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Archive for May, 2009
Recommended: Five Guys Burger and Fries
Posted in Recommendations on Sunday, May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alone again
Posted in Alec, Amanda, Travel, Work on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alec is off traveling again, this time to Rochester, NY for Vestas business. He’s the new travel moth in our family and it feels okay to let him have some of the work travel fun for a while While he’s off in New York, my plan is to kick this whooping cough that [...]
Alaska 2009
Posted in Alec, Travel on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alec and the guys returned last night sporting scratchy beards and ripe outdoor boy smell. It sounds like everyone had a great time together and enjoyed the opportunity to be manly men in the Great White North. There are lots of tales of 4-hour ferry trips, scenic plane rides, dancing hippies, hiking, craft beer connoiseurs [...]
Neighbor takes a nasty spill
Posted in Friends on Friday, May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poor neighbor Matt! He took a nasty spill in his driveway this afternoon and yours truly drove him and his wife to the E.R. I did it because, well, that’s what you do when someone is bleeding profusely; you throw them in your car with a bag of Trader Joe’s frozen mushroom risotto adhered firmly [...]
Boys’ trip to Alaska
Posted in Alec on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Alec is leaving this morning for a long-planned boys’ trip to the Great White North. Alec and seven of his friends will seaplane, kayak, hike and camp their way through Juneau and then off to Haines via ferry for the 17th Annual Great Alaskan Craftbeer and Homebrew Festival. I’m so excited for him and all the guys [...]
Baseball Sunday
Posted in Weekends on Monday, May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a beautiful weekend in the Pacific Northwest! We were lucky enough to have been invited to attend the Mariners vs. Red Sox game in Seattle yesterday. One of Alec’s former law partners treated us to a great day of baseball in the Emerald City. All was perfect except for the final outcome (Red Sox [...]
A perfect Oregon kind of day
Posted in Friends, Weekends on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It all started the best way I know how: Bagels at Kettleman’s and a latte with a foam heart on top at Stumptown. By 8:45am we were well on our way heading east on I-84, windows down, singing along to the Rolling Stones. We started our ascent up Dog Mountain and, let me tell ya, [...]
Grace
Posted in Just because on Thursday, May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How can a soft word be such a hard virtue to master? I’ve found myself surrounded by the word ‘grace’ lately and struck by the inherent challenge of the concept. From the current book on my nightstand (“Grace…Eventually” by Anne Lamott) to the quote I stumbled upon this week (“Be pretty if you can, be [...]
Yay Portland. You’re a star in my book too!
Posted in Portland on Monday, May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sweet little Portland was featured in the New York Times travel section yesterday. And I’m proud as a mama to report that our little neighborhood (SE Division) received a huge shout out. I love that our house is within walking distance from Broder, Pok Pok, Stumptown and Hopworks – all featured in the Sunday Travel [...]
Girl’s weekend in Bend
Posted in Amanda, Friends on Sunday, May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just returned home from a fantastic weekend in Bend with my girlfriend, Maureen. Mo and I met in Portland years ago and when she moved to Bend we made it a must to stay in touch. From the 65 degree temperatures, great margaritas and girl talk to cross country skiing and a four hour [...]
