Monthly Archives: December 2008

Holiday Festival at the French-American International School

December 6, 9-4.
Not only a great place to peruse the local unique gifts like handbags, ceramics, jewelry and candles, but also some great wine samples, seasonal music and some delicious refreshments.
Come check it out– check out their site at FAIS-PDX.

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The Serpent and the Rose

I wanted to like this book. Kathleen Bryan’s use of stained glass as a container or structure for magic is refreshing. The characters are interesting. The structure of the plot is interesting- not too unusual, and yet different enough from the normal “princess has to leave the kingdom and return to save it” sort [...]

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Smashies!

“Smashies” is a delicious way to get your kids their fruits! It is an all-natural line of organic apple sauce that comes in a revolutionary pouch. No mess, with an easy to open screw on cap, they are a great way to keep a nutritious and fun-to-eat snack at your fingertips. Each pouch yields 1 [...]

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Good News for the Holidays! Mothers Cookies Back On

In good news to parents everywhere, and especially this parent here in Portland, Kellogs announced that they will be purchasing the recipes and trademarks of Mother’s Cookies. It plans to bring back many of the popular cookies.
Hurray!

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Perry Moore’s Hero

This was a great story.
First, you should understand that I like stories about superheroes. I like superheroes. However, I abhor flawless heroes. I can’t stand the “I can fly, I have super speed, you can’t shoot me, I’m super strong” hero that can whip anything into shape and has no problems at all. I’m looking [...]

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The Not-Its

[ December 6, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Making quality shared parent/children’s music like the Asylum Street Spankers, the Not-Its have been making fabulous music in Seattle. Now they’re coming to Portland. They’ll be playing at the Mississippi Pizza Pub (3552 N Mississippi, across from the Rebuilding Center) at 4PM on December 6. Don’t forget the $5 per family admission fee.

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Need a Christmas Tree ?

Have you already gotten your Christmas Tree (if you don’t do Christmas trees, feel free to ignore this question). Allow me to recommend “Genetech” christmas trees at 1600 NW Skyline Blvd. There’s a huge variety of beautiful trees, from tiny little two foot shrubs all the way up to some sky-scratching behemoths that even Clark [...]

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Beatbuckets

We were at the Holiday Expo yesterday, and our four year old really took a shining to these BeatBuckets. Basically, they’re a special lid for a 5 gallon (round) bucket. You might have one or two of the buckets around, in which case you just need the lid and drumsticks. The price on those [...]

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A little chilly

Snow fell today in most, if not all, of Portland. We’re in St Johns and I can see at least one whole inch of accumulation. This has the possibility of bringing Portland to a crashing halt.
Unfortunately, it’s a busy season. If you’re not up at the Zoo looking at Zoolights, you’re at the river watching [...]

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School Cancelled 12/15.

In case you didn’t get the automated phone call tonight, PPS Schools are closed tomorrow 12/15. Source.

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