grandma and Cowboys.

Friday, January 8th, 2010

What a doozy!! This week absolutely used me up and spit me out. I have such a problem with getting back in the groove after a break. I’m wondering if everyone experiences this or if it has something to do with being self-employed. Without the insane holiday volume, I’ve caught myself with a hanging jaw, staring at the wall with a massive holiday hangover, thinking about…nothing? OR playing online Scrabble, when I should be organizing my life and coming up with my coolest designs yet.

But with a killer feature, exhilarating rehearsals, my first international boutique order (lookout Dutch beauties, b & i is coming to the Netherlands), and amazing growth, I have absolutely nothing to complain about and I need to get my butt in gear!