i heart radishes

i heart radishes. 


well the unbelieveably spiffy store in Portland, Oregon Radish Underground to be exact.  


And why do you love a store on the other side of the planet I hear you ask? Well I will tell you....


You see when I was away on my American Odyssey, I visited Radish Underground on my visit to Portland and purchased a gorgeous silver ring by Gowan Metal Custom Jewellery. And every time I looked at this ring I smiled because it reminded me how much fun I had on my trip so it was kind of special. So when it went missing out of my bag one day when I returned home you can imagine I was just a little heart broken. But luckily for me the extremely lovely Gina at Radish is such a star that when I emailed her about my woes she acted as my fairy godmother so to speak and was nice enough to organise for a new one for me. And it arrived today. And I am literally so overjoyed i could do a star jump or 12. 

i thought i would share my joy of unwrapping this little gem :) 

 how lovely is the wrapping ?

and the goooooorgeous ring on my hot little hand :) 

So if ever you are in Portland,stop by and say hi to the lovely Gina because she is a star and her shop is rad. 
thank you so so much Gina!!! 

Portland

taking the Amtrak from Seattle to Portland

Portland is most definitely the home of weird. Case in point - hot tubbing by the hour

I wish this was my shop - Tender Loving Empire

Seriously - how awesome?

Look what I found at Tender Loving Empire - my friends Anna & Gareth's awesome  cards able and game 

The gorgeous store front - it has a moving wooden set.  Radish Underground next door is equally amazing - seriously!!!

The Chinese Garden. Apparently authentic, apart from the view of the buildings outside. As my travel buddy said - worst $8.59 I will ever spend

Gorgeous saucers at my favourite coffee store in the whole USA - Stumptown Roasters

amazing interior space at Stumptown off Burnside.

My first view of snow from the overnight Amtrak we took from Portland to San Fran 

Next we trained our way down to Portland, Oregon. And what amazing views! Once there we found such a sweet little town, I mean it seems like every amazing crafter or blogger out of the USA is living in Portland, so it must be good right? I found some great stores. I had some had amazing hot chocolate at Stumptown. We even went to an old movie theatre out in the 'burbs and saw an old re-run which was a highlight. All in all Portland is very sweet. 

Here are my Portland highlights:

1. Second run movies at an old movie theatre outside of the city

2. Stumbling across fun stores like Tender Loving Empire & Radish Underground

3. Exploring Powells bookstore