Neat SALE
OfficePDX + Egg Press last-minute holiday deals
Holiday shoppers are getting serious this week, and shops like the OfficePDX + Egg Press pop-up store in downtown Portland are making our last-minute gift excursions especially merry. Stop by the airy, modern pop-up store from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, [...]
Cool, last-minute + local gifts for HIM
December 17, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Men are so impossible to shop for during the holidays. We have one week left to find him a cool, manly gift, and we’re over so many boring sweaters and metrosexual grooming products. No offense, but our man is not going to squeal with delight if he opens an expensive jar of shave cream. We [...]
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Your local, online holiday shopping gift guide
Why are they calling this weather an Arctic Blast? It doesn’t sound like much fun at all (yuk yuk). Ok, but seriously, holiday shopping in freezing rain is the pits, and we’re on the frenzied two-week countdown to Christmas.
Fortunately, we can still shop online at select Portland retailers who are making it easy to finish [...]
Neat STUFF
Lush goodies for the first day of Hanukkah
December 12, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Happy first day of Hanukkah! To help you kick off eight days of gift giving, Lush Cosmetics has packaged up this pretty, dreidel-inspired bath set, with the cheeky name “Better Than a Blintz” ($19.95). Inside you’ll find some of Lush’s most luscious bath bombs, scented with lemongrass, grapefruit-mandarin, apple and peppermint. The only way [...]
Neat TREAT
Handcrafted vegan chocolates on a mission
December 1, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat TREAT
Nevermind these chocolates are vegan. The point is they are amazing! (This might be a good place to remind readers The Neat Sheet is a sponsor-free and utterly objective Portland style news source.)
Missionary Chocolates began in the kitchen of chocolatier Melissa Berry a few years back, inspired by the desire to please a gluten- [...]
Neat TREND! Bring home the Bacon while it’s sizzling hot
November 27, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat TREND
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Whatever negative things we may be hearing about swine, there’s still plenty to love about ever-popular pork. Namely, bacon – the latest sizzling hot trend to captivate Portlanders who can’t get enough salty, fatty, crispy deliciousness.
This meaty trend has been building bit by bacon bit over the past [...]
Neat SALES
Your neat Black Friday weekend sales guide
Ok Portland, are you ready to work off that gravy-smothered Turducken with some madcap Black Friday shopping? Let’s kick this economy’s butt! The best sales of the year start this Friday, Nov. 27 and continue throughout the weekend. We’ve rounded up Portland’s best sales for your shopping ease. May we suggest you print this and [...]
Neat SHOP
Egg Press + Office PDX holiday pop-up shop
Popular letterpress card maker Egg Press and chic, modern online business boutique Office have combined forces to set up a joint holiday pop-up shop in downtown Portland. Egg Press opened the shop this weekend, and will be joined by Office on Saturday, Dec. 12. The joint pop-up will remain open through Thursday, Dec. 24.
Shop now for [...]
Neat SALE
Save 15% on Kartell lighting at Hive Modern
Hive Modern, the Pearl District’s premiere retailer of eye-popping modern designer furniture and housewares, will mark down all Kartell lighting by 15 percent, now through Sunday, Nov. 15.
Made in Italy by a handful of amazing designers, Kartell is known for pioneering use of plastics to create equally durable and stunning light fixtures like the ones [...]
