The ever-eloquent and hilarious Heather Anne asked me to guest post for The Collective this week, and it was a bit of a momentous occasion for me, as in my over four! years of blogging (crazy, that), Heather Anne’s request was the first! time I had ever been officially asked to guest post on another [...]

If you’d rather bypass my ridiculous attempts to amuse you with really ridiculous witty San Francisco and BlogHer related haiku, then may I recommend heading straight for the good stuff full Flickr set. (Run! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.)
(Seeing as I took my characteristic fifty gazillion pictures over the course of the trip, I will be [...]

This week was admittedly tough for me, but in my experience even the most melancholy weeks are never devoid of a few hearty guffaws, which is admittedly quite awesome, as a life without hearty guffaws is no life at all.
Below are some fantastic nouns that made the past few days much more jovial than they [...]

April is fast becoming the month wherein we play host and hostess with the most-est, as many times have glorious! friends visited (Hi! Jen; Hi! Roth; Hi! Bossy) and/or been scheduled to visit (Hi! Grant) in the past three weeks.
Before the dawn of April our first long-time bloggy friend (Oh hai! Jenn-ay) visited from Boston, [...]

1. My new mug from the unendingly awesome Jen with one n. Chris and I got to spend some quality time with her and her equally awesome husband (Hi! Roth) this past weekend when, after many a (gentle?) prodding, they came to Portland to peruse the city and to meet us, and she came [...]

*Wherein “Tina Fey” is played by “The Oregon Coast” and “Jimmy Fallon” is played by “Jen-nay, from Boston.”
The Library Bar, With Ladder:

Of course I start the weekend in pictures recap with one of a pretty bar. Naturally.
Mid-Lunch Craze-ay:

Wherein we enjoyed probably the best soup on the planet. No, really.
Reflections Of Beverages:

Babycarrot sister is older! today [...]

A few days ago I followed up an enthusiastic Valentine-y purchase of felt-created poo with one from the same awesome Etsy shop, but this time, rather than a pile of heart-stamped dung I went with the felt finger-puppet mustache. I was so! excited about it, but only bought one,* because at the time there was [...]

**Updated to add:** Read Iggy’s first letter home, here. As you can probably tell from the picture, he’s pretty miserable.
Saturday morning Chris and I flew to Alabama to spend ten days with Chris’ family, a rad and righteous (why isn’t this used as an adjective more often?) family who I haven’t seen since before we [...]

What’s better than scoring vintage paper products at an antique store you have been long salivating over visiting?
Scoring said paper products with a friend who was similarly salivating over visiting the same store, and who shares your sentiments about African tribal masks like these being awesome but a bit less than comforting:

After I realized I [...]

This past Saturday my good friend Krissy married her knight in shining tuxedo at The Glover Mansion in a beautiful orchid-laden outdoor ceremony. Their chosen pastor wore a faded black cowboy hat complete with a feather and cross adornment, and officiated brilliantly. He then promptly departed on a motorcycle (further enhancing his awesomeness), but not [...]