NATIONALE is one of our favorite shops in Portland — tiny and perfectly curated, abuzz with good creative energy. We’ve gladly smashed ourselves into hushed crowds washed up like surf around the perimeter of their shop to watch dance performances and listen to our friends read from their books, and we’ve happily unwrapped treasures we’ve treated ourselves to from their laden shelves. And now we’re proudly part of their star-studded line-up: they’re currently carrying our limited edition Ace x Impossible instant analog film for Polaroid cameras. To top it all off, today, NATIONALE turns three — they’re having a party at another local favorite, Holocene, with Tunnels, Wooly Mammoth Comes to Dinner and Scout Niblett, as well as DJs, a video installation by Alicia McDaid and a free advice booth from the lovely Jenn Armbrust. Everything’s going down 8:30 til late for a paltry six bucks — see the full schedule here.

Wooly Mammoth pictured here dancing on the tables at Clyde Common.

Weronika Gajda aka By Niki shot these in her stomping grounds, the Seychelles Islands. Her photos are our January selections for the Ace x Impossible online gallery — as a token of our appreciation, we’ve sent her a limited PX Gold Edition from Impossible. The set will make anyone who likes a little flash with their flash very happy, with custom gold frames and a kit for making your own cards with your shots. Maybe Niki will send us one….

We’ll be picking shots out every month and sending flirtatious gifts, so enter your own photos to share the love.

Linda Gerard is a magician — she can turn any frown upside down and make the most wonton among us blush like a little girl. She’s a sailor-mouthed, velvet-handed, self-identified O.W.L. (older, wiser lesbian) and she’s one of our heros. Every Monday night at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, you can see Linda in all her glory as the singular hostess of Sissy Bingo (occasionally R-rated) where she serenades and scandalizes a rapt and devoted troupe of players. Prizes include champagne, homemade cookies and flattering attention from Linda (a hot commodity around these parts).

Tonight is a special edition of Sissy Bingo wherein Linda-devotee Conor Fetting-Smith will film Linda for his documentary about SoCal bingo culture. All bottles of wine are half off from 7-9pm in King’s Highway, but your contribution to bingo history will be priceless.

Linda interpreted by Max Wanger

Some of the fine people playing this week/end at Ace Hotel & Swim Club — Calling All Kids is hosting a showcase with Matthewdavid, Sodapop, Raleigh Moncrief, Low Limit and Butchy Fuego, and Tom Tom Magazine sends Ana Calderon over to install some sounds in the Amigo Room on Sunday night. It’s really nice down here right now, so bring someone you like and come hangout for the weekend.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, we’re collaborating with Jimmyjane to give you and someone you really like a free trip to at Ace Hotel & Swim Club and Ace Hotel New York. You can win two nights, airfare and a whole bevy of hot gifts from Jimmyjane as well as some Ace x Impossible instant analog film to use with your in-room Polaroid camera. While you’re staying with us, we’ll also bring you dessert for two and your pick from the Ace x Jimmyjane VOD channel in your room — everything from vintage kitsch to the contemporary, intelligent erotica. Enter at Jimmyjane by January 31.

You can also book this package in PSP or NYC for February 1 - 29. And stay tuned for more Valentine’s Day news because love is super un-embarrassing and we like celebrating it.

We are graced here by the most well-loved iteration of Julia and Paul Child’s famous Valentine’s Day cards.

“I have been asked to pose for Penthouse on my hundredth birthday. Everybody is going to be sorry.”

We love you, Dolly. Born this day a few years ago, but we won’t say how many.