Coming straight from the New England frosts of Portland, Maine, is Portland General Store’s whiskey-inspired shaving products. The Wet Shave Jelly (below) is a whiskey-scented gel that creates a rich lather to shave with. Bentonite clay — “one of the most effective and powerful healing clays… that pulls oils and toxins from the skin” — […]
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Mar
Smell like Hemingway, except without the suicide
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Feb
Portland 7-piece indie folkers reject the Cult of Autotune
Portland’s AgesandAges is a a seven piece allegedly non-cult band that refers to itself as a cult in the interview, so we’re confused. Considering the beautiful acoustic driven indie-folk AgesandAges play, however, we’d gladly spend a weekend in their foresty compound listening to them jam away — even if some dubious Kool-Aid were involved. Clearly […]
Named after the many bridges of its home city, Portland’s 12 Bridges Gin is a small batch, hand-crafted gin that combines the sophistication of London dry with the bold flavor of Dutch genever. Aptly named for the number of bridges in Portland, and for the 12 botanicals in its recipe, 12 Bridges has incorporated bridges […]
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Nov
Every belt, bag, and wallet is cut, constructed, and branded by hand by a small team of designers
I’ve got mad respect for what Mark and Sam, the brains behind Portland, Oregon based Tanner Goods, are doing. They’ve got serious dedication to their craft and it shows. All products are made to order in their Portland based leather studio and produced on an individual basis. Every belt, bag, and wallet is cut, constructed, […]
Claim your city. Designer Jenny Beorkrem is the talent behind Ork Posters. So far she’s turned out modern, typographic neighborhood city posters for Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Great Lakes, Los Angeles, Manhattan, NYC, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC with Philadelphia and Toronto up next. Each map is $22. Not bad at all.
