About 5 years ago I used to sell the flower hair adornments that I made at a great little local shop named Seaplane. They mainly showcased Portland designers (as well as some musicians). I loved their little shop where the owners would work on their designs while they were tending shop. I wished I was in their shoes. I felt honored to be one of the designers represented by them. Then just before I moved to San Francisco, they moved shop from SE Belmont St (a bit of a up and coming but little known about bit of town to NW 23rd where there are a lot of small boutique-ish shops as well as some larger chain stores. This street is considered a destination by locals and tourists. I never visited their NW 23rd location. I think of Seaplane fondly from time to time.

On another note (and as you will soon see, a related note), a few days ago Billy and I watched a pod on Current TV about biofuels where one of the segments was on a company called Lovecraft Biofuels. They are a company that converts cars into biofuel using cars (for a surprisingly reasonable price by the way). They have two locations; one in LA and one in Portland. We were intrigued and are thinking that we will do this when we next need a vehicle.

Today I was reading a post on ultra (a blog about fashion, design, and culture) entitled End of An Era for Seaplane: The sale of an iconic Portland boutique that told the brief story of Seaplane and of how the owners were selling it to the owner of Lovecraft Biofuels. The new owner will open a second Seaplane location in LA.

I am very interested in both business as well as the fact that I found out about the connection between them in the same week in unrelated media messages. I recommend checking out both businesses if you get a chance as they are both inspired.