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The Portland Pumpkin Patch is back & another reminder that fall is almost here & Halloween is right around the corner. It's also another great item to add to your Portland Labor Day weekend plans. Today is the grand opening of the “Heart in Oregon” maze/Maize patterned off the famous shirts designed by Chris Bucci.

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From press release:

Grand Opening of the "Heart in Oregon" MAiZE, Sept 4th, 2010

Portland's original cornfield maze ventures into its twelfth season at The Pumpkin Patch on beautiful Sauvie Island in Portland, Oregon. This year the Portland MAiZE has teamed up with "Heart in Oregon" to create a giant puzzle in the towering corn field.

Since 1999, thousands of people from all over Oregon have attended this popular fall event making it a fun-filled family tradition. According to Craig Easterly, founder of the Portland MAiZE, this year's Heart in Oregon MAiZE will be offering the usual exciting physical and mental challenges of previous versions, with the added bonus of following your heart to the actual "heart" within The MAiZE.

"I like to create designs that resonate with Portlanders and Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Bucci, “Heart in Oregon” Inventor
Goodfoot Lounge, First Thursday
SE Portland, Oregon
December 4, 2008 at 11.45pm PST
Photo By Julian / PDX Pipeline

I met Chris at the Goodfoot First Thursday Art Opening last week (great art still up). I commented on his clothing because he had the heart on the t-shirt and the hoodie. He also has a new design on the crest area of the hoodie which is a “OR” symbol with the heart in the O. Anyway, turns out he invented the ubiquitous “Heart in Oregon” stickers you see all over Portland.

From his website:

Unemployed, exhausted of benefits, zero job prospects, I sat outside on a cold, wet morning in Portland Oregon enjoying Read the rest of this entry »