When we're in Portland, which is where we are currently, here are our digs. Japanese Gardens, Zoo, and lots of other urban trails are all within hiking/walking distance. Jim and I walk down the mountain to Burnside and have lunch or brunch then do our grocery shopping. Sometimes, we buy too much and take a … Continue reading Historic Springs Cottage
As most of you know we just recently moved to southern Oregon, Jim and I are foodies and 4 Daughters Irish Pub sounded compelling. (Best English Pub we've ever been to was located in Hong Kong, but that's a different story.) Loved the ambiance, wait staff was friendly, put food only average. Still liked it … Continue reading 4 Daughters Irish Pub, Medford OR
Jim loves trains, he was featured on the front page of the Colorado Springs newspaper "The Gazette" in the engine of the train with the engineer. This was due to the fact that everyday the train went by Jim was out there waving to the engineer. We've never been to a train show before but … Continue reading Rogue Valley Railroad Show
Turns out there is a cool tradition here in Medford. Every year about this time they have a Gingerbread House contest. There are three entry levels: kids, kids with adults, and adults. So yesterday we went to see what it was all about. It was fun and amazing to see all the work and time … Continue reading Gingerbread Houses
Just bought this cookbook called The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. It was expensive at $35.00 on Amazon, but I had heard good things about it on Reddit and elsewhere. I am really enjoying it and highly recommend it. Think about it as a gift to someone on your list who is a burgeoning … Continue reading Boom Goes the Blender
I've recently begun CrossFit once again, which I will write about later. What I will say in a brief bit is it's a really intense workout that leaves me really hungry afterwards. On such a day, I found myself on the East side near one of my favorite spots. Boke Bowl is a ramen house, … Continue reading Boke Bowl
I've written a lot of stuff about little known spots in Portland that don't get a lot of touristy stuff written about them. I think that's great to have a more local perspective. However, with this being said, I also lived in Santa Barbara for about 14 years without seeing any of the tourist destinations. … Continue reading Powell’s City of Books
There are a few well known spots in Portland. Powell's Books. Deschutes Brewery. Stumptown. Voodoo Donuts. All of these are great places that rightly deserve their reputations. But there's one that is frequently left off this list of venerable institutions in PDX and to me that's a damn shame. I've been going to Guardian Games … Continue reading My Favorite Spots: Guardian Games
I've been writing a lot lately. But I don't think I've ever written about my cat, Scrabbles, who shows up in a lot of my other posts. So I'm going to fix that today. I picked up Scrabbles at the Oregon Human Society maybe about 8 years ago. He had formerly belonged to a family … Continue reading Scrabbles the Cat
Last weekend James was down visiting and he noticed in the local paper there was going to be a Mushroom Foraging expedition to be guided by a local mushroom expert, Wayne. We all agreed that it would be fun, so Saturday we showed up at the Medford DNR to meet up and carpool up to … Continue reading Mushroom Foraging
