&hearts portland

Random polarized snapshots ... the last shot won me a gift certificate to Burgerville (a fast food chain based in South WA and OR committed to only using local, sustainable and fresh ingredients) - onion ring face!

eating waffles

Sorry for the late post. We were busy eating dutch tacos from the Flavour Spot (yes, they include an 'u'!) food cart in Portland. I heard rave reviews about this place, so I thought that since this may be the last trip to Portland for a while, we better go and try it! Imagine a 7" crispy waffle baked to order wrapped around your favourite fillings - ham and cheese, mallow fluff and nutella, bacon and sausage, etc. You can their menu here. The one pictured above is the no.1 Sausage and Maple - sweet and savoury - 3 sausage rounds with maple syrup wrapped in a waffle. Tasty, but I think I'm going to pass on the maple syrup next time. It was a little too sweet for me.

We head back to Vancouver tomorrow, but I promise that I will post more Portland love soon.

portland -> vancouver

We returned home late yesterday afternoon. Portland, as usual, was fantastic. I love that City and can't wait to get back there. Thinking we need to find a nice vacation rental and stay for a week or so.


Croissants from Grand Central rival those from France. I pinky swear. I can't find one in Vancouver that even comes close! Flaky on the outside and soft in the inside with a side of Stumptown coffee.


Knittn Kitten is a craft instutition in Portland. It's a thrift store, so stock is constantly changing.


Some random dolphin love found on Mississippi Avenue.


Thanks to Twitter, we had the opportunity to meet TinyMeat (last December) and Robyn (this recent trip) which are two of the sweetest people ever! You can check out TinyMeat's Etsy store here or if you are in Portland, you can check out my goods (Roxypop) over at his shop!

Buy handmade in Portland

Hey! You can now find my handmade goods for sale at TinyMeat in Portland at 3808 N. Williams #132 behind Ristretto Roasters. If you live in Portland, stop by and cross some names off your holiday list!

For those in Vancouver, you can find me at Barefoot Contessa on Main Street, Kiddo, Collage Collage and Lucky Rooster on Commercial Drive.


(images courtesy of TinyMeat)

your opinion

Art or home decor faux pas?

better late than never

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

Nothing says I love you like $255 US and 7.5 pounds of chocolate!

m-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i

Hanging around the Mississippi area yesterday and I came across the rebuilding center. I love how they used vintage and recycled windows as part of their building.

Then over to Pistils Nursery where we discovered that you can learn all about Urban Farming including buying chicks and chickens! They have workshops called Urban Farming 101 where they teach you how to raise your own chickens, bees, goats and other animals. I have a phobia with the whole bird / flapping thing so I stayed my distance. Supposedly, Vancouver does not allow you to have chickens in your yard, but you can have them if you live in Burnaby. Burnaby's rules are suppose to be less strict and I heard that they are kind of out dated such as "you may have water fowl, but they may not live under your home?"... huh?

the best doughnut shop ever!

Yes, we are in Portland AGAIN! It was a Valentines... "hey do you want to go somewhere?"... "let's go to Portland".. kind of thing. So here we are.

We got in late last night as I had a few meetings to attend to yesterday morning. After we checked in, we headed over to Powells to go and purchase The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon which was highly recommended to us by Jeannette and Cornelius. Unfortunately, we couldn't find it, but we will try again and ask at the little info desk up front.



Anyways, the reason why I am posting is this cute little doughnut shop that we found on our trip downtown! Voodoo Doughnuts !! This place is so cool. So perfect for Indie I Do! They even have their wedding packages listed here. I'm not even a big fan of doughnuts, but I love this place. Where else are you going to find chandeliers in a doughnut shop?



I love the doughnut display!



Yes, that doughnut is covered with fruit loops....



and this one is for Albertine. You can't love bacon this much!! Or can you!?