Posts Tagged as ‘Portland’

June 20, 2010

Stereotyping Texans + Oregonians

Before you read on…please read the title of this post…and the following definition of stereotype…then read on and enjoy! (= Stereotype: an exaggerated belief that can be positive or negative but generalizes without allowing for differences So…I went out in downtown Austin / W. 6th street for the first time last night in a long [...]

March 1, 2010

GEOCACHING!!!

So, I had some friends from Salem visiting this past week. (p.s. quick tangent…I think it’s funny how depending on where I am geographically, or who I am talking to, I’ll change the location of where I am from or where I know people from. Like…if I was talking to a Texan and just said [...]

December 29, 2009

Heart in Oregon: Katy + Ryan

The last storyteller was from Luckenbach, Texas, now we’re back to the Northwest. As soon as I saw Katy + Ryan pull up in their Subaru with a giant Oregon Heart sticker on the back, I knew they’d be a great pair to interview. (=

August 20, 2009

Heart in Oregon (and Texas!)

When I was in Portland last summer for Portland Ad. Federation‘s COLAB internship-crazy-awesomeness, I started noticing these Oregon-shaped stickers with a green heart within. For the next few months, I took a picture each time I came across one of these stickers and subsequently wrote a post or two about my discoveries. Fast forward through [...]

June 2, 2009

PDX portfolio review

It’s that time of year – portfolio review! Everyone is invited to our advertising program’s year-end portfolio review – we will be showcasing our best work from strategic planners, writer and art directors at the UO J. school – the Turnbull Center in the White Stag Building in PDX.  Everyone is invited, 2 – 5 [...]

March 15, 2009

looking for an ad. internship?

10 interns. 2 teams. 10 agencies. 3 agencies per intern. 6 weeks. Portland, Oregon. Paid. Still interested?  If you guys are interested in an ad. related summer internship, I would really suggest checking out COLAB.  I spent last summer participating in COLAB and honestly…wow, it was a freaking awesome opportunity. So, basically COLAB works like [...]

September 30, 2008

organs, fondue and Greek Festivals all in a days work

The last weekend of summer went well – Friday and Saturday were spent in Portland for the wedding!  Everything went well – Meaghan and I played with an organist at the beautiful Old Church in SW Portland – the acoustics were phenomenal and the wedding was beautiful.  I love this type of performance opportunity – [...]

September 4, 2008

final Kiwi presentation for Sameunderneath

Team Kiwi‘s final COLAB slides!! (marketing plan to come)  

August 23, 2008

Salsa en las Calles

If I wasn’t visiting Seattle tomorrow, I would be doing this in a heartbeat!! ¡Que triste que no puedo asistr! Quizás el año próximo…

August 22, 2008

so what’s next?

That seems to be the million dollar question for every COLAB intern post-COLAB. For me, unfortunately (or possibly fortunately) I still have a year left at the UO and with that, it’s going to be a jammed packed year. Luckily, I’ve been able arrange my classes and use my study abroad so that I can [...]