Brett, the boss man, held a dinner for interns last night and we had a blast eating at ¿Por Qué No? in Portland. Perfect tacos that come with a slice of lime like the ones I am used to in my favorite border town, Las Floras (aka Nuevo Progresso). I met many a great people like Chris Ross, who designed and layed out a lot of good Top Shelf books ( Read more... )

The Thanksgiving analogy fits perfectly. The local student's family invites the new students of the Center for Cartoon Studies to their house. The cartoonists arrived with wine and comics in hand but most importantly, stories and laughter were exchanged. Vermonter Holly Foltz and her fabulous family fed us, actually stuffed us to the gills. Many ( Read more... )

Monday: ink, karaoke practice
Tuesday: ink, Cameron's good-bye party
Wednesday:
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My grandparents have three mugs (there used to be four) and they are beautiful. I have no idea what they are other than drip ceramic stackable mugs. I have found similar mugs (not stackable and without the design) on eBay called Hull mugs. Mine are from Japan, I assume, because that is the word carved into the bottom. If they look at all familiar, ( Read more... )