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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 2002)
2 0 J « * t o « r t - | u n e 21. 2002 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u rn ;u ;iv i s i n e w s 90.7 PORTLAND W ild B oys NEWS, PUBLIC AF F A IR S AND MUSIC T H A T YOU WON' T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE. LISTEN Hop into your fast Cadillac and check TH IS WAY O UT out these gay-owned businesses A T 6 PM EVERY TUESDAY. 602 SE 38th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503 . 2 3 1 . 39 i i Wed - Sat . PRUL MITCHELL Free preapproval over the phone, first time buyer, zero down payment, complicated credit, all loan types, cashout Christopher Mee Mortgage Specialists www. RoseCityMtg .C O m chrismee@ rosecitymtg.com not virt your ty p ic a l dovn hone p ^ p D IG N IT Y M EA N S P LA N N IN G . When you purchase a Dignity Memorial™ Funeral or Cremation Plan you’ll receive an Aftercare® Planner that prepares you and your family so questions aren't left unanswered. And because we know these times are difficult, you and your loved ones will also receive a 24- Hour Compassion Helpline''*''. Plus, you can create an Everlasting Memorial®, a Web site of memories and encouraging words. Dignity Memorial is a higher level of funeral care. St P°P n u rsery . H O G A N & SA N D ERSO N CISTUS D E SIG N his “Queer Profit” column is brought to you today by Tigard Fastsigns, owned by gay hoys extraordinaire Marc Acito and Floyd Sklaver. They always are winning awards and acco lades and trips to exotic places, all because of their diligence in running the best damn Fastsigns fran chise on this and several other planets. And it you gazed with wonder and awe at the brilliant purple mag netic shiny signs on the Just Out car in the Pride Parade, well, hey, Marc and Floyd will make you by your very own signs. Marty Davis Honest, they will. Then you, tcxi, can he all ready in case a parade suddenly pops up near you. thc guctf PROFIT We can meet all of your mortgage lending needs. (5 0 3 ) 6 3 5 - 0 1 0 1 DAVIS FOR NURSERY 22:11 \ u 1,111111 \ \ i u ' \ p vu \ 11 isi w n I R I P Vi I n S U N DAS 10 > M H o J I.J J .U eekers of truth and beauty in omelets and burgers need not panic when they arrive at New location, same food the Cadillac Cafe only to discover it is missing. town that makes me want to buy stuff. Wild It’s all going to he OK. The venerable purveyor of gourmand fare has moved up Broadway and is Life, on upper Hawthorne, has the most appeal ing selection of gifts and unique merchandise reopening June 25 in its brand new location at that I’ve seen in a long time. 1801 N.E. Broadway. More space, same great I am not a shopper. If I could get my pets to food, same swell owners. exist on delivery pizza I probably never would go to a store again—except bookstores and Wild Life. M ow if some hot patio action is what’s call- Wild Life has plates and bowls and dinner- 'N ing your name, you need to head on over ware and furniture that absolutely make me long to Southeast Belmont Street and check out the for a home cleaning service. I want my home to Wild Abandon Restaurant &. the Red Velvet look like their store. Lounge. Michael Cox has redecorated his Wild Life has furniture including beautiful charming space and now offers something for custom-upholstered chairs and sofas— and it’s everyone and every taste. not even a large store at 1,300 square feet. The Sun lovers get to enjoy the petite patio, while pieces they sell are simply there, comfortably those desiring cool, dark and sensual confines can treat themselves to the lush interior of the inti and beautifully a part of the decor. The decor that I want. mate cafe. When Cox first dreamed up the Red Owners Steve Pickering and Larry Whitacre, Velvet Liunge concept he envisioned a curtain real-life partners, have combined all the skills, in the middle of the cafe, meant to divide off the knowledge and experience of their years in hack portion of the rexim as the lounge. He sexin retail, marketing and art design and brought realized, however, that “in reality the Red Velvet forth a dream of a concept in retailing mastery. Lounge is not a space in the physical universe, it is a state of mind.” As such, the curtain stays Open now for eight months and enjoying its first summer in business, Wild Life is the place furled, and the r<xim remains open and inviting. to go for summer entertaining delights. Garden The menu has been changed and now offers ers also will find competitively priced decorative a selection of more casual fare. In addition to old and functional items for outdoor and indoor use. favorites, now there’s something for those who Wild Life is open seven days a week. Head have to pass through more quickly. So whatever on over, and prepare to he delighted. JH1 your time constraints, visit Wild Abandon soon. K eeping with the “wild” theme, I’d like to invite you to stop by the only retail store in Business news with a queer bent should he reported to M arty D avis at marty@justout.com. 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