Author Archives: Lynette

Trixie and Lulu and the Glitter Pick Road Trip

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lynette

Greetings from Chattanooga Tennessee!  My BFF Jeanne and I are here on a grand adventure…picking our way through the south.  It’s my 50th birthday next week and I decided to spend it doing 2 of my very favorite things…treasure hunting … Continue reading →

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The Importance of any Event is Measured by Your Memory’s Loyalty to It

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lynette

“My father told me once that the importance of any event was measured by your memory’s loyalty to it.  When he said that, he was facing away from me at his work table, painting on a wing stripe.  He seemed … Continue reading →

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Easter is Easy at Penelope’s!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lynette

  It’s not too late to decorate for Easter and Penelope’s still has lots of fabulous vintage-inspired Easter decorations for your holiday table!  A customer the other day told me that we have the best selection in town of fabulous … Continue reading →

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Pea Pod and Chicken Salad–recipe

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lynette

   This recipe has become one of our favorites to make for eating at our shows.  We love it so much we usually make a double batch and eat it for lunch for days.  This last show we were being … Continue reading →

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We Lay Our Sleeping Lives

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Lynette

“She asked nothing from those she loved except to be able to trust them.  Perhaps that is not nothing, perhaps it is a great deal.  I don’t know, I can’t say.  She only wanted to feel she could surrender herself, … Continue reading →

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The Magic of La Tour Eiffel

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Lynette

The Eiffel Tower is one of the great iconic symbols of the world…it is so hard to believe that city officials planned to tear it down in a few years, after it was built in 1889 for the World’s Fair.  … Continue reading →

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Shopping Rue Cler…..the very french way to eat in Paris

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Lynette

One of the things we learned our very first trip to Paris was that french people typically buy their food every day for that day’s meals.  They have very small refrigerators since they don’t stockpile food the way we Americans … Continue reading →

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Paris—a tale of two cathedrals

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Lynette

Greetings from Paris…it’s our first day here and we chose to take it easy since the travel has exhausted us.  We explored Montmartre and Notre Dame and it was interesting to contrast the two cathedrals, Notre Dame and Sacre Coeur.  … Continue reading →

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The Only People for Me are the Mad Ones

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Lynette

“Then they danced down the streets….and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to … Continue reading →

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Why I won’t watch Portlandia anymore

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lynette

I get it.  I get that the world views us Portlanders as quirky bike-loving, greenies.  A lot of us are…and there’s a lot of things to make fun of here in Portland.  Portlandia is a parody of all the typical stereotypes Portland … Continue reading →

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