Pedalpalooza Starts Tomorrow!

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Tomorrow kicks off Portland’s awesome 2 week celebration of all things BIKE, Pedalpalooza. You don’t have to be bonkers about bikes to join in the fun…There are tons of different themed bike rides, pretty much ensuring that there is at least one ride for everyone. Events are open to the public.

Here’s a few of the rides you might spot Red Lighters at:

Friday, June 11th: Hot Sock Ride II, a ride organized around Portland’s awesome sock culture. Wear your snazziest hosiery, hop on your bike and get treated to tours and treats with the city’s leading sock taste-makers and manufacturers.

Saturday, June 12th: Pee Wee’s Bike Adventure. It takes a black heart to resist anything Pee Wee Herman-themed.

Friday, June 18th: Pride Kick-Off Ride, the bike ride launching PDX’s Pride weekend!

Saturday, June 19th: World Naked Bike Ride, exactly what it sounds like! Just as entertaining as our Naked Shopping Spree…

Check out the Pedalpalooza site for a complete list of rides and events – it’s pretty darn impressive!

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Vampire Mannequins!

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What can we say about this but WOW. The Twilight fad has entered a totally new, creepy place. No, we’re not going to drop $500 clams on this mannequin pair but we thought it was weird enough that we should share it with you in some way…

Does anyone in Portland have these yet?

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Should you desire your own vampire mannequin pair for commercial or private use, click here.

And coincidentally, tonight is Portland’s Vampire Ball. Event is $30 and tickets are available at the door, at The Melody Ballroom.

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Portland Urban Iditarod Today!

Lots fun happening around Portland today! Along with the sun, today brings Portland’s Urban Iditarod…It involves running and drinking and dressing in crazy costumes. Beyond that, we’re a little vague. You can find out more on thevent’s Wikipedia pagee . The race starts at 11:30 am under the east end of the Hawthorne bridge.

Of course, if you’d rather get some fly gear for yourself than watch other people play dress up, we’ve got hundreds of new goodies for you to peruse. Seriously, our buying counter has been BUSY lately – which means tons of new, awesome items on the racks!

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Always Dreamed of Eating Robot Brains?

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Have you always dreamed of dressing up as a zombie and eating robot brains? Or perhaps becoming a robot and melting a grimy zombie with electric lasers shot from your eyes?

Well, the opportunity to live out those dreams is almost upon you, right here in Portland.

PDX.fm are the mad geniuses behind ZOMBOTICA, a zombies vs. robots party going down at Dante’s on Mar. 13. There will be a boxing ring (for zombies and robots to duke it out), live bands, contests, raffles (The Red Light is providing some top secret prizes) and lots of booze to keep the party going, from 7 pm til after midnight.

$10 gets you in, and the whole thing will benefit the American Red Cross.

And, yeah, definitely dress up!

Check out the Zombotica site for all the dirty details…

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Naked Shopping Spree in The Oregonian!

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Portland’s paper of note, The Oregonian, is showing us some love this weekend with an awesome feature all about our Naked Shopping Spree (which took place last Sunday). Along with a great article by Peter Ames Carlin, the feature includes lots of action photos – and if you check things out online, a video of the event itself!

Once again, thank you to all who came out to watch the Naked Shopping Spree and especially our four awesome contestants!

Also, big thanks to Peter, Motoya and Brent at The Oregonian for their excellent coverage and celebrating local business!

(The photo included in this post is courtesy of Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian.)

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Naked Shopping Spree!

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Thanks to all who came out for our Annual, Co-ed Naked Shopping Spree on Sunday – especially Felesha, Breanna, Janelle, and Rich, our awesome competitors!

The event was tons of fun and a huge success! For the first time ever, one of the male contestants chickened out so the competition was between 1 guy and 3 girls (instead of 2 and 2)…Female alternate Felesha jumped in to fill the vacant spot at the last minute and did an outstanding job.

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Another first: this year’s lone male contestant, Rich, is also the only 2-time Naked Shopping Spree competitor! He ran in the 2008 Naked Shopping Spree and won this year…Guess he picked up a few tricks and tactics from his previous experience? Rich is now the official ambassador for The Red Light’s Naked Shopping Spree event; his name has been randomly chosen twice to compete from nearly 500 entrants. How can you not believe in destiny?

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Also, Janelle, our second place finisher this year has the distinct honor of putting on more clothes than any other woman in the history of this contest! In just 3 minutes, she put on 18 items – just shy of winner Rich’s 20 items.

Along with the many, many onlookers were multiple Portland media outlets. Seems our Naked Shopping Spree was the news story of Sunday, Feb. 21 (a nice change from police shootings). On hand covering the event were crews from KATU, FOX 12, The Oregonian and PDX.FM.

We had a great time and hope you did too! The 2010 Annual, Co-ed Naked Shopping Spree raised the stakes for next year…We’re already planning how to top it!

(P.S. More photos from the event can be seen on our Facebook page!)

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NAKED SHOPPING SPREE TODAY @ 5 pm!

How many clothes could you put on in 3 minutes?

Today at 5 pm we’ll find out just how many garments 4 fellow Portlanders (2 gals, 2 guys) can pile on in 3 minutes for our ANNUAL CO-ED NAKED SHOPPING SPREE! And, yes, they are going to start this contest totally nude!

We’ll have live music beginning at 3 pm to help get everyone warmed up…The public is invited to come watch and cheer on our contestants!
Don’t miss out!

(We’re open for regular shopping, too!)

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2 Days Left to Enter Our Naked Shopping Spree!

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Time is ticking if you want to enter The Red Light’s annual, Co-ed Naked Shopping Spree – tomorrow is the last day to throw your name in the ring!

Friday night (Feb. 12) we’ll be drawing out of a hat the names of 4 customers (2 guys, 2 gals). They’ll be the people you see running through the store naked, trying to put on as many clothes as possible, on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5 pm. All of the contestants win prizes, but whoever puts on the most clothes wins everything he/she puts on plus a $100 Red Light gift card!

Even if you aren’t selected to run, come to The Red Light to watch! This event is open to the public, and we’ll be “warming up” all afternoon with live music and door prizes.

The Red Light’s Naked Shopping Spree has already received coverage in PDX Neat Sheet, MOD and pdx.fm – be there or be square!

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Today ONLY: All Flannels 50% Off!

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Get your Kurt Cobain on for cheap! Today, Wednesday, Feb. 10, all flannel shirts at The Red Light are 50% off!

We have a huge selection of flannels – all sizes, many colors, many plaids and buffalo checks. All you need to do to grab today’s special discount is mention “Flash Sale” at the registers. (If you don’t mention the sale, you don’t get the discount.)

And while you’re in here stocking up on flannel shirts, why not try to figure out which black velvet painting hanging in The Red Light Courtney Love tried to buy? We wouldn’t sell it, but she didn’t take “no” lightly…
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50% Off All Cardigans – TODAY ONLY!

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Feb. 3, 2010 – TODAY ONLY – mention “Flash Sale” at the registers and get 50% off any and all cardigans in the store! Cosby cardigans, letterman cardigans, ’50s beaded cardigans…Men’s and women’s, they are all 50% off!

The Red Light’s open 11 am – 7 pm and this promotion is good for today only. You must mention “Flash Sale” upon purchase to receive the discount.

(This promotion is not good with any other discount.)

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