Fall Goods

Here are some of our purchases we found over the late summer/fall time.  Above we found a set of childrens wooden deck chair which is super awesome for props purposes.  We got the pair for $32 from an antiques store in Beaverton.  The XYZ signs we got from Aurora Mills which is this awesome vintage/salvage shop in the small town of Aurora, OR.  The signs were $9 each.

We also got another childrens chair for props purposes or someday we may use it when we have kids for $10 from House of Vintage in Hawthorne.

This Ball glass jar full of buttons is one of my favorite finds.  We got it at a flea market in Aurora fro $5.  Usually the glass itself is already $8 and the buttons around $5, so my find was a steal.

Last, we got this glass decor piece from Anthropologie. I forgot how much it was, but it was on sale.

Vintage Portland Issue#1

A while ago, Nana and I were driving around south east Portland randomly turning left and right every other block until a couple vintage stores caught our eyes.  We had to stop and check these places out because we're into a phase in our lives where we like old vintage pieces and items.  It's nice to find these kinds of places because it makes Portland more attractive, but bad because it makes us want to spend all our money on antique/vintage pieces.

The place above is called the White Rabbit Vintage Furniture.  We found this place on the historic Belmont Street.  The store isn't too big but they carry a lot of nice items that I was drooling over. 

The second vintage place we went to is called the House of Vintage in Hawthorne (below).  This place in my opinion is the biggest vintage store in Portland, I could be wrong but I say it's the biggest because we kept going into these small rooms that led to another room and so on...  It took us a good hour just to walk through the place with just skimming through the items.  To look at every single thing would probably take us closer to three hours to finish.  Anyways, both places are amazing, if you like these kind of places, please shop there and support them. 

The usual pieces that catch my eyes are bottles, vintage cameras and posters.

Hawthorne Case Study

A while ago I got an opportunity to shoot at night around Portland.  I decided to go to Hawthorne because I knew people would still be out at night unlike most parts of Portland where it's dead after 8pm.  This is my first time shooting at night and a good chance for me to practice my techniques with light motion.  Overall, I was happy with how the pictures turned out, but still have a lot things to improve on.  My favorite shot is the one above of Hawthorne Bridge, it is one of three of my favorite bridges in Portland.  You can click on the picture to see a better view of the bridge.

This spot if one of my favorite because you can see the buildings in downtown behind Hawthorne.

Hawthorne Heights

Last week Nana, Keila and I had a chance to hang out in the Hawthorne neighborhood.  We walked around and checked some stores, hung out in Fat Straw and finally ended on a high note in the top of Hawthorne which is a part of Mt. Tabor.  This series are some pictures from Mt. Tabor overlooking Hawthorne Blvd.  I love the downtown in the background of Hawthorne.

Nana and Keila as models.  I love Keila's expression when she saw me. 

 Flora on a branch.

Nana wearing the G-Star jacket we found in Goodwill.  It's in one of the Goodwill post in November

Going for a power walk while it's 35degrees outside.  Cold!!!

Keila always enjoy walking around Portland.  Especially in SE Portland because there are lots of squirrels in the area.

On the blur.

Winter Hawthorne

Hawthorne in the Fall

It's nice to go to Hawthorne in the fall.  There's not too many people like in the summer time.  It's nice that Hawthorne is attracting lots of people but hopefully it won't be too commercialized.  Simple is nice.

Hawthorne Ops

Lately every couple of weeks, I've had a chance to visit the Hawthorne District in SE Portland.  This place is definitely unique because of the collection of local shops, coffee stores and restaurants.  One of my other favorite things about Hawthorne are the small details such as graffiti, street art and decals like the one on the left that give character to the area.

This car is awesome, just look at it!!!

Another great detail that most people don't see. 

This is definitely one of my favorite details.