Tag: travel | Apartment Therapy

General Stores: Slow & Steady Shopping

What’s not to like about a good, old-fashioned general store? In older times the general store would sell everything from coffins to cough drops. It was the one-stop shop for outlying areas - a pla...

Inspiration: Library Travel Journal

We love paper. Small, interesting bits of different papers, envelopes, patterns, cards--heck, we even save our Muni Fast Passes each month! This Library Travel Journal not only feeds our paper fetish,...

Revamping Vintage Suitcases

It is Escapes month here at Apartment Therapy, but we all know that one of the most daunting aspects of going on vacation--or anywhere by plane, for that matter--is the airport. Unfortunately, the gre...

Good Quotes: Cesare Pavese

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential ...

Flickr Finds: Jennifer's Embroidered Map

Wow, do we wish we'd come across this lovely idea before Valentine's Day. Jennifer, newly married, gave her husband this gift of a handmade map depicting their travels together in thread. They intend ...

Gifts That Showcase Your Civic Pride

After yesterday's Ork Posters post, we got to thinking about other ways to share our love of city (and state!) with locals and transplants alike. And while we may call Portland home, these suggestions...