Living Portland

When I was younger, like in elementary school, I used to love Valentine’s Day. Gone are the days of scrutinizing over which tear-out card to give your crush, or over analyzing the one he gave you. What could this Batman card all mean? : ) Now that I’m older, my love for Valentine’s Day is fairly dependent on whether or not I happen to be seeing anyone at the time. Though I do have plans...

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This weekend I had drinks and dinner at Jo Bar, a little restaurant connected to Papa Haydn. The last time I was there I was on a really bad first date. Bad as in he just didn’t like me. Can you imagine anyone not digging me? : ) The place was pretty small but the atmosphere was great – nice and dim and, dare I say, romantic? It also wasn’t loud so, even with a...

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Notice a change around here? I followed the lead of the little miss holls and turned to Designer Blogs for a quick - and cheap - makeover. Ah. I love feeling refreshed!  Now onto the post. Living in an apartment has its perks. Sure, sometimes my OCD upstairs neighbors can make me cringe when they vacuum for the second time in one day, but overall it’s a super convenient way to live. Especially when folks move out and...

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Remember lockets? Growing up, my best friend and I had “friendship” lockets that we wore religiously in middle school. Thinking back, we bought them at Claire’s and most likely spent our hard earned (ha!) allowance on them. My locket got lost along the way, or more likely it broke and got tossed. I’ve always loved the look of a locket, even though they are usually too teeny to hold a photo. When visiting Phoenix, my...

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