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Alder & Co. Portland Shopping Guide
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Shop We Love: Portland's Alder & Co.

Portland, OR, certainly isn't suffering from a shortage of cool boutiques, but Alder & Co.
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Portland, OR, certainly isn't suffering from a shortage of cool boutiques, but Alder & Co. stands out from the crowd. Well known for its curated selection of small-batch and handmade artisan items, the business culls from all over the world but gives items made in Oregon special treatment. Tomorrow is the shop's grand reopening in its new West End shop (half a block from the old location), which will include an area for local floral designer and stylist Hilary Horvath. Don't worry if a visit to Portland isn't in your immediate future, though — both its website and its blog are beautifully photographed and updated regularly. Read on for some of our Spring picks from Alder & Co.!

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The Deuce From Portlandia
Travel

Are You a Fan of Hipster Hotels?

I love fashion-forward hotels, but are they sometimes too hip for their own good?
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I love fashion-forward hotels, but are they sometimes too hip for their own good? That's the question that Portlandia posits in "The Deuce" from episode five of the series.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel that was too cool for its own good, or that privileged aesthetics over customer service? Or was the hipness completely satisfying? Share your experience in the comments. (And also, of course, let me know if you recognize the hotel chain that the Portlandia video is spoofing.)

Pygmy Rabbits Face Extinction
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Year of the "Threatened Rabbit": World's Smallest Rabbits Fight Extinction

Yes, all baby bunnies are small, but this species tops out at less than a pound .
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Pygmy Rabbits Face Extinction

Yes, all baby bunnies are small, but this species tops out at less than a pound . . . fully grown. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits are native to the Pacific Northwest and face an uphill battle since being declared extinct in the 1990s. They are just one type of threatened hopper BBC recently wrote about as we enter the Year of the Rabbit. Learn all about these animals — and see more pics — when you start the slideshow.

Itty Bitty Bunny Emergency Alert Baby Boom Trivia Tidbit Sagebrush No More
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Under Pressure, Four Loko Goes Caffeine-Free, and More Food News
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Yummy Links: From Mike Tyson to Robert Downey Jr.

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Photos of Portland, Oregon's Hotel deLuxe
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Home Away From Home: Portland's Hotel deLuxe

If you're in love with old Hollywood glamour, then you'll want to book a stay at Portland's Hotel deLuxe.
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If you're in love with old Hollywood glamour, then you'll want to book a stay at Portland's Hotel deLuxe. The design and details of this downtown hotel pay tribute to the Golden Era of Hollywood filmmaking, with its architectural details and decor referencing the 1920s and '40s.

The hotel has earned plenty of awards since opening four years ago, including multiple appearances on Condé Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice List and Traveler's Gold List. I'd love to stay in the hotel's Marlene Dietrich suite, its top-of-the-line accommodation, which features an eight-foot circular bed with high-thread-count duvets and linens atop a custom pillow-top mattress. The rest of the room is outfitted with a beautiful oak work desk, mahogany nightstands, and one-of-a-kind crystal lamps. Other perks include a pillow menu, the "Make It So" button, HDTV flatscreen televisions, organic coffee and tea, iPod stations, and a full menu of spiritual texts (no simple Gideon Bible for deLuxe guests!).

If you need to relax with a cocktail, order an Elizabeth Taylor (crème de violette and champagne) at the hotel's Driftwood Bar, which was named hotel bar by CitySearch. Famished? Make a reservation at Gracie's, the hotel's elegant restaurant.

Guests that are tempted to leave their luxurious rooms can enjoy Portland by simply walking out the front door into the downtown district, or by catching other city sights via the Max rail line, which has a stop just outside the hotel.

Take a mini tour below!

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They're Ba-aack — World's Smallest Rabbits Fight Extinction
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They're Ba-aack — World's Smallest Rabbits Fight Extinction

Yes, all baby bunnies are small but this species tops out at less than a pound .
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They're Ba-aack — World's Smallest Rabbits Fight Extinction

Yes, all baby bunnies are small but this species tops out at less than a pound . . . fully grown. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits are native to the Pacific Northwest and face an uphill battle since being declared extinct in the 1990s. Learn all about these animals — and see more pics — when you start the slideshow.

Itty Bitty Bunny Emergency Alert Baby Boom Trivia Tidbit Sagebrush No More
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Would You Watch a 5-Year-Old's Cooking Show?
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Would You Watch a 5-Year-Old's Cooking Show?

Last week The Oregonian had an interesting piece about a 5-year-old child who has his own cooking show.
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Last week The Oregonian had an interesting piece about a 5-year-old child who has his own cooking show. On Portland Community Media's show The Big Kitchen With Food, kid chef Julian Kreusser shows viewers how to make chocolate chip zucchini bread, a killer spaghetti sauce, and persimmon smoothies. To learn more about the pint-sized chef and check out a video of his show, read more

Fashion in 50 Seconds10/09 With Fashion Weeks in Dubai, Portland, India, Chicago and Outer Space
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Fashion in 50 Seconds10/09 With Fashion Weeks in Dubai, Portland, India, Chicago and Outer Space

Proving that its always fashion week somewhere we have runway news from all corners of the world as we ponder the inevitable question of who buys all these clothes.
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Proving that its always fashion week somewhere we have runway news from all corners of the world as we ponder the inevitable question of who buys all these clothes.

But before we get to the question of wordly fashion weeks our first stop is outer space as the spector of fashion and space tourism rears its perfectly coiffed yet protected against vacuum head.

Designers in Chicago showed in Millenium Park at the Fashion Focus Chicago.

Portland Fashion Week kicks off tonight. We certainly hope to see grand innovations in polar fleece design.

Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2009 gears up to showcase the work of 79 designers.

Splash Emerging Talent Showcase gives a platform for emerging designers in Dubai.

Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix, Elie Saab, Jasper Conran, Temperley London and Bruce Oldfield will all be showing wedding gown designs starting tomorrow at London's Designer Wedding Show

Casa Shops: The Joinery
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Casa Shops: The Joinery

I'm a huge fan of eco-minded furniture design shop The Joinery, which is located in Portland, OR.
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I'm a huge fan of eco-minded furniture design shop The Joinery, which is located in Portland, OR. The Joinery handcrafts high-end furniture using traditional woodworking techniques in a variety of styles, including modern, shaker, mission, and arts and crafts styles, as well as custom pieces.

Taking a cue from the needs of its customers, who are often downsizing to smaller urban spaces, The Joinery has recently developed its Modern line.

To find out more about the Modern line, read more

In the News: Youth Photography Builds Community in Portland
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In the News: Youth Photography Builds Community in Portland

When photojournalist Julie Keefe moved into her rapidly changing (and gentrifying) North Portland community, a place that was once "a village raising all the kids," she noticed that as new business grew, streets became safer, and houses were fixed up, the dialogue between community members (and children) took a sharp decline .
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When photojournalist Julie Keefe moved into her rapidly changing (and gentrifying) North Portland community, a place that was once "a village raising all the kids," she noticed that as new business grew, streets became safer, and houses were fixed up, the dialogue between community members (and children) took a sharp decline . . . that people weren't saying "Hello" anymore. She wanted to publicly address these changes, that she as a new neighbor was a part of, and spur new conversation. So, she began a yearlong youth photography project called Hello Neighbor. Kids began to approach their new neighbors, of all ages, and ask to interview and photograph them. At the same time the children were learning interviewing skills and photography techniques, they were also saying hello to their neighbors and bridging a gap that had been widening for some time. Keefe chose several of the children's images to be printed in mural size and in black and white, along with text from the interviews, and hung them throughout the community to serve as a simple reminder that "it all begins with a simple hello." Read more about the project in NPR's "A Photo Project's Message: Hello, Neighbor."