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Get a discount deal while also doing some good.
Posted by: Eden Dawn on Feb 09, 2012 at 07:00AM
The invention of Groupon (and all the discounts that followed) has inspired a plethora of copycats. And all with the same intention….S-A-V-I-N-G-S!
But the question is, how do you choose which one to sign up for? Going with all of them results in an email overdose so great one can’t click “delete” enough to keep up. Would it make a difference if you knew one of these companies dedicates itself to cutting consumers deals, while also supporting local non-profits? Oh, it totally does? Read on.
Launched in June 2010, Sharing Spree embraces the idea of ‘buying, giving and living locally’ by offering one daily deal with discounts up to 90% on restaurants, bars, spas, comedy clubs, sporting events, theaters, classes, retailers, hotels, salons and more. Sounds like some other companies we know? But on Sharing Spree when you go to buy your daily deal, you’ll also see the non-profit your purchase is going to help support. Currently their running tally of support for NP’s is running just shy of a quarter of a million dollars.
One note of caution: Getting screaming deals, plus knowing you’re helping out a good cause will make you want to buy every single thing they offer up. You have been warned.
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Pendleton gives Portland designers a turn behind the wheel.
Posted by: Eden Dawn on Dec 28, 2010 at 11:00AM
From the Pendleton/Opening Ceremony collaboration
In the past, I have not been the best secret keeper. I’m getting progressively better as I get older, but there is something exhilarating about being the one to tell a secret so it’s always an internal struggle. That’s why I’m quite proud of myself for keeping my mouth shut about this one as promised, but the cat is out of the bag now (thanks WWD) so these jaws are ready to flap!
Pendleton Woolen Mills will be releasing a new collection for autumn 2011 entitled: Pendleton, The Portland Collection. Designers for the hometown line going big will be a threesome effort with one leg provided by John Blasioli (stylist for The Decemberists/ designer from A Broken Spoke). The rest of the creative effort comes from the wisely chosen design pair behind Church & State, Nathaniel Crissman and Rachel Turk. These two have been busting their hindquarters in this town for years with their modern aesthetic and are well deserved of the recognition to come. Plus, they are fairly adorable. At a party in their design studio two weeks ago they were dressed in his/hers matching Pendleton plaid outfits and looked like salt and pepper shakers. The Portland Collection is trying to snag a more youthful customer for Pendleton with slimmer fits and hip designers while still using the plaid that makes them famous and it looks like they might be able to pull it off.
This whole thing triggers a bigger question: Is “Portland” becoming the newest trend? With collections being named after us, our designers dominating television screens on Project Runway and Portlandia, an entire show dedicated to spoofing our quirks, what will be next? My emotions on the subject fluctuate between swells of pride for my favorite city on earth getting recognition as a place that cultivates art and design. This is usually immediately followed by flashbacks of how Seattle was so popular during the grunge days I saw stickers in the UK that simple said the word “Seattle,” and no one in the city could get a parking space with the influx of tourists. Only time will tell how the world receives this Rose City revolution, but if we become the next big thing please remember that was a secret I told a long time ago.
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