Antique Show Tips & Tricks

October 28, 2013, 6 Comments

The Portland Antique and Collectable Expo is about the vintage lover’s equivalent of a marathon. Or remember those Black Friday ads that Target had awhile back of a woman training for it? Yeah, it’s a bit like that. But instead of once a year, it happens three times a year. With over 1,000 booths to…

A Day at the Races

October 6, 2013, 9 Comments

Today, Patrick and I ventured to Portland Meadows for a day at the races with our friends Angelina and Nick. Going to the horse races is something I’ve always wanted to do, and I’m glad we got to go while the weather was still nice. While we didn’t win a great deal ($2.40!) we got…

Visitor from Across the Pond

September 19, 2013, 20 Comments

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Charlotte of Tuppence Ha’penny. Charlotte actually hopped across the pond just for shopping! So she and I walked the streets of Portland on the hunt for vintage goodies, visiting such stores as BillyGoat, Magpie and Living Threads. We also stopped in at Powell’s, which…

A Visitor from Down Under

July 19, 2013, 8 Comments

Over the last few days I have had the absolute pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Fran of A Vintage Story. Yesterday we met up with Solanah of Vixen Vintage and ran around downtown, visiting various vintage shops, dropping by the photobooth, and popping into Powell’s. It’s so wonderful meeting fellow vintage bloggers especially…

Race Days

June 30, 2013, 3 Comments

One weekend that I look forward to each summer is the weekend spend at Portland International Raceway for the Portland Historic Races with my dad. As odd as it may sound, the days spent at the track are some of the most relaxing. We’ve been going to the Historics for over ten years, and the…

Jitterbuggin’

May 26, 2013, 11 Comments

Yesterday many of us PDX ladies had the absolute pleasure of going to the home of the owner of Jitterbuggin’, Kim. She hosted a lovely open house, complete with treats, so we could try on her beautifully crafted creations. Kim’s home is so cute, adorned with fun vintage prints, records and linens. Her work space…

Portland Vintage Guide

May 21, 2013, 19 Comments

September 2014 UPDATE: As I no longer call Portland home, this list may find itself out of date, as I will only know of changes in shops via friends and social media. So it is more important than ever to check Facebook, Google, and/or Yelp pages to see if businesses are still in operation and…

Bakelite & Bowties

May 19, 2013, 21 Comments

This morning a group of us vintage gals, and guys too, got together for brunch at one of Portland’s swankest restaurants, Gracie’s. As always, we had a theme…today’s theme? Bakelite and Bowties. I’m loving that we’re coming up with more co-ed friend;y events. It’s so nice to see men all dapper…even if we only had…

Thrift Luck

April 30, 2013, 12 Comments

On Sunday I had friend and owner of Retro Rejuvenation, Lyndsie come visit me. She’s an absolute doll and we had an incredibly fun time visiting vintage shops and thrift stores for two solid days. Sometimes the downside to having so much fun is a failure to take pictures. Even with reasonable cameras in our…

“Very Fancy”

February 25, 2013, 6 Comments

So, as you all know by now, I spent last weekend at the Portland Convention Center for Portland Comic Con. And it was crazy. So crazy, both Patrick and I really failed at taking pictures. There was so much to see and do and talk about. Friday found myself dressed as Marion Ravenwood and my…