Archives for January 2007
Stone Fireplaces In Homes
I was visiting my parents’ home in Maryland earlier this week. Guests tend to be impressed when they enter the front door into a great room with a very high ceiling that includes both the living room and the dining area (and to an exent, the kitchen). But the most majestic thing about …
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Today’s Craigslist Postings
Saw these on Craiglist again. Like anything I post from Craigslist, I make no promises about legitimacy.
1. A job
Interested in Interior Design? No formal training needed!
Reply to: shannonpolen@creatingavalon.com
Date: 2007-01-12, 1:00PM PST
Oregon based small and growing company looking for enthusiastic self starters. Need no formal decorating training to start. Work your own hours and love …
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Seattle’s Roy McMakin
I saw this arts listing in today’s copy of the Portland Mercury. I’m going to try to go to this if I can find the time between now and Sunday (when it ends) and the $10 it costs to get into the Portland Art Museum. The exhibit has apparently been on display since …
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Sky Mall Catalog
Last night I finished my winter travels. No more time zone changes. No more long, stuffy plane rides across the continent. No more airports. I’m back in Portland for a while.
I always end up going through the SkyMall catalogue, cover to cover, partially out of boredom and partially out of curiosity …
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Sulan Lighting
We’re well past the Winter Solstice. December 22nd was the darkest day we’ll experience this year, meaning that the night was the longest and the day was the shortest. From now until the Summer Solstice in June, the days will be getting longer and the nights shorter. There’s a sense that at least …
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Comments on the Pearl in Street Roots
I stopped outside of Powell’s on Hawthorne to buy a copy of Street Roots, a newspaper focused on issues of the disadvantaged and marginalized and sold by Portland’s homeless for income. The newspaper is short. The articles and creative writing are somewhat hit and miss both in terms of writing quality and subject …
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Mirador Community Store
My friend recommended Mirador to me as a place for all things wonderful and domestic. Her next purchase there would be giant glass storage jars. Where else can you find such frankly useful things?
This is an unabashedly left-wing oriented store with a commitment to community and sustainablity. Many of the items are …
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