So…it appears I kind of dropped the ball on this whole blogging thing. I started taking 17 hours of prerequisite classes for grad school (including two science labs) in January, which proved to require a lot of time and attention, leaving little extra room for blogging (but plenty of time to watch 3 seasons of…
munra point.
This may be the first occurrence of a hike so amazing that I did it two weekends in a row.
catching up.
Well, there’s no better time to usher in a new year than January 31, right?
oatmeal cookies with cinnamon-coffee frosting.
In a continuation of one of our slowest rounds of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, I’m finally getting around to my fifth cookie of the season… I’ve been sending all of these cookies to the office with Eric, so his co-workers have become my test kitchen, offering suggestions, critiques, and (thankfully) compliments. One of…
homemade oreos.
So, it’s December 16, and we’re only on our fifth of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. Whoops. If you missed Days 1-4, check out my Chocolate Thumbprints with Bourbon Caramel and Sea Salt, Brown Butter Pecan Sandies with Chocolate, and Maple Shortbread, as well as Becca’s Peppermint Stars with Dark Chocolate Drizzle (she’s revived…
leavenworth (part 3)- icicle ridge and hidden lake.
At long last, the final portion of our Thanksgiving trip to Leavenworth, Washington! As you read in part 1, we stayed in a tiny house and enjoyed Leavenworth’s adorable charm and delicious food (we’re still talking about the breakfast biscuits and wood-fired pizza…drool). In part 2, we hiked to frozen Colchuck Lake (in the glorious,…
maple shortbread.
Today’s 12 days of Christmas cookies post is dedicated to Canada and our trip to the Great White North back in June. If you’ll recall warmer, drier days with me here for a minute, let’s return to Vancouver Island. Let’s forget about the little triathlon and focus on the Canadian fun. Paddleboarding, backpacking, eating maple…
leavenworth (part 2)- colchuck lake.
Our main goal in vacationing in Leavenworth over the Thanksgiving holiday was to do some hiking in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. We both saw hundreds of photos of Colchuck Lake and its blue water this summer, so we hoped to hike up there. Through a little Instagram investigation, we discovered that the winter gates would be…
brown butter pecan sandies with chocolate.
Let’s talk about Christmas movies. I assume that most folks have a list of movies they like to watch each holiday season. I tend to like my holiday movies to lean toward funny, rather than heartwarming, since I spend much of the holiday season crying through Christmas commercials (has anyone seen the one where the…
leavenworth (part 1).
Since Eric and I live too far from our families to visit them for Thanksgiving, we’ve started a tradition of taking a little holiday getaway. So far, they’ve been pretty spectacular. Last year, we visited Joseph, Oregon and the Wallowa Mountains. Two years ago, we camped in the Redwoods of Northern California. This year, we…
chocolate thumbprints with bourbon caramel and sea salt.
It’s December! And although I feel like I just put away the butter and sugar from last year’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, somehow it’s already time to lead you into another sugar coma. For those of you who are new to the blog, every year, my pal Becca and I bake way too many…
tuesday favorites.
In this season of non-stop rain, there has been (too) much television watching in the Ringer household, and Master of None was a super fun week of our lives. Obviously, some parts are very Aziz Ansari stand-up comedy crass, but other parts are hilarious and sweet and well worth a watch. Because I love books…
a year in Portland.
According to my Timehop (that fun time capsule of embarrassment), it’s been a little over a year since we moved to the big city, which means that one year ago, I was staring down this scene: In the past year, we’ve rearranged the apartment at least 3 times (you can see what it once looked…
mcneil point.
I think, maybe, we’re not great at camping. We’re at the point in the season where every weekend might be “the last nice weekend,” so we wanted to fit in one last camping trip before the rain sets in. I like to think of camping as a peaceful, calm, stress-free experience (the Instagram camping experience,…
sweet potato turkey chili.
I think I’m becoming a food television addict. Believe it or not, prior to last week, I never watched cooking shows. As much as I love food, I really hate all of those food competition shows (the commercials, alone, stress me out). I have no interest in watching people sweat, squirm, and endure the ridicule…
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