Sky View

On the way to London via Calgary and we passed by Mount St. Helens.  I was lucky to get a chance to photograph St. Helens from the top because I've only ever seen it from the ground view.  The only time I've visited Mount St. Helens was when I was in 6th grade. 

Port Ops May

One of the few places in Portland that still have old cobble brick roads is in the Pearl.  This one feature reminds me of Europe and has that old city feeling.

Hmm.  Paper branches, maybe I can make them. 

I love this lamp, very cool. 

Yes, this is in Portland, not Boston.

Uptown Portland.

Graphic USA

When we were in New York, we had a chance to attend a local book launch event for the design book Graphic USA.  It was cool because we got to see many local designers from New York and as well as the ones that contributed to the book.  The launch took place in the local Cherner Design studio in SOHO and I immediately wanted to live there.  The studio was so cool with many books on the wall, simple layout and all the design gadgetry you can possibly dream of.  Graphic USA was designed by my sister in law, Lisa and Joana from Studio April which they did an amazing job with the book.  The book provides sort of a locals or an artsy person's perspective guide to many major cities in the states and Portland is also in it.  Great book, awesome design, check it out. 

It was a cool event, we got to meet many of the locals and overall cool people.  The book is great, and also check out their previous Graphic Europe book also. 

Random & Portland

Anthropologie, Pearl District

 Abandoned bicycle, Uptown

Aww, good dog!!! How do people train dogs to walk off leash in the city?  My dog Keila would run rampage all over the place like a wild dog.

I'm a visual person and cool designs always attract me to it, like this one and the one below.

Around the Port

It's nice to finally walk around Portland when the weather is nice.  The rainy season is notorious in Portland but when the weather is nice, I won't complain.  I'm always happier with nicer weather.  

Apparently someone is a fork person.

The newest part of Portland.

Some people chilling from PNCA out on the streets like the old times. 

Some old looking books. I wouldn't mind having them for decor.

Goodwill Finds in May

Here are some cool items that we found in Goodwill this month.  Above is this cool decorative cup with the number nine on it.  I was really excited that I found this piece because we actually found the same exact cup with a number two on it about a year ago at Anthropologie.  All they had at that time was number two, and we found the number nine now.  Cool.  We got this cup for $1.99.

We also found this cool jug that we used as a decor and my favorite part of it is the word one litre on it.  We got this for $2.99.

Last we found this cool off white plant looking wall decor. We didn't know at first how to incorporate it into our place, so we just stuck it on our fireplace mantel and it actually turned out nice. So there you go. We got it for $2.99.

Blake in Nob Hill

Wow, apparently one of my favorite Portland clothing stores has changed location and they've done a great job with their new place in uptown. Blake is truly one of the coolest places to go to in Portland if you like shopping. What's really cool about Blake is that they sell their decor also. So if you like it, you can buy it.  Blake is also one of the few stores in Portland that carry my all time favorite brand, G-Star Raw.  Yes, they also carry women's G-Star clothing which is the first that I've seen in Portland. 

I love this bicycle. Great piece for decor.