i ♥ finger puppets

Bob Ross

Royal Tenenbaums

Glee

Martha Stewart

Harold & Maude

Michele Obama

Steve Zissou

ARE THESE NOT AWESOME? (They are.)  I could not have asked for better finger puppets...  It does my heart good to know that these exist, all in the same Etsy shop.  The only ones missing are Chuck, Blair, Nate, and Serena...

something

So, I had "Something" stuck in my head just now, so I googled it (I am a chronic google-er).  And I found this.  And oh my goodness. How attractive is Paul McCartney in this music video?  SO ATTRACTIVE. Especially here:

IT KILLS ME!  Where can I find this?

'i want summertime' songs

Yep, that IS the lead singer from The Shins.  Cool, right?

i ♥ Penguin Books

Nerdiest thing ever, but I kind of got pretty excited when I saw these mugs on a blog. This made me think of another nerdy thing I saw a while back on Cup of Jo--a Penguin Books-inspired wedding invitation!  "Unabridged Celebration." Now THAT'S what I call cute.

OH MY GOSH.  I was just rereading the information on the invite.  They got married in the public library!  I am so happy people like this are out there and are in love.  Sure does my heart good.  And oh my!  They aren't married yet---they're getting married next weekend!  How lovely!

portland day 3

Avalon was super snazzy. The nice guys there were really impressed with us not being obnoxious teenagers and let me try on 342734982 vintage hats and sunglasses! My kind of fun.

The Saturday market was a blast (i.e. more hats!)...We spent a while there exploring the craftiness.

Kitty Baby Love was too much cute to handle. After realizing I wasn't six years old, I decided to buy a candle in lieu of a carton of crayons.

Quirky shirt alert.

This guy, Terry, was really cool. One man stopped by his booth and asked, "Have you been here since the seventies?" to which he replied, "I sure have!" The man went on to explain that his wife had bought one of his cards then and to this day couldn't bring herself to give it away. This made me really happy to hear.

Record store!

Can I live here?

The owner was working on this awesome lamp.

I asked the guy at Cool Moon Ice Cream if this was intentionally a Harry Potter reference. It was! This made me incredibly happy. Supposedly the Harry Potter cast visited at one time and renamed the flavors for a day.

Outside Powell's Books, the HUGEST bookstore I have EVER been IN. We're talking a whole block, four stories high. I could spend days in that place!

Moral of story: I ♥ PORTLAND