I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by champions – super, super friends. They are awesome and I have much love, big love for them. They have set the bar pretty high and I hope to be as successful as they are.
Some of them also won awards in… oh yeah, 13th COOKIE won an award! 13th COOKIE won Best Cookie. Thank you. Anyway, some awesome people, some awesome friends, won awards, too. Cyndi Lou and Kapten Hanna won Best Tattoo Shop for Squid & Whale Tattoo, Sam James won Best Street Performer (and Graffiti Artist?), Sarah’s Homegrown Herb & Tea won Best Teahouse, Brook Delorme won for Best Women’s Clothing for her store Brook There, Margarett Rounsavall’s OVE Body Therapy won Best Massage, and Colleen Kelley’s baby, Silly’s, won Best Dessert Place, Best Sandwich, and Best Waitstaff. These people hold a special place in my heart and, apparently, in the hearts of Portlanders across the peninsula and beyond!
They are awesome people who do awesome things and have awesome places. Go there. Enjoy. Support.
(Sam James, Nikki and Cyndi Lou of Squid & Whale, and me)