Whenever anyone comes to visit us in Portland, my first instinct is to take them to the Columbia River Gorge. So when Laura was in town last weekend, we did just that. We started with breakfast at Sweedeedee in Portland (get there right when it opens or wait in line forever) before heading to the…
salmonberry river trail.
Eric’s sister, Laura, came to visit us over the weekend from sunny southern California. So, naturally, her arrival in Portland was met with pouring rain, which we then insisted on hiking through. She was a total trooper, even when the temperature dropped 15 degrees and the rain soaked through our jackets. The Salmonberry River Trail…
washington park.
Attention, Portlandians! This is what Washington Park and the International Rose Test Garden look like in October. It’s this magical place where summer and fall are happening simultaneously. The trees are magnificently colored, and somehow, the roses are still in bloom. I jogged up to Washington Park on this drizzly morning (okay, I mostly walked…
dog mountain.
At long last, we’ve crossed Dog Mountain off our hiking to-do list. We’ve put this hike off for a year now, as we’ve been training for some sort of endurance event pretty much since moving to Portland, and therefore, couldn’t afford to spend a day hiking one of the steepest trails in the Gorge. This…
candy corn and peanuts.
Now that it’s October (seriously, how did this happen?), we can talk about the snack you should be eating for the next month. This is the ultimate fall treat. Not because it is pumpkin spice anything. Not because it involves apples. But because it features candy corn. I’m not going to try to trick you…
rafting the white salmon.
A few weeks ago, we got to go white water rafting on the White Salmon River with Eric’s company. I was pretty nervous about it, as I haven’t white water rafted in about 7 years, and I’m generally a chicken about anything slightly dangerous. But it was awesome. First of all, rivers in the Northwest…
chocolate peanut butter pretzel cookies.
I realize that today is the official first day of Autumn, and therefore I should be singing the praises of all things apple and pumpkin and harvesty. But I did that last week. Today, I’ll just tell you that we slept with our bedroom window open last night, and it got down to around 45…
baked apple cider doughnut holes.
‘Tis the season for everything apple cider. Last Autumn, I went on a heartbreaking quest for apple cider doughnuts in Portland, and came up empty. I went to the farm that Yelp claimed had the best apple cider doughnuts in town, and they were sad. Bland. Tasteless. As you know, I’m a little picky about…
ramona falls.
The hike to Ramona Falls has been on our list for at least two years, and we finally knocked it out over the weekend. Although I feel like we’ve done a ton of hiking in Oregon, it turns out that we’ve never really done anything in the area just west of Mount Hood. I’m pretty…
recent reads.
I’m really blessed that in this season of life, I’ve had lots of time for reading. My mornings used to be rushed, with a very scheduled wake up time, breakfast time, running time for marathon training, a quick shower, and rushing out the door with wet hair to get to work on time. These days,…
labor day weekend.
Eric’s parents came to visit us over the holiday weekend, which turned us into tour guides for a few days as we attempted to show off some of our favorite places. This was their first visit since we moved to Portland, so we finally got to show them some of the dreamy places we’ve been…
southwestern sweet potato black bean dip.
With the arrival of September comes the resurgence of my love for all things sweet potato. Perhaps it is because sweet potatoes fit so nicely with Autumn’s color palette, or the fact that they are generally full of warm spices and happiness. Either way, I love them (particularly in the form of fries). As I…
chicken tortilla soup.
I think it might be Fall. After a hot, hot summer, we’re pretty eager to jump on the Autumn bandwagon. And I know the internet is about to explode with pumpkin recipes and soups, but I say, bring it on. I won’t ramble on about my love for all things Fall, but I will let…
a smoky oregon tour.
What’s better than two Kentuckians in Oregon? Three Kentuckians in Oregon! Our friend, Mallory, who we met back home at UK, and now lives an incredibly awesome and interesting life on a farm near LA, came to visit! We haven’t had a ton of visitors from home since moving to Oregon (as Oregon is quite…
community supported agriculture: week 11.
Hey, hey. Look at that CSA. Everything we got in our share was the biggest it has been so far this season. Just look at that enormous zucchini. And those tomatoes. And that one huge beet that seriously overshadowed it’s baby friend. This week was kind of a wild, unusual food week for us. I…
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