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No Cars In N. Portland This Sunday June 21, 2008

Filed under: event — Tags: , , , — Christine @ 7:10 pm —
  • Portland planned a “no cars” event this Sunday, June 22nd, in North Portland to coincide with an annual conference “Towards Carfree Cities”. This conference is part of the World Carfree Network, “an organization promoting alternatives to automobile use and car-centric city planning”.
    This event is modeled after a very successful large scaled one hosted in Bogota, [...]

     
     

    Beautiful Soaps From NYC June 19, 2008

    Filed under: diy — Tags: , , , — Christine @ 9:35 am —
  • Heart and Dart Teacrafted Soaps makes beautiful soaps and sells them Etsy. They would make perfect gifts, guest soaps, or just to have for day-to-day pleasure for yourself.
    When reading their shop announcement on their Etsy page, I saw that they have a blog, and being blog obsessed I headed over. On the blog I found [...]

     
     

    Error Pages Are Delightful!

    Filed under: technology — Tags: , — Christine @ 8:17 am —
  • I get a kick out of the fun error pages I have seen lately. Thank you for brightening up a situation such as that, dear Etsy and Twitter.
    Here are those beauties:
    Uh o! Twitter is over capacity this morning (I want this image on a t-shirt!) :

    The Etsy error page makes me nostalgic for the old [...]

     
     

    Barcelona: Art & Dance June 18, 2008

    Filed under: art — Tags: — Christine @ 11:03 pm —
  • It seems as if Barcelona is in my world this hour…
    In the last hour I have conversed with Etsy seller and artist LOEY who was gracious enough to let me use her photograph of her beautiful necktie in the post just prior to this one. I just found out that she used to live in [...]

     
     

    Gilbea’s “Get the Look”

    Filed under: diy — Tags: , — Christine @ 10:12 am —
  • Etsy sends out a daily email called “etsy finds”. I have subscribed and am a loyal reader. This usually gets me lost in Etsy land for quite a while. It’s a viral trail.
    Etsy Finds features different people who do the “finding”. Once a week it is GilBea’s turn and her theme is “get the look”. [...]

     
     

    Want To Get Behind Your Candidtate? June 17, 2008

    Filed under: politics — Tags: , — Christine @ 12:48 pm —
  • Want To Get Behind Your Candidtate? If you are an Obama supporter, you can purchase this pair of cotton undies on Etsy by FablesbyBarrie.

     
     

    Cookies To Help Lactation = Magic Words June 16, 2008

    Filed under: maternityshare — Christine @ 11:36 pm —
  • While I am not in need of lactation help at the moment, I could very well be in about a month when my little baby comes out into the world outside my belly. Regardless, I was very happy to see this Oatmeal Chocolate-Chip Lactation Cookies recipe posted on Bellies and Babies because I was thinking [...]

     
     

    Innovative Archtecture: Beyond Green

    Filed under: technology — Tags: — Christine @ 1:10 pm —
  • Billy made the news today on current tv. He posted this news story: Rotating tower in Dubai to generate 10x more power than it consumes. When you go to the link, click the pink play button on the page to watch.