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What London can learn from Portland (OR)

February 8, 2011

They are not words that I expected to utter, but I think that London could learn something from America. Well, to be more precise, from Portland, Oregon. While I’ve been here I’ve been impressed by a number of things, simple things that I think that London could also benefit from. What London could learn from … More What London can learn from Portland (OR)

Save it from the scrapheap!

January 13, 2011

I have just spend over an hour, childishly excited about sorting through shelves and boxes worth of stuff, all saved from the scrapheap by an enterprising recycling initiative in Portland (OR), aptly named “Scrap“. It’s a positive haven for crafty folk like me, looking for a bit of inspiration, a bit of shiny paper, material … More Save it from the scrapheap!