Do you speed through McMinnville every time you drive to Yamhill County’s wine country or head for the coast on 99W? Next time, stop the car and explore downtown McMinnville. You’ll discover you’ve been missing a lot when you ignored that HISTORIC TOWN CENTER sign with the arrow pointing in the direction you weren’t going, but should’ve been! When you peruse the shops on pedestrian-friendly N.E. Third St., you’ll start empty-handed, but you’ll soon want several extra hands to carry all your goodies from wine and chocolate to artwork and, of course, that perfect piece of jewelry for your hard-to-shop-for sister!
The downtown stroll continues with an Ace of Place, a cigar & magazine lovers idea of heaven, Masters' Pieces, and Fresh + Sophisticated = MKID!
All the pretty dresses, treats for taste buds and some of that Amsterdam vibe that everybody loves. Also, places to stay fueled to keep up your energy level while cruising around downtown.
For mixed-media artist Yoshi Aoki, working in a variety of media is one of the main reasons he enjoys being an artist. "I love materials,” he says. “Only after coming up with a design do I choose the materials I’ll work with to create it."
When painter Alison O’Donoghue was growing up, art was both a sibling bond and the basis for a bit of sibling rivalry.