Pie on a stick, yo.

I spent today giving out free pie on a stick in Pioneer Square, also known as "Portland's Living Room." I was up late last night and early this morning baking up about 100 of those babies. Some of them broke on the way - oh darn, we had to eat them - and I still have a few left, but I gave out quite a lot, and it was gratifying to hear all the bright "Mmm!"s as people walked away.

Amusing, too, how many people get suspicious when you offer them something for free. Heh. Sad that we live in that kind of world, but I understand! The suspicious ones seemed relieved when all I wanted out of the deal was the chance to give them my card and tell them about my food cart project, Butterpat.

Hopefully some of them enjoyed the pie enough to make a pledge toward the project. I'm exactly a week into my fundraising now and have only 49 days to go. Eep!!

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Groupon Deal!

If you haven't joined Groupon, it's a neat little system. Every day they offer one terrific deal on something local (like a restaurant or a store), and if enough people sign up to buy it, then everyone gets that deal. There's a different Groupon system for different areas, so if you live in Portland you see Portland deals but if you live in L.A. you see L.A. deals.

Well, today's Portland deal is a $20 gift card to the Urban Farm Store for $10!

I've mentioned The Urban Farm Store here before - it's a fabulous shop. They have everything you need for gardening, backyard farming, chickens, cats, dogs, home-brewing, bee-keeping, and more. No, I am not being paid for this post! Haha. I'm just a big fan and since Groupon has that deal on today, I thought I'd share.

I'm taking a sewing class today and I'm VERY excited about it. Can't wait to start making clothes I actually LIKE! (They do not make dresses for hourglass figures anymore, lemme tellya.)