Our final day of vacation started with another enormous breakfast from Chef Jerry (almond belgian waffles, Canadian bacon, scrambled eggs with swiss cheese, and fresh fruit) and a walk on the bed and breakfast’s grounds to take in the amazing views. The B&B is home to a flock of sheep and chickens, as well as…
a mini-vacation (day 2).
The great thing about staying at a B&B is the real breakfast. Jerry, our breakfast chef extraordinaire, whipped up an enormous meal of chicken apple sausage, croissant french toast, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee. And since we were the only guests, Jerry served as our breakfast entertainment as well. A few fun…
a mini-vacation (day 1).
I have my husband back! School is out for a whole month, so Eric and I are taking advantage of all this marvelous free time with a few little excursions. We all know that we do most of our vacationing with Groupons (or Living Social, in this case) to do lots of fun things on…
touring oregon with the family (day 2).
We started our Saturday with breakfast at the Humble Bagel, which is quickly becoming my favorite breakfast place in Eugene, mostly due to the enormous quantities of marionberry cream cheese they generously slather on my whole wheat cinnamon raisin honey bagel. Oh, so good. I’m drooling a little bit. After carbo-loading, we headed west to…
touring oregon with the family (day 1).
Eric’s parents and sister came to visit over the weekend, acting as our first guests in this new state. Of course, this gave us a great excuse to get out and explore. We started our Friday morning with breakfast at Glenwood Restaurant, where Eric and I ate on our University of Oregon visit a little…
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 4 (hiking in the grand tetons)
There are two things that you need to take away from this post: 1. We saw a live moose in the wild. 2. We hiked 10 miles in the Grand Tetons. If either of those interest you, keep reading. Let’s start with a recap of the night before. We camped at Gros Ventre Campground, where…
the oregon trail: day 3 (fort collins, colorado to jackson hole, wyoming)
The playlist for today’s drive: -The rest of “Bossypants,” read by Tina Fey (thank you Tina, for getting us through Wyoming). We started the day off in Fort Collins with an early morning walk along the path in the neighborhood where we stayed. The trail went behind a lot of houses and eventually into a…
the oregon trail: day 2 (kansas city, missouri to fort collins, colorado)
The playlist for today’s drive: -“Born and Raised”- John Mayer -“Bossypants” (the audiobook)- read by Tina Fey We covered a lot of ground today. Six states: Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. Wow. In the Smith family, we have a little friendly competition to see who can visit the most states. We call it…
the oregon trail: day 1 (lexington, kentucky to kansas city, missouri)
The playlist for today’s drive (thanks to all who contributed music to our ipods prior to the trip): -“Old Tyme Religion” -Hugo -“My Head is an Animal” -Of Monsters and Men -“Torches” -Foster the People -“Some Nights” -Fun We began our drive across America bright and early this morning, leaving Lexington early enough both to…
a second anniversary.
Well, folks, it’s been two years (plus a couple of days, by the time I’m actually writing this) since we walked down the aisle. And what a wonderful two years it has been! This year, we celebrated with a fancy dinner out on the town at Rosetta, a new place that opened up down the…
what we’ll miss about lexington (round 2).
I suppose a better title for this post would be “What we’ll miss about Louisville,” as none of the people involved in this post actually live in Lexington. But I guess one of the things we’ll miss about Lexington is the proximity of Lexington to Louisville, and therefore the proximity to all of these wonderful…
a spontaneous trip to charleston.
Eric and I are not spontaneous people, by any means. Generally, spontaneity makes us nervous. We are planners to the core. Take our past vacations, for example. We researched the areas, made reservations and itineraries to make sure we did everything we wanted. We are people of lists. But last weekend, we threw caution (and…
a trip to nashville.
We spent last weekend in Tennessee with my parents, celebrating Father’s Day (a little late) and exploring Nashville. We kicked Saturday off with a donut breakfast enjoyed on the river walk, followed by a trip to the Clarksville farmer’s market. Then we drove into Nashville to enjoy the 96-degree temperatures outdoors at Centennial Park. (This…