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Sid Walters, Garrett Kelly & Patrick Anderson

root — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:14:36 +0000

Dirt-stained jeans and t-shirts and grass-caked shorts line the long wooden farm table like a patchwork quilt. Sid Walters, Garrett Kelly and Patrick Anderson lean, stretch and yawn; greeting the new day around the outdoor dining perch. Gazing out over their three-acre organic farm in northwest Portland, Oregon the pride they feel for this space

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Shannon Baird

root — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:12:05 +0000

A rare third-generation Portlander still living in the same Irvington neighborhood as her grandparents, Shannon recently finished building an urban refuge for herself in the backyard of an old craftsman bungalow. Here she retreats from the demanding pace of her design and real estate career along with her dog, River, an aging kitty named Eliza

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Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma

root — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:42:18 +0000

From the painstakingly refined roast and preparation of the coffee to the carefully sourced furniture, all aspects of the café have been considered. Nothing is redundant or overlooked; it all comes together to create an atmosphere of warm hospitality that welcomes you in and invites you back. It is with this same warmth that Rebekah

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Melissa Newirth

root — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:00:10 +0000

Melissa Newirth is the essence of calm, cool and collected. She exudes a quiet confidence that invites rather than intimidates towards her warmth, simple aesthetic and casual but refined way of living. Her tanned skin and faint Long Island accent reveal that she neither derives from Portland, nor spends all her time in this overcast

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Shu Hung & Joseph Magliaro

root — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:40:54 +0000

Bathed in sunlight Shu Hung and Joseph Magliaro stand on the balcony of their Division Street apartment. Shu is the Global Director of Energy Marketing at Nike, a role that allows her to develop projects that bring the footwear brand in contact with artists, designers, architects and creative thinkers from around the world. Joseph operates

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John & Jen Vitale

root — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:02:43 +0000

You’d be more likely to find the Navajo-hued stucco building where John and Jen Vitale reside along a Mediterranean coast than in the Oregon city of Portland. Step inside and you’ll find the dark wood paneling, architectural charm, and attention to detail that the Pacific Northwest is rife with. Filled with plants, records, books, natural

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