Monday, July 13, 2009

A Portland Show, a cheap motel, and making friends...

Packed up and took my show on the road.
Here's some pictures of my booth...it was cuter than the pics show...blame the photographer, I guess.
I drove with my load, I checked in to Mel's Value Inn on Interstate, and rode the train a few times (That Train Idea thru town is Wonderful!!)
Ate some great food at the Overlook, and at Charlies Corner Bar...shopped the Fred Meyer...watched a Harry Potter movie........
I met a lot of sweet Portland people...but I always think I'm gonna run into Gus VanSant or a Decemberist or...that sexy mayor...or.....Winona!

I saw steampunks (maybe they were Decemberists....) I saw country folks, and city folks, the gays, the grannies, and the young cuties. Missing of course, was any hippie kynd people....they were all at Country Fair.......
A pic of my motel room and the cute light fixture...








Wow! it was fun and it was all good! until......the rain at 4 pm on Sunday. So I got a little wet, but thanks to friends, Kathy and Margaret, who helped immensely with packing...I got outta there quite fast and got back to Tacoma at about 9 pm...


I finally got to meet Lulu, of LulusVintage.com......Miss Anne and her darling husband, Chris.
So positive so sweet...I met a few other shopkeepers and vintage dealers in the Portland area too. I am quite happy I went....

But the most bizarre thing...I was watching Cable TV since I don't watch TV here...and I saw Iman, Mrs. David Bowie...hawking cheapo Chinese/slave made crap on Home Shopping Network......
Is she stupid? Is she broke? Has she never heard of cheap labor/slave labor? Wtf?


2 comments:

daddylikeyblog said...

Oh my gosh, when are you coming next? Let's run into each other and then plot ways to run into Gus Van Sant!

propriatress said...

winona! gee whiz this new-fangled internetz is fabooo!
uh, I'd be in your town, right now! but...mmm...howz about i drop you a line next time I get the itch to go...and yes, I really need to run into Gus, because I want him to direct my movie (which I haven't actually written down, but details, details...)