We at Atelier Ace have a new neighbor in Portland’s Chinatown — Table of Contents, the mercantile of our dreams and a close friend to our other neighbors and old friends Studio J, the brainchild of Janet and John Jay. We recently raised a glass to TOC’s grand opening and then waltzed around the corner for an afterparty and feast at Studio J, with decorations by Janet and Hazel Cox and a lot of good friends in attendance. The very talented Johnny Le took photos.

Table of Contents just launched a new web shop, and they’re celebrating with a quick winter sale through Saturday. They’re also on the impressive roster of booksellers and presses at this weekend’s Publication Fair hosted by Publication Studio in The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland. Now is the time to indulge thyself with handsome books, objects and sweaters…

It’s called The Mush Fair and it’s a real thing happening in The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland this Sunday and Monday. Bring stories of your own — we welcome you as you are, on the hood of any car or in a fairy-riddled mushroom cave afar — and learn something about how mushrooms grow, function and live their little lives. Presented by Oregon Mushroom Stories and PICA, and this footnote is from Nopmire.

Alison and Trevor got married in a forest near Portland, then came back to Ace to party with their friends and family in The Cleaners. We like all the handmade ephemera that looks like it was pulled out of an old journal, and we like how in love they are.

Photos by Blue Window Creative

Our good friend and photographer Hope Reynolds of Folk Studios stopped by The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland to capture You Are the Chosen One — a collaborative quilting project on display all month in Portland, OR — in its final stages of construction. The YATCO ladies used the space as a fishbowl work studio for two days as they finished what has been months in the making, and Hope caught some of the grand finale sparks of late summer magic in the air.