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the Weekly Rundown: Where to Shop in Portland + the Perfect To-Go Mugs

Happy weekend! Here’s what I’ve been reading and listening to around the web this week.

The cutest takeaway coffee mugs I ever did see (pictured above).

I would love to take out all my upper kitchen cabinets someday, just like this. Also, how good is that hand-crafted subway tile?!

Want to see what a remodeled 1850’s era San Franciscan Victorian looks like? Click right this way.

If you’re planning a visit to Portland anytime soon, the Moptop just published an excellent guide to the best local shops.

The one thing I bought at the Nordstrom sale back in the summer I am still wearing at least once per week (usually more!).

Not your grandmother’s holiday socks. (Would you wear them?)

The chunky boot love affair continues. Ready to recreate this look yesterday.

Currently drooling over this.

NPR’s Here & Now interviewed Fashion Revolution founder Carry Sommers last week. She shares some staggering statistics about the clothing industry and our planet, including what would happen if we all extended the life of our garments by at least nine months.

Slow fashion activist Marielle Elizabeth just launched a Patreon account to share her research and teachings. If you want support this movement, supporting the people who are doing the work is a great way to do it!

Last year I wrote about how we are keeping the holidays simple at our house, and we are following suit again this year, except we are omitting the presents altogether (I hope my kids don’t hate me for this!). We are still doing stockings, and we have a big family surprise for them on Christmas morning. (I’ll share more with you guys when I can!)

And for your viewing pleasure…

6 thoughts on “the Weekly Rundown: Where to Shop in Portland + the Perfect To-Go Mugs

  1. Bold move to omit the presents altogether! I would love to read more about why you made that decision, what you did instead and how it went.

    1. Thanks Kim. I will see if I can put thoughts together on it one day. For now, the short version. I think it will go over okay for my son, because he’s still pretty young (5), but it might be harder on my oldest who loves gifts, and stuff in general. We decided to keep pairing down on the gifts because 1) they already have so much and 2) I wanted to start to disassociate the Christmas season with the idea of getting ‘stuff.’ Presents just tend to take over. So instead I try to buy them stuff I might gift (slippers, pajamas, clothes, books, etc.) through the year instead of putting it under the tree. We are still doing stockings, so there will be ‘stuff’ but hopefully it won’t take over the holiday. This year we were going to take a small trip to Seattle for Christmas, and surprise them by telling them on Christmas morning. I want them to have an experience rather than more toys, etc. We ended up switching to a different surprise, but I don’t want to share here until after Christmas. ;)

  2. Oh, man. I have only bottom cabinets in my kitchen. I love the look, but I didn’t anticipate how much bending, kneeling, and reaching it would entail. I miss the utility of my open shelves.

  3. Good luck with no presents! I love this idea and have mostly gone to consumable presents (homemade granola, maple syrup, booze, etc.) for the adults in my family. I’m leaning toward getting nothing for my 3 year old this year because I know there will be plenty of gifts from all the grandparents!

    Oh and on the kitchen cabinets, I LOVE the look of no top cabinets, but I have a hard time figuring out where all of my cooking gear and dishes would go!

    1. I love the idea of consumable presents! Whenever I receive those, they are often my favorite! One year my cousin made homemade vanilla, and I thought of her all year while I used it! I want to do more of this sometime! (Maybe next year.) Agreed, it would be tricky to make the cabinet situation work. I do like the look of a little bit of open shelving too, which would be great to show off white kitchen wear or my mason jar collection (that we use for everything). Good luck with your gift-giving choices!

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