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Shannon Baird

A rare third-generation Portlander still living in the same Irvington neighborhood as her grandparents, Shannon recently finished building an urban...

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Meet The FvF Contributors: Carissa Gallo

Born and raised in the warmth of San Diego’s sun and surf, she traded one gloriously atmospheric landscape for another...

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Melissa Newirth

Melissa Newirth is the essence of calm, cool and collected. She exudes a quiet confidence that invites rather than intimidates...

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John & Jen Vitale

You’d be more likely to find the Navajo-hued stucco building where John and Jen Vitale reside along a Mediterranean coast...