Grab your girls for Bridgeport Village Girls’ Night Out
May 16, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By NEAT SHEET staff
Multitasking, while efficient, isn’t always pleasurable. Except when you’re talking about Girls’ Night Out at Bridgeport Village, our favorite recurring event at the local has-it-all fashion mecca. Shopping and hanging out with friends is a double duty we’re more than happy to take on, and take it on we will from 4 p.m. to [...]
Palace of Industry mixes vintage shopping + booze
May 15, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SHOP, Neat STUFF
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Portland’s variety of local vintage clothing shops and second hand stores keep our shopping scene fun and interesting, and we’re happy to take a closer look at this one, which has an extra twist. Palace of Industry, a vintage boutique tucked away in North Portland, is more than just a cute [...]
Fashion fantasy weekend at the McMinnville UFO Festival
May 12, 2012 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TRAVEL
Feel like spacing out in style this weekend? Fashion is all about fantasy, of course, and that makes the McMinnville 13th Annual UFO Festival a perfect weekend getaway or day trip for stylish Portlanders who want to keep it weird while still looking good.
The mothership lands in McMinnville, Ore., this weekend, taking over this picturesque [...]
Shop 85 local artists at GIVE Handmade Sale Sunday
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
We hope you saved some shopping strength this holiday weekend! We’re back from turkey break just in time for today’s GIVE Handmade Sale, a ginormous independent artisan market held at Northeast Portland’s Leftbank Annex from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28.
GIVE began as The Secret Society Sale five [...]
Lanvin for H&M collection in Portland Saturday!
November 19, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Stylish Portlanders lined up for three blocks to shop the H&M grand opening in Portland last week, but little did we know those super-stylish Swedes were holding out on the best stuff. Expect long lines again tomorrow when the Lanvin for H&M collection arrives at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. [...]
Get the Total Package from Oh Baby, Souchi + Zelda’s!
November 19, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
We lurrrrrv making our holiday wish-list, and tonight’s Total Package party at Oh Baby lingerie boutique promises naughty AND nice goods from a trifecta of neat local shops. Oh Baby’s Northwest Portland location will host Souchi and Zelda’s Shoe Bar for Total Package party, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m Friday, Nov. [...]
Save 20% + Hats off to Bonnet’s anniversary!
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
A tip of the hat goes out to Bonnet Boutique for making it two years in the haute hat business and brightening the crowns of countless Portlanders + beyond!
Let’s face it, headwear is practically mandatory in this rain-soaked town of ours, and we’re happy to have such a friendly shop dedicated [...]
Customize your own morse code necklace at Covet
November 17, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat TREND
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Morse code may be a thing of the past, but this dot-dash-dot system of communication is having a serious resurgence in an unlikely form: customized jewelry! We mentioned our affinity for local line Besty & Iya’s morse code necklace not too long ago, and now we’ve got a new lady in [...]
Freshen your home + face at Saint Maine Holiday Party
November 15, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
What if your skin was as smooooooth as this artful golden figure? We know how to make it happen: Upscale yet quirky and on-trend home design shop Saint Maine in Portland’s Sellwood district not only wants to make sure your house looks its best for the holidays, they want to help [...]
Donate gently used winter wear at Souchi + Save 10%
November 14, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
For those of you who like to give as well as get during the holiday season, we want to make sure to let you know that Souchi, one of our fave Northwest 23rd Avenue shops, will be accepting donations of gently worn winter wear all throughout the month of November — with [...]

