Nobody Works Anymore: Twatch, Watch and Whistle

(Above: Oregonian columnist Chelsea Cain and Oregon icon Pennie Lane at Nordy's fashion show for PICA)

TWATCH WATCH 2008 : The Twilight Kids (and Moms) weigh in on WW"s fashionable take on the most anticipated movie EVER !

At least they thought this:

was better than this:

DECEMBER MORN : The Decemberists pen a little ditty about Valerie Plame [mp3]? Who knew? [New York ]

GOSSIP GIRLFRIEND ? According to Gawker, Portland designer and Project Runway winner (we hope) Leanne Marshall— well, her name at least —made an appearance last night on the CW's Gossip Girl . Wow, she really has arrived. [Gawker ]

POST TBA RUNWAY: Nordstrom held a fashion show of the new Via C collections deep inside the bowels of the (now Starbuckless) W+K building. It was a benefit for PICA . It was an evening of free drinks, free eats and not-so-free fashions that had a decidedly downturn-in-the-economy Cindy McCain-ish vibe. See for yourself:

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