Not Your Average Joe Mishkin

06/12/2025

From a recent backyard birthday party 🫧🫧

01/16/2025

Hey all, I have an important update to share with you...

For those of you who don't know, I recently became the owner of Covert Cafe, a small restaurant/bar/music venue/comedy club in Portland, and have been working hard to make it as successful a venture as possible.

To that end, I have decided to downsize my entertainment business.

Moving forward, I will be accepting fewer & smaller balloon artist gigs so that I can dedicate the time necessary to nurturing the growth of my new business.

After more than 40 years (you read that right) of being the entertainer, I'm excited to shift my focus to helping other artists & performers shine their brightest.

To be sure, this is one of the scariest (craziest?!) decisions I've ever made, but I think it's always important to follow one's heart.

Thank you all for your continued support - I couldn't have done any of this without you ❤️

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Portland, Oregon based Covert Cafe is a small, community focused restaurant-bar-event space where patrons quickly become friends & family. Offering a wide variety of weekly activities such as Star Trek trivia night, live comedy & live music, Covert Cafe has something for everyone! In fact, there's s...

08/21/2024

I upped my photobomb game at the Squirrel Fest in Longview this past weekend 🐿️

08/02/2024

I'll be a featured artist this weekend at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival!! Hope to see you there 🌞🤩

07/08/2024

There's something magical about bubbles! Giving so much thanks to all for your support - you make it possible for me to do what I love to earn a living ❤️

02/28/2024

Good weather is right around the corner and I'm looking forward to adding my colorful energy to your special event 💯

01/24/2024

Man, I can't wait for the return of bubble season -- everybody loves bubbles!! Fortunately, balloon art season is year-round 🤗

09/15/2023

Hey, everybody -- the Forest Grove Chalk Art Festival is tomorrow!!! I'm honored & excited to be taking part - absolutely PERFECT weather, btw - hope to see you there 😍

07/25/2023

I'm excited to be returning to the Hood River County Fair again this year! And, bonus: the temps will be 30° cooler on average than they were last year 😎 The fair runs this Wednesday through Saturday -- see you there!!

02/02/2023

Hey all, I'll be entertaining at the Portland International Auto Show this entire weekend - swing by the Kids' Zone and say hi 👋🚘

11/26/2022

Join me today for the Grinch Skate at the Lloyd Center ice skating rink! Skate with the Grinch & then come get some balloon art⛄1-3pm - see you there!

08/22/2022

Just to let everyone know, I am officially no longer offering fire-juggling as one my services. It's been a heck of a good run, but over the years I have become increasingly less comfortable working with fire. On the plus side, I am now offering magic bubbles, instead. Thanks so much for understanding ❤️