We arrived in Seattle but decided to go straight to Portland.
We stopped a few times to visit some Antiques Malls...
but our first goal was to go to a small town lost in Oregon forests and montains... Vernonia!
That was to visit a shop called MUFFY'S...
the saddle shoes' kingdom!!! We bought 4 pairs....
After that vintage shopping could start in Portland!
I must tell you that we chose to go to North West of the USA because of that.
Have you ever noticed that so many bloggers, Etsy shoppes or Ebay dealers come from Portland area?
Moreover that was my first time in this area so that was a good excuse!
On our second day in Portland, I arranged a meeting with the darling Janey for a shopping day.
You must recognized her, she writes the blog Atomic Readhead.
That's always so nice to visit a city with someone who lives there.
That was like a vintage shoppes marathon...
we had a really fun day, that's so great to be able to meet people that you follow online in real life.
We stopped at Simply Vintage
where we had the pleasure to meet again Sara (the owner) and Julie from Fabgabs that we have already met in Viva.
I told you so many vintage people in Portland!
A lot of stores with nice items at affordable prices!
Moreover did you know that there is no tax in Oregon???
One more reason to visit this state!
We loved this city...
Really clean and green, everything is close (it's not a huge city), easy to park, no traffic jam...
But I must tell you that it's not easy to travel in early spring...
Weather can be really nice one day almost like summer and the next one cold, wind and rain!
Really hard to pack a suitcase in such situation...
We stayed 4-5 days in Portland area...
and went back to Seattle.
With more Antiques Malls to visit...
There are a lot of small historic towns that have an Antiques District.
You can enjoy these forgotten towns...
while hunting for vintage treasures!!!!
Look at this crazy 50's beach hat with a fishing rod on the top... unfortunatly it was not in good condition... but what a bargain!
You can always find so many incredible things in Antiques Malls...
Here is one of my craziest purchase of the trip...
A 50's LAS VEGAS purse!!!
In mint condition, I could not have missed it... perfect for VIVA!
Have you ever been in Portland ?
Have you ever meet bloggers in real life ?
