The first night in at Feast Portland 2014, I took my hungry self to the Sandwich Invitational to taste the 14 entries from chefs around the country and cast my vote for the People’s Choice winner.
Food, Oregon
Ted and I were traveling overseas during the inaugural Feast Portland 2012, and I salivated from afar as Oregon’s lavish bounty was shared with the world and splashed across the internet. In 2013, I wistfully wished to be tasting flavors and sharing stories in person…but I was occupied with the primary mission of getting to know (and feed!) my new little person, babyOregonian, who joined our family just two days before the Feast kick-off.
The third year was the charm! This time, 2014, I was so happy to make good on the mission to experience this terrific new Portland tradition and to share the fun with friends at home and around the world.
For peeks into the festivities, see my updates from:
Widmer Brothers Brewing Sandwich Invitational presented by Dave’s Killer Bread
Oregon Grand Bounty Tasting presented by Alaska Airlines
and my ultimate favorite: Tillamook Brunch Village
Head to Feast’s website for details on their Fighting Hunger Campaign and while you’re there, scroll through the who’s-who list of chefs, restaurants, and producers participating in Feast 2014. This post sponsored by Feast Portland. All opinions and ridiculous excitement over delicious food are entirely my own.
Director Park: Site of the soon-coming Widmer Brothers Brewing Sandwich Invitational Presented by Dave’s Killer Bread
Is it really any surprise that “the best food festival in the country” (thank you, Thrillist) is right here in our own back yard? I’ve been looking forward to attending Feast Portland for three years, and the week has finally come! Continue Reading…
Canada, Destinations, Featured Places
Winding Down: Scandinave Spa and Whistler Wanderings
September 1, 2014Summer in the Pacific Northwest is winding down. The final few hours of the Labor Day weekend are slipping away; August is yesterday, September is freshly here.
Lucie turns a year old in just a few weeks… The recollections of our summer travels are still dancing in my recent memory, but I know they’ll soon fade, too. So here are a few sweet favorites, highlights from windows and walks and wanderings in British Columbia.
(I hope you’ll enjoy the captured moments as much as I love cataloging our past adventures…)
Bridges of Vancouver to the Whistler Woods
We crossed into and out of the city of Vancouver on beautiful bridges: the medians splitting car lanes, the rails splitting sights, the urban skyline so perfectly juxtaposed with tall trees of Stanley Park. Continue Reading…
Low clouds hung over the mountains on the day we planned to ride the Whistler Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak gondola with a baby. From the perch of a cabin suspended 1,430′ above the valley on a cable strung almost two miles between towers on opposite mountains, the modern marvel of engineering offers passengers incredible 360 degree views…on a clear day.
What about a not-so-clear one?
With limited views, our trip through the skies prompted reflections on the parallels to parenting…and surprised me with discoveries along the way. Continue Reading…
Sea to Sky Highway: British Columbia, Canada
Where did we leave off? Oh, yes: at the border crossing with the baby, headed to Whistler, British Columbia for a wedding.
But let me fill you in on the back story. Two summers ago (well, two years, three summers, I guess? If you count this current one), Ted and I landed in Beirut, Lebanon, not quite half way through our year long trip and not quite half way around the world from Oregon.
We were in the nitty gritty of learning love on the road.
As in: “Love is patient, love is kind…it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints…” and “Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things…”
As in: long-term travel and long-term love are hard work. Continue Reading…
Canada, Destinations, Feature Trips, Musings
Back to British Columbia: Woven Lands, Woven Lives
August 5, 2014
It makes me incredibly happy to map this unfolding life in relationships: people and memories rooted in places and adventures and shared celebrations.
When Ted and I married, we honeymooned in Cascadia. (I like that title. It sounds even more romantic than “Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia,” doesn’t it?) Continue Reading…
I’m not a sportswriter at all, but I can tell you this: I love World Cup fever.
Tonight there’s a heatwave here in Portland (that kind of fever I can do without, thank you). Little Lucie is asleep in our one air conditioned room while Ted and I lay low, devouring smoked salmon, drinking Pinot Grigio, and eating Oregon berry cobbler in effort to recover from a long week. I’m not going to admit that Jaws is also on TV. (Ted listened to a recent NPR interview with Richard Dreyfuss, and, well, here we are.)
What does any of this have to do with international sports?
Tomorrow’s the final World Cup match of 2014, and before the play between Germany and Argentina appears on the pitch, I wanted to (finally) post photos from the 2012 Racing vs. All Boys match we saw in Buenos Aires.
Two years late and somehow also the eleventh hour? Seems a fitting time. (Ha.) Continue Reading…
Perfect timing: Lucie’s passport arrived on the same day we made a return trip to Italy!
BabyOregonian, Destinations, Musings, Oregon, Tidbits About Us
Cannon Beach: At Home on the Journey
May 26, 2014
Fellows on this journey who really get it make my heart feel at home, both in literal and metaphorical foreign territory. Have you met people like that? People who make you feel open with your story and at ease in your own skin? Continue Reading…