Neat PEOPLE: Halloween queen + sock star Erica Easley
October 27, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat PEOPLE, Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Anna Reed, NEAT contributor
It’s not easy for a store to stand out on Southeast Portland’s super hip strip of Hawthorne Boulevard, but the Red Light Clothing Exchange does just that because of its dedication to buying directly from the public and keeping prices affordable for those of every age, shape and degree of quirk.
Red Light [...]
Strap on your socks for Hott Sock II: Return of the crew
June 10, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
It’s time to sock suit up, people (eh, anyone watch “How I Met Your Mother?”) and get rollin’ for this year’s Pedalpalooza 2010. It’s two straight weeks of fun bike riding schnanegians in Portland that both hardcore and lightweight cyclists don’t want to miss, starting Thursday, June 10 and riding through [...]
Snatch up Sock It To Me socks for just $4 a pair!
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Gone are the days when basic boring black or white socks reigned supreme. Here in Portland, we’re quite foot-fashion-forward, which means we consider a cute print on a sock to be just as much a factor as comfort. Perhaps that makes us a bit shallow in the sock community, but when [...]
Holocene Minigolf Art Invitational swings into action
April 3, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
The Neat Sheet is super-excited to join some of Portland’s most creative peeps as a sponsor of the Fifth Annual Holocene Minigolf Art Invitational, coming right up on Tuesday, April 13 and Wednesday, April 14.
“Zukünftspielplatz” is this year’s theme, and for those of you who don’t sprechen sie Deutsch, that means “future playground.” Teams of [...]
Neat CONTEST! Win two pair of Sock It To Me knee-highs
Pretty much the only thing Portlanders love more than springtime is cute socks, and The Neat Sheet is set to give one lucky reader a taste of each. In celebration of spring (it’s coming, we promise), and to perk up our readers during this long February slump, we’re giving away two FREE pair of stylish socks [...]
“Knee-Highs for Haiti” benefit roller skating party Saturday
January 27, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
Want to have a blasting helping Haiti? Portland sock stars Sock It To Me invite you to go bootin’ in your hottest tube socks, and skate on over to Oaks Park roller rink for a spontaneous “Knee-Highs for Haiti” roller skating benefit party, 10 p.m. to 12:30 am. this Saturday, Jan. 30.
Earlier this week, Sock [...]
Sock It To Me donates 100% of sales to Haiti earthquake relief
January 25, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Here’s a neat deal to warm your heart and your toes: Portland-based footwear fanatics Sock It To Me will donate 100 percent of proceeds from Web sales to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, starting today through Friday, Jan. 29.
Locally owned and operated by Carrie Atkinson, Sock It To Me socks are now carried by [...]
Neat CONTEST
Win these hot stocking stuffers (literally!)
Can you think of a better holiday stocking stuffer than… actual stockings?! Sock star Erica Easley of local label Rock Socks is generously gifting one lucky Neat Sheet reader three free pairs of these rockin’ socks, and we’ll get them to you in time for Christmas!
Take your pick from Rock Socks’ line of kickin’ [...]
Neat STUFF
Hey Portland, these socks rock!
November 5, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
Erica Easley is a total sock star. The founder of local label Rock Socks made headlines over a year ago with her best-selling Obama socks, and now she’s launched a whole new Portland-inspired line of kickin’ knee highs for what she calls our “sock-centric” city.
This fall, Oregonians with a hankering for hosiery can make a [...]
