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Indy Mart On Foster

by Cosmic Charlie

Getting the shakes over Portland’s Saturday Market closing down until spring? Wish those garage sales would start popping up again? Well, I can’t hurry the seasons, but may have come across something that will tide you over.
The area around SE 82nd and Foster has been getting a facelift. Tom Peterson’s old building has been demolished [...]

12.12.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Portland Shopping Mall Santas – A Comparative Study

by Radio Gretchen

I did not believe in Santa when I was a little girl. For some inexplicable reason, my parents told my brothers and me that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. We did not hang our stockings by the chimney with care. We did not write letters to or leave cookies [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest →

This is for all the Fat Girls

by A. L. Venable

While there are national chain stores that carry sizes 14 and up – Torrid, Old Navy, Lane Bryant, Macy’s, etc. – A. L. Venable focused on some of the local options for plus-sized women out there. Also, these stores offer the opportunity to be a bit more creative with your wardrobe, whether you buy all of the pieces in one place, or use them to perk up that plain black skirt.

06.22.2009 See the rest → 5 comments

Attention Holiday Shoppers

by Radio Gretchen

One of my major complaints about growing up in a small town was that we didn’t have a mall. Every teenaged girl needs a mall, right? Of course they do. But I’m much older now and just the idea of going to the mall fills me with anxiety. The parking, the [...]

12.03.2008 See the rest →
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