The Week in Pictures: 4.30.10




This last week has been so good! One of my best friends in the entire universe, Star was in town over the weekend for Stumptown Comics Fest and we did our best to make up for lost time. We try to get together at least once a year and have zig-zagged the U.S. between New York, LA and Portland to make it happen.

When we’re together, the running joke is that we turn into a two-headed monster known as Stubby. Our mutual friend Kaebel of Sequential Art took us on a mini tour of Portland and we discovered a photo booth at Backspace.



Last Friday when I was staying at the Jupiter, Star stopped by and we proceeded to have a late night dinner (1 AM, holla!) at the Doug Fir. It was her first time there and is still one of my favorite places to take visitors.


Some seemingly innocent snapshots of Rocky came out more like modeling head shots. Time to put that boy to work! Dog food and designer sweaters aren’t cheap!





I was pretty excited to go to Portland’s outpost of the Beauty Bar with my friend Pam this week. I’ve been to some of the others that are scattered across the U.S. but this one was the best by far. The paint colors, decor and cute drinks merged perfectly. So cute!



I’m not much of a comics buff myself but a lot of my friends are so I try to make it to Stumptown every year to support them. I ended up spending a few hours on Saturday snuggled up next to Star and John C. Worsley. Notice how we all had grumpy faces at first and had to put on a little show for the camera. Really, we only play friends on the interwebz!



My favorite discovery at Stumptown was a comic about homeless dinosaurs. The dinosaurs themselves put on a pretty convincing act, holding signs that read “THE END IS NEAR. I WAS RIGHT 65 MILLION YEARS AGO, TOO” and “LOST MY JOB. IT TAKES 7 GALLONS OF BOOZE TO GET ME DRUNK. PLEASE HELP.” I was sold.

Until next week,




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22 People have left comments on this post
I LOVE Stumptown! I visited the one in Seattle and participated in a *cupping* {think wine tasting, but with coffee}. It was awesome.
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Love Beauty Bar and the dinos!
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i always lovee your a week in pictures!!!
keep it upp!
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Where can I get this amazing dinosaur comic?
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I love this edition of WIP. You’re a doll! If I come to Portland, can we hang out???
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Nubby Reply:
May 1st, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Lola: Sure thing, as long as you give me some notice we could probably work something out – cupcakes or a coffee date!
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Yay!
I heart my nubs.
You must visit SF soon! We will get up to much mischief.
@Lorra- My boyfriend draws the dino comic. It lives at homelessdinosaur.com
I don’t think they have it up for order yet, but they will soon!
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Nubby Reply:
May 1st, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Star, thanks for the comics info. I was too distracted by that fine young pack of dinosaurs to get the rest of the info!!
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@ Star – thanks!
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How absolutely amazing is that beauty bar?? I must see it sometime.
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1. i adore your pics with star! her facial expressions often remind me of my best friend, which makes me frown because my best friend lives halfway across the nation from me (miami-nyc). I MUST MAKE A PLAN TO SEE HER SOON!
2. STUMPTOWN, HOW FUN. i am totally a comics nerd.
3. i am sure there was a #3, but, i lost my train of thought with my excitement over comics.
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Nubby Reply:
May 1st, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Melissa Dominic: Isn’t it great when you have really great friends that you might only see once a year but when you do, it’s like no time has passed at all? Come to Stumptown and hang out with us sometime! It’s great fun!
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Love it!
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The Beauty Bar looks fantastic. Dinos are cute too! I really love your blog Nubby!
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OMG! Star is wearing my “Avenger” necklace in the photobooth pics! Hope you love it, sweets. x
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I’ll def have to head out there one year – it always seems like so much fun! I really miss the comic conventions and such circuit!
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Your white bow looks like a little nurse’s hat.
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Your blog makes me even more excited to visit Portland in June! I cannot wait! I love your blog!
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Nubby Reply:
May 4th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Clara Cupcakes: Yesss. I am gonna try to do a ‘Best of Portland’ post before then so you can hit all the cool places!
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I love your blog, especially “week in pictures.” I hate Portland weather but you make me want to be there!
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Nubby Reply:
May 4th, 2010 at 11:14 am
J. The weather here in Portland has SUCKED lately….but we have super awesome summers! Come visit!!!
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