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Just back from a wonderful rejuvenating 2 weeks in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We stay in Old Town, far from the tequila-guzzling all-inclusives in the high rise Hotel District. We’ve been a few times before but we don’t get to come south every year. Our friendly Travel agents Elite Travel got us hooked on the very […]
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Booking at the last minute netted us a simple motel for 3 nights near the Convention Center, very easy to get around with Portland’s good transit system. Gee, Portland, we have not been there since 1996 Quilt Market with Pavelka Design sewing patterns, a long time ago. We’ve all grown up in so many ways
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After our jaunt down the Oregon Coast, we headed inland on a route that would see us visit 5 wonderful artists studios. From Newport, we hit Toledo on our way to visit Clint Brown in Corvalis. Toledo was an interesting small place but Monday morning saw many things closed. We peeked in windows and walked
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On our recent trip to Portland, we were able to visit with 3 figurative ceramic artists. I had contacted several of my figurative artists and four were able to have us visit, Sara Swink and Kicki Masthem yesterday and today, Jacquline Hurlbert, figurative ceramic sculptor and painter. This is our final studio visit of the trip.
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On our recent trip to the Oregon Coast, we visited figurative ceramic sculptor Kicki Masthem just outside of Portland, arriving just at cocktail time. Five years ago Kicki had a traumatic year. Her husband left her, then died and then she got MS all within a short time frame, probably with all the stress contributing
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On our road trip through Oregon Coast, we stopped overnight at Clint Brown’s to see his fabulous dramatic figurative drawings then headed up to Portland, visiting 2 more figurative artists along the way. Sara Swink’s large and well laid out studio is behind her home in a large garden, tidily arranged with large tables for
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After wandering down the Oregon Coast, thanks to our new best friend, our car navigation system, we found our way through the winding small streets up into the forest beyond Corvallis to the home of figurative artist Clint Brown just in time for cocktail hour. He and his wife Cheryl have a lovely forested property,
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Day 1 Excitement and fun started at the Blaine Peace Arch Border when we presented our enhanced drivers licenses at the Nexus lane. We had about a 40 minute wait in the lineup to explain how we had misinterpreted information we had read and be explained that the enhanced DLs can be used at the
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Make your own tiny watercolor box from a seamless metal slide top tin You’ve probably seen my tiny watercolor travel boxes made from a mints tin and a smaller on made from a blush compact. Well, my husband definitely wanted a tiny one too but I needed to find another small tin for him. The
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