Contest News
I have a new contest starting. It’s a Back Fence PDX contest. I’m contest crrrrrrrazy!
So, here’s the deal. The first 50 people to RSVP on Upcoming for our August 13th event get a free Back Fence PDX button! I KNOW!
Isn’t it totally cute? Little birdie 1-inch button. And you win it if you’re in the [...]
Back Fence PDX Day!
How have I been so lucky to publish the most remarkable essays? I mean, really. NO, TELL ME. How has this project resulted in some of the finest writing I’ve read in years? I feel so incredibly lucky.
This week’s post is remarkable.
I can’t really say much more than that. The writing is quiet and draws [...]
I’ve Never…
Okay, there are a few things I’ve never done. AND THIS LIST WILL SHOCK YOU.
1) Despite my legion of lezzie friends, I’ve never kissed a girl in that way. (I mean, I’ve kissed a girl for a jock with a camera and then he gave me mardi gras beads and told me my video would [...]
Shout outs and more shout outs
Okay, someone called me brilliant. And this was before I put the black beans post up. If you’re not listening to Strange Love with CamiKaos, you should. It’s a very cool podcast. And so listen to it in its entirety, or if you want to hear Rick Turoczy call me brilliant, then go to 54:30, [...]
I don’t want anyone starving
I saw my pal, Rick Turoczy, yesterday. He asked me if I had just “taken the week off” blogging. Right? Because Silicon Florist reads this blog. I’m famous.
He also told me he’s starving to death because I haven’t posted a cooking vimeo in so long.
So, this is for Rick Turoczy.
[vimeo 1409593]
And yes, I am taking [...]
On the Bus
Nearly a year ago
And now
One more from last year, for Harry
Dear Internets,
It’s not you. It’s me. I have free time. The sun is shining. Lemonade calls to me.
I must go out and eat things that are bad for me and drink alcohol in the evenings with members of the Portland Brain Trust.
I’m sorry. You understand, right?
Thanks,
Melissa
Back Fence PDX Day!
It’s Back Fence PDX day. I have to say that it’s really odd sometimes when your two lives, when past and present collide. That happened to me with this week’s story.
The week’s story is written by Zoe Trope, who I blogged about here. If you didn’t read that post, I’ll sum it up, she wrote [...]
Shhh…I’m Working
I’m blogging to you live from the Back Fence PDX Global Domination Headquarters.
Where the walls match my eyes.
Complete color coordination — the only way I can get any work done at all.
That and tea.
What does your Global Domination Headquarters look like?
Checking in with My Knitting
First off, the money chant (taken, of course, from Ariel Gore). Everyone together now: Money loves me. Money is sexually attracted to me. Money stays up late thinking about me. Money can’t resist my charms or my proposals or my bank account. MONEY LOVES ME!
I started blogging more than three years ago as a knit [...]
