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May, 2009
Makes Me Want to Move Here
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Portland just hit the front page of the Sunday travel section and the article really picks up on Portland’s special energy. While it’s not uncommon for me to feel a touch of irritation when an “outsider” comes in for the weekend and reports on our lifestyle as if we were some kind of previously unknown [...]
Radon Facts
Friday, May 8th, 2009
I’m not one for conspiracy theories, and tend to take big media stories with a big pinch of salt, but radon is present in parts of Portland and a genuine hazard. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that tends to collect in confined spaces, such a basements. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates radon causes up [...]
Vynil Goes Live
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Like many homeowners, we have more projects planned than completed, so it was great fun to finally install our Vynil that we had ordered from France a year ago. Vynil is the brainchild of designers Stéphane Aurriubergé and Christine Montard who opened up a “publishing house” called Domestic. Designers from the world over create the stick [...]
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