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This weekend, Barberama/Javarama will host two events. They’ll mark a new beginning of sorts for the shop. As previously mentioned, Barberama’s owner Nicole Cathcart put the salon up for sale a few months back. The salon now has a new owner, Brian Fuqua. To mark the occasion, the salon is hosting a party [...]

This morning’s commute to the office provided an interesting diversion. As I waited for the second bus of my commute on NE Multnomah, I couldn’t help but notice a Knife River load sitting in the middle of the street. “Well, that’s an odd place to leave a bunch of dirt,” I thought.
A few minutes later, [...]

When I moved to NE Portland it wasn’t to chase a pipe dream. I said when I moved I would park my car and walk and now, several weeks into it, that’s exactly what I’ve done. Sure I realize that I’m still in the ‘honeymoon phase’ with my new location. Yes things will change once [...]

One of the many reasons I moved from the South West suburbs of Portland into ‘town’ was that I do not like to drive. It’s not that I’m a bad driver or that I haven’t driven a lot in my life. In the late eighties and early nineties I used to drive from Northern California [...]

One weekend a month, a basement on a residential street in NE Portland turns into a place where plus-size women and men can shop for vintage and new-to-you clothing and shoes.
After knowing about Fat Fancy for months, I finally made it over this afternoon to check out the “store.” The women running the shop [...]