If you haven’t checked out Ampersand located on 29th and Alberta in NE Portland, I urge you to stop in sometime, especially durring a Last Thursday event. The small shop specializes in books and retail committed to cultural preservation of historic and contemporary documents and collectables. You can purchase anything from vintage Playboy magazines, to hundred year old love letters written to long gone romantics.

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Piet sent me this recipe from another blog who had made a cake with it, but I thought I would try cupcakes instead. These are super fun to make, and would make a perfect project for kids, a birthday party….or for an unemployed 24 year old adult…right?

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