Last week was Eric’s spring break (and possibly the last official spring break of our lives, unless he decides to get his PhD someday). Since I have the most flexible job in the world, we decided to embark on an epic spring break trip. And since we’ll probably never live further south on the west…
four-in-one cone.
This weekend’s Ally Day killed it. Now that grad school is back in full swing, we’re back to celebrating Ally Days on the weekends (if Eric is in town, which is becoming increasingly rare). This means we go do something really exciting for a day, with no homework allowed. It’s the best. For this adventure,…
touring oregon with the ringers: eugene to bend.
We headed east for the second day of touring Oregon with Eric’s parents. We could effectively call this day, “waterfall day,” as we checked four waterfalls off the to-do list. We started with a trip down McKenzie Highway (126) to Sahalie Falls. We parked in the lot there, walked a few steps to the viewpoint…
three years.
Yesterday was our three-year anniversary. To celebrate, we decided to use the rest of our King Estate gift card for some dessert and wine (there’s nothing like a free date, right?). You can read about our ridiculous brunch experience at King Estate here. Now, the goal was to enjoy some wine and dessert on the…
king estate winery.
I should preface this post by stating a fact: We are not fancy people. There are few things that make me feel more out of place than a fancy restaurant. Somehow, everyone knows that we don’t belong there. I’m never wearing the right thing. I don’t know which piece of silverware I’m supposed to use…
oregon adventures (day 4).
This was, by far, my favorite day of Becca’s visit (and I think her favorite, as well). We left Eugene nice and early for the long drive to Hood River, Oregon (my absolute favorite town in this state). I should point out that I assured Becca it would be fine for us to wear shorts,…
oregon adventures (day 3).
We spent the third day of Becca’s visit at the coast. The Oregon coast is absolutely gorgeous, and about as different as it can get from the east coast. The cliffs just drop off into the ocean. It’s fantastic. I haven’t been to the coast since our trip last November, which seems crazy since we’re…
oregon adventures (day 2).
So, I had the goal of updating the ol’ blog at the end of each day during Becca’s stay in hopes of remembering everything that we did. Obviously, that didn’t happen, but hopefully I’ll be able to keep it all straight. For the second day of Becca’s Oregon adventure trip, we started our morning with…
oregon adventures (day 1).
One of my favorite people has come all the way from Louisiana to visit us! Becca is in town for a week, so we’ll be touring Oregon, hitting up all of our favorite spots (and some new ones) over the next several days. Becca and I met 5 years ago while working as counselors at…
food and family.
In an effort to fill up on as much good food and as much family as possible during our time in Kentucky and Ohio, we met my parents in the middle of Ohio on Sunday afternoon. They recently moved to Michigan, and we hadn’t seen them since my sister’s wedding in January, so we were…
just a little kentucky happiness.
We’re in Kentucky, folks. And it feels so good. We landed late last night, drove an hour to Lexington while dancing to hip-hop music (do you know how much fun music you are missing by being asleep between the hours of 11 pm and 1 am?) and pointing out (okay, yelling out) everything we recognized…
a day trip to portland.
People around here love Portland. I’ve never had a super awesome Portland experience, as it generally rains the entire time we’re there, but we keep giving it another chance to impress. Most of our Portland trips have brought us downtown, which isn’t exactly the most pleasant part of Portland (although it is home to Powell’s…
my birthday (and the awkward life of the ringers).
I turned 24 on Monday. I wish I was one of those people who grew more graceful with age, but I fear that I am actually regressing as a human being. Case in point: I can no longer be in our apartment for more than 10 minutes without changing into sweatpants. No more real pants…
lexington.
We got to spend a few days in Lexington between visiting my parents and wedding festivities, so we tried to squeeze in as much as possible. We both went to college in Lexington and spent our first two years of marriage there, so it’s safe to say we’re a little attached to this sweet town….
a california christmas (part 2).
For our second day of fun in California, Eric’s parents took us to our favorite lunch spot, Cordiano Winery. I did a lot of raving about this place when we visited back in March, so I’ll only repeat myself a little bit. The view is spectacular. The brick oven pizzas are delicious. And the breadsticks…