Made in the West

A $7 Muffin Worth the Money

Your eyes are not deceiving you. That is indeed a muffin with a perfectly cooked soft boiled egg in the center.

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Upcycle Fever: The Airbag Tote

Re-using waste material is going way beyond the preciously Portlandia-esque artisans selling soda can speakers or old plumbing chandeliers. Western companies with a conscience are jumping on board, on an industrial scale. The new Harvest III line of bags from Keen, the Portland-based shoe company, are manufactured in Chico, California, using pre-consumer car airbag material foraged from airbag factories. The […]

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The Last Legal Drug, Delivered

A new coffee roastery out of LA aims to answer the age old question: is your hand picked, slow roasted, organic, individual drip coffee going to taste as delicious if you don’t stand in a long line of hipsters to get it?*

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The Portland Backpack Made For Everyone

Another day, another handcrafted bag. But when they’re hand sewn by a former sailmaker and tentmaker in Portland—from locally sourced canvas, no less—we pay attention.

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