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loreid Walker, senior financial adviser
at Waddell & Reed and honored
activist, was the recipient of yet anoth
er award recently. This one, though,
had nothing to do with her long and
successful career or her years of community work.
No, this most recent award came from the
heart of her partner, Tamera Crombie, and close
friends Pam Monette
and Elise Campbell.
This band of co-
conspirators actually
succeeded in throw
ing Walker a surprise
birthday party com-
plete with balloons,
cards, presents, the whole kit and caboodle.
The creative hostess team went a step further,
however, for this was not any ordinary surprise
party. Nope, this was a lemon-themed surprise
party. Lemon cake, lemonade, lemon bars, lemon
drops, lemon cookies and, yes, that traditional
party favorite, chicken strips in lemon sauce.
The crowning glory of this lemon lovefest
were stylish frozen lemons filled with lemon sor-
bet. Rumor has it they’re available at Trader Joe’s,
Friends, family, loved ones and frozen
lemons. Can it get any better? Walker didn’t
seem to think so.
F
W hen L ife
G ives Y ou
L emons ...
...throw a party (or puckered pals
weekend of Nov. 2 and will be selling an array of
candles they’ve made with their very own hands,
Everybody needs candles, so go buy some, OK?
Have lunch and make it a fun day. Don’t for-
get to take your dog.
A
strange thing happens to professionals who
j T \ serve
as officers and board members for the
s
Portland Area Business Association, the Rose
City’s “gay chamber of commerce.” They keep
the organization running for their term, pour in
their hearts and souls, then disappear into the
pink Bermuda Triangle of worn-out leaders.
Sadly, some of them never are seen again,
W ith this in mind, it was especially delight-
ful to have former
PA BA mainstay Brian
Marki play host to a
on Glanville has
recent “Evening C o n
been a very busy fella
nection.” We haven’t
these past few months.
While putting in long,
seen much of him late
ly, and it was very com
long hours as co-chairman
fortable to be back in
of the Creating Change
his N orth east gallery
2002 Host Committee, he
and frame shop.
also was teaching cooking
classes at the upscale In
The place is open
and spacious and lends
Good Taste located in the
itself well to these types
Pearl District.
of social outings. Sur
Now comes word that
rounded by an array of
his creative endeavors
have resulted in a cool Rick Edmundson (left) and Floyd Sklaver eclectic artwork, the
edible centerpiece of the
promotion, and hence discuss neither coffee nor signs during a
evening was the yummy
forth he shall be known as recent get-together
light buffet prepared by
school director for the
academic culinary portion of this energetic busi-
Kevin Danley, the owner of Four Seasons
ness. For complete details, and to view a photo of Catering.
the handsome tuxedo-clad Glanville, visit
All business professionals interested in net-
www.ingoodtastestore.com.
working and socializing with PABA members
are invited to visit www.paba.com and attend
risp fall air, gloves and scarves, elephant ears, any of its events. It’s not at all snooty, and you
bizarre gift items you hope no one buys for definitely will feel welcome,
you, dogs peeing on the “No Dogs Allowed”
n the beginning there was coffee, and it
signs—yup, it’s time for Saturday Market to kick
was good. A nd throughout the land friend
into high gear again. Joining in the weekend retail
ly people dispensed hot beverages to neigh
festival this year are candle makers extraordinaire
bors and friends, and local cafes were the cor
Wally Schmidt and Mark Tynan, co-owners of the
nerstones of the community— and it was
Northeast Broadway gift store Radiance.
good. A nd then Satan reared his ugly head
The boys will be setting up shop starting the
R
original shop, he has been able to
add a lounging area with couches
and comfy chairs. Students, business
people and the general public have
access to computer stations for Web
surfing, and Broadway Coffee Trader
was one of the city’s first locations
with wireless Internet access.
The upstairs now boasts confer
ence rooms created with the small
business and nonprofit in mind. For
reasonable rates, one has access to a
spacious meeting area with comput
ers, phones and assorted amenities,
not the least of which is the conve
nience of being able to imbibe virtu
ally any hot tea or coffee beverage
you ever could hope for.
In his retail section Edmundson
features more than 50 loose teas and
has one of the city’s largest selections
of teapots and tea sets. Plans are
under way to feature a traditional
“high tea” service soon. Lunchers and
munchers may complement their cof
fee or tea with a pastry or sandwich
supplied by Gabriel’s Bakery.
Floreid Walker (left) and partner Tamera Crombie share
The walls of the living room are
a surprise birthday party moment
adorned with contemporary render-
and created national chains of uniform cof- ings of classical art masterpieces, including one
feehouses, and darkness fell upon the land.
detailing Adam and Eve being expelled from
Yeah, OK, but it might have seemed like that the Garden of Eden for drinking Starbucks,
to you if you were an independent business Viewing this piece alone is worth your first trip
owner trying to compete with the likes of some to Broadway Coffee Trader,
of these conglomerates. Fortunately, Portland is
a town noted for feisty and determined entrepre- T 7 inally, Marc A cito and partner Floyd
neurs bucking the tide of comerstore conformity. I Sklaver have sold their Tigard FastSigns
One of these gallant warriors of capitalism is franchise. Acito now will use his time to write
Rick Edmundson, owner of Broadway Coffee the great American novel, and Sklaver will be
Trader. In the two years since he bought the
his full-time love slave. JH1
business, he has created one of the most charm
ing spots in Portland.
Business news with a queer bent should be reported
By expanding into the spaces around the
to M arty D avis at marty@justout.com.
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PA BA members munch at the “Evening Connection”
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