I'm almost out of here.....to Atlanta.

No posting tonight (SORRY!) - but there will be one later in the week. I am in transit to the Gift Show in Atlanta for 6 days. Time to get shopping!

Check in by the weekend for a report from the gift show - so exciting!!!!!

Have a great week!!!

JJ

Episode #67

EPISODE #66

OK...it is FIXED!!! it's not sideways anymore! enjoy!

OK...here it is....yes, yes, I know that it is sideways, but it is the best we could do. The new camera will not work for this, so it is back to the old way......next time......

Try not to strain your neck while viewing this sideways.....sorry!!!!!

On that note.......have a safe and Happy New Year.... see you next year!

JJ & Sue

EPISODE # 65

HI GANG!!!!! Here is episode # 65...straight from my office. Sue, Bridget and I were at the Driftwood Room (Inside Hotel DeLuxe - SUPER COOL!!!) last night for cocktails, but the lighting was really low and it would not work from my phone...I know, I know...I need to upgrade to the new iphone with a better video camera......but it is all about budget at the moment!!! Tune in later for some photos of the lobby of the hotel that I took last night....still working on that......

Se here it is: Please go to http://qik.ly/CAJNy8Ud5rKjVKt99NnnG6Z and see OUR latest video
that was created using Qik VideoCamera application for the iPhone.

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

Episode # 64

HAPPY WEDNESDAY! It is raining like cats and dogs here in P-town...it might even snow this weekend - the weekend before Thanksgiving. Tonight Sue, Todd and I are at Clark Lewis - seemed like a cozy place to be on a Winnie the Pooh evening.......

go to http://qik.ly/BVjHVeDaDFUSLaVfNHR4mYM to check out this episode!

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

episode 59 - part one

I am a total lame-o and hit the off button during this taping so we are broken into two parts. Sorry! Here goes nothing...

Come to http://qik.ly/BWFaAPq6Q94ygK9CDHLTvsc and see our latest video
that was created using Qik VideoCamera application for the iPhone.

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

episode 59 - part 2

Here is the super lame-o part two, which, I have just discovered I filmed in black & white...Geez.....cant seem to get it all together!

Come to http://qik.ly/BqrW8vzmDQnKEJfKYnyD3fB and see our latest video
that was created using Qik VideoCamera application for the iPhone.

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

And she's off....

Sue, that is.......she took the rest of the week off to go see a few plays in Ashland at the Shakespeare festival and was unavailable for filming and I was supposed to be in Paris this week at the Maison & Objet show, ( you will notice that I am not - the picture is from last year...) but that is a whole other story (grrrrrrrrr!!!!) ....so I guess I should probably come up with something on my own........

I will have something posted by tomorrow, I am sure! I have a great client event coming up in a beautiful new space tomorrow....so maybe something about that....

Just have to wait and see......... until tomorrow then!

episode 57 part one...

SORRY! We lost our link while doing this weeks' video, so we had to split it into two parts! YIKES!!!!!!

This is part one of Episode 57....... on location at Fenouil in the Pearl District. Killer happy hour, BTW. Try the mussels....

Here is the link........http://qik.ly/78PErswQ4B1cMaWVJef3KH to see our latest video
that was created using Qik VideoCamera application for the iPhone.

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

Part two of episode 57

Here is part two....thanks for your patience!

..and here's the link to http://qik.ly/CVgaEM9DNQ61GjN99NPVvhp

Sent from my iPhone, so I apologize if there are spelling errors.

Next week, I Promise!!!!

Since we have really been working on the water damage at my shop and since I have been travelling this week, we (once again) don't really have a video episode. Terribly sorry - but things are more than a little chaotic....

I got home this morning from the Las Vegas Market and I found some pretty cool things....so instead of a video this week, I have photos of some of what I found...enjoy!!!!

WHEW! There was a lot to see in a very short period of time! More later........

We've sprung a leak......

Terribly sorry! No episode this week....

A pipe burst in the ceiling of my shop last night dousing half of the shop in brown sewer water - did I mention that it was brown?????? - and I have been rather occupied trying to get it all cleaned up. We are going to have to be closed - probably through the weekend. I am totally bummed!

Anyhoo......that's why we have no new episode. When Sue and I actually got together last night (while the poor sweet plumber - Steven Jr. at Ackerman Plumbing - was toiling away) I just did not have it in me to be very perky on film. Perky, ok - VERY perky...not so much. So I had a lovely carafe - seriously - OK, so half a carafe of White Sangria at LoLo on Alberta...yummy!

Next week, I will be at the Las Vegas Market so you will get a full report...........

Have a great week.........................

EPISODE # 54 - kind of.....

HELLO OUT THERE YOU PATIENT PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!

This week, instead of a video blog (I'm working on a better video system, please be patient), we are taking a tour of my FAVORITE vintage furniture/accessories store - Lounge Lizard - located at SE 12th & SE Hawthorne in Portland. Amazing place - I always find something - ALWAYS! I love working a cool vintage piece into a design plan - there is so much good stuff out there and there is no good reason to not use something. Here is what I found today with a quick walk through.......

This was in the front window. Vintage dresser painted up in black / orange with applied gears - so cool!

They also have vintage dishes/plates, etc - I loved this little mushroom bowl....

A complete collection of dime store bamboo plates - really lovely!

They had a pair of these handsome floor lamps - love the teak legs and the shade....

Another gear dresser in lime/black. I still love the orange!

Incredibly beautiful tamboured roll top teak desk...if only I had room!

Another tamboured piece - a nice little bar perhaps? I sure do love tamboured pieces.



A beautiful red - and I do mean RED - refinished dresser - this is where I got my red dresser I blogged about a few weeks ago...

They had a pair of these cute little side tables....

...and they had a pair of these chairs - just add a cushion with a great fabric......

.....and lastly, a wall of Tiki goodness.......

So there you have it...Lounge Lizard on Hawthorne...get down there!!!

Episode 52

On location at the Chart House

5700 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97201

Episode 51

On location at the Chart House
5700 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97201

Episode 49

on location at Decarli estaurant
4545 Southwest Watson Ave., Beaverton, OR‎

Patience, patience

Many apologies....we should be up and running in the next hour-ish. We have been using Qik video from my iphone and it takes about 2 hours to download a 15 minute video into an email to send to blogger. It has crashed twice about half way through. It looks like it took this time and you should see a video up shortly! Thanks for your patience! Keep calm and carry on!

Episode 46

On Location at Clark Lewis
1001 Southeast Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Cocktail: Old German Beer

Episode 43

on location @ said interior design
7501 sw capitol hwy, portland, oregon
jennifer west showroom fabric showing with Barb Otto

Episode 41

On Location at Clark Lewis
1001 Southeast Water Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
Our cocktail tonight is Sangria!