First of all, we are having a really good time slipping “Oregon” into other words and phrases, such as “getting Oregonized,” “eating Oreganic,” “living Oregonisms,” etc. May you find that as hilarious as we do. Anywho, having lived in Oregon for 3 weeks now (and in our own place for 5 days), we’re catching onto…
Archives for September 2012
a new food in a new oven.
First, let me clarify something about the title of this post. While the oven is new to us, there is nothing new about our oven. If I had to take a guess, I would say this oven is older than me, and was perhaps created before the invention of digital clocks, as it has no…
the perfect dinner party.
While staying with our incredible host family, we have had the opportunity to meet a lot of really fun and interesting people. We met a majority of these people at a dinner party on Friday night. It was, by far, the most impressive dinner party I have ever had the pleasure of attending. From this…
news from the northwest.
Good news! We have a place to live! After an exhausting apartment search that involved literally driving every street in Eugene, we signed a lease on Friday afternoon! We’ll begin the moving process on Monday once our pods of stuff arrive. Unfortunately, Monday is also the day that Eric’s 2-week prologue begins, so I’m not…
the first few days in a new place.
So, it turns out that moving to a new city is a little overwhelming. We spent the first few days in Eugene, Oregon driving around the town, writing down homes and apartments for rent, and calling and e-mailing the listings we found. Unfortunately, this was a holiday weekend, so of course no one answered. We…
the oregon trail: day 7 (nampa, idaho to eugene, oregon)
The playlist for today’s drive: -We put the iPod on shuffle and enjoyed hits from the Backstreet Boys, Nsync, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, and Hanson, among others. Clearly, I have wonderful, mature taste in music. Today marked the last leg of our journey across the country. To start the day, our host family in…
the oregon trail: day 6 (park city, utah to nampa, idaho)
The playlist for today’s drive: -”Born and Raised” -John Mayer It has been kind of crazy to wake up every morning on this trip because we’re constantly surrounded by awesome things that we’ve never seen before. This morning was no different, as for the first time, we watched the sunrise over the Rocky Mountains in…
the oregon trail: day 5 (jackson hole, wyoming to park city, utah)
We packed up our tent this morning and left the Grand Tetons as tiny specks in our rearview mirror. Luckily, we had many more miles of forests and mountains before we entered the way less exciting valleys of hay fields and dirt. In case you ever plan to make the drive from Jackson to Park…