Nervousness and low-carb dieting aside, I'm pretty excited about the upcoming grand opening of Popina Swimwear's new Pearl District location at 318 NW 11th, "This Way to the Beach." The Merc's arts editor Alison Hallett is joining me as a model in the runway show, put together by Back Fence PDX's Frayn Masters. Check out this rad, literary roster of ladies joining us:
Viva Las Vegas, Writer, Singer, Famous PDX Stripper
Monica Drake, Wrote the amazing novel, Clown Girl (Hawthorne Books)
Nora Robertson, Host of New Oregon Interview Series
Joan Hiller Depper, Owner of Riot Act Media
Sadie Medley, Actress, voiceover artist, and designer
Michelle Erickson, Copywriter and awesome gal
Annie Wilkins, Writer
Nathalie Weinstein, Back Fence PDX assistant
Pat Janowski, Siren of Sound for Live Wire! Radio
Sarah Hoopes, Posts her teenage diary entries from 15 years ago
Anne Adams, Culterphile writer at Portland Monthly
Haley Talbot, Actress, Performed with the Oregon Ballet Theatre
With the addition of new-to-the-store lines like Marc by Marc Jacobs, Nanette Lepore, and Ralph Lauren, to name a few, the new location will be able to lay claim as the largest swimwear store in the Pacific Northwest where they will host awesome-sounding, fantasy-inducing "First Thursday Travel events with expert guest speakers," in case you need to drum up a reason to score a new suit.
The party will go down on Thursday November 4 from 6-9 pm with refreshments, free nail changes and cosmetic consultations from Studio Luxe, and one lucky winner will even walk away with two round-trip tickets to Hawaii on Alaska Airlines, which I maintain is the last good American airline. Do it, to it.