pink slips, etc

NO, NOT THAT KIND OF PINK SLIP!! The silky kind, the kind you want to see. we've got lots. We've got slips in other colors, too: tangerine, scarlet, black and cream, but you may notice by the photos that pink is the theme of this blog. Oooh, i hate the word blog. It's such a dense word. But that's off-topic. I went around taking photos in the shop and everything that caught my eye was the same rosy tone. It is spring in Portland, most emphatically. Our weather is spectacular, warm enough to wear a skirt and sunny enough to coax the irises out (and the daffodils, and the crocuses..). This is the magic hour, before hayfever starts in earnest, when outdoor activities hold the most appeal for me. Plus, I can bike to school and not come back in the dark (thanks to daylight savings). I've been rocking my Pandora station in the store and people are really commenting on it. It feels funny when people ask me what's playing and I shrug my shoulders- it played the Ryan Adams song "firecracker" a few days in a row before I finally made it back to the computer to see what it was. I was totally surprised, I didn't expect to like Ryan Adams so much. Here's a link to Flutter's pandora radio station online, and I think to connect you have to make an account with them. It's free, and completely rewarding, and then you can listen to our stations whenever you want. Former unknowns may become guilty pleasures, and familiar musicians will show you sides you've never heard. It played a good Bowie song I'd never heard, and I have every one of his bbc/b-side/live/studio/compilation recordings up til the late 80's. Yes, that means it was late-late-era Bowie, and yes, I did say it was good. Also, I'd never heard John Doe's gorgeous solo stuff before, or Bobby Bare. Or Smog. If you find even one new artist you like through this site, then they've done their job. And then you can tell me all about it.
-sara