Great Pumpkin event at PSU
Come carve a pumpkin and let your kiddos parade around in their Halloween costume this weekend at the Portland Farmers Market at PSU.
Come carve a pumpkin and let your kiddos parade around in their Halloween costume this weekend at the Portland Farmers Market at PSU.
Make your own outdoor bonsai
Learn how to start your own outdoor bonsai in this class at Portland Nursery, from plant selection to training. Bring home a completed Bonsai at the end of the class.
A little light reading
It’s time to make like a bear and hibernate. The nights are getting longer so we all get an extra hour of sleep on Nov. 6 when we turn back the clocks. The idea of Daylight Savings Time was first proposed in 1895 by a New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson.
Water! 2011
This free community event features workshops, activities and exhibits on water quality and quantity issues.
Creative ReUse Library
Portland’s ReBuilding Center unveiled their Creative ReUse Library, a collection of creative reuse ideas to decorate your home and garden.
The Pink Swan Project
Following up on their successful Pink Wishbone Project, SUITE New York has launched it’s second year benefit, The Pink Swan Project. SUITE got nineteen fabulous designers to put their own spin on the classic Swan Chair, and they are just so darn pretty.
Old is the new new
She was beautiful, no question. She had great bones and an aura of elegance. But there was something romantically tragic about her past. She’d been neglected, fallen on hard times, an innocent victim of changing fashions who deserved better and stirred all my Dickensian rescue fantasies.
Historic buildings can do that.
Davis Graveyard
For over a decade, the Davis Graveyard has been attracting visitors from all over the Portland area to their spooky abode.
Northwest Permaculture Convergence
Learn how to take out your driveway, add a new garden and more in this weekend of workshops focusing on permaculture, the development of sustainable and self-sufficient agricultural ecosystems.
The perfect bath
Some gourmands recall every detail of a favorite meal. Listening to their descriptions can be a tad uncomfortable. Fair warning: This may be worse. I want to wallow for a moment in the memory of the perfect bath.
