As evidenced by my general neglect to this blog, the past few weeks have been crazy. On top of work and general life stuff, Ben and I moved to a new apartment across town, I took a trip to California, and Ben’s parents came to visit. Did you catch that? Somewhere in that list we moved. We love our new place and neighborhood. The southeast side of the river is full of culture. The houses are older and full of [...]
Hooray for meeting new friends. When I first moved to Portland I felt completely isolated. Now that two years have passed in the Pacific Northwest, I finally feel like I have a solid base of friends and every day it seems like I meet new ones. On a Friday afternoon my good friend in California sent me an unexpected text: her sister was in town visiting grad schools and she wondered if I could show her around town. How exciting! [...]
Every Monday night, after an extreme stair work out, I get together with some lady friends for my number one favorite guilty pleasure: The Bachelor. Instead of gorging on chocolate and potato chips, we pick easy, healthy dinners. We split the ingredients between the four of us and all bring something to the table. Here are a couple ideas for your own girls’ night in. Bachelor Night Number 1 – Fajitas – flour tortillas, cheese, chicken, non fat sour cream, [...]
Last Saturday, to celebrate the long weekend, Ben and I skipped town to Bend, Oregon for a little relaxation, beer tasting, food tasting, and exploring. Bend is only a three and a half hour drive from Portland, so after a quick Saturday morning work out we hit the road. We caught a little weather over the mountains, but for the most part the trip was scenic- quintessential Pacific Northwest. We stopped about 20 miles outside of Bend, in Sisters for a little [...]
I’m the bad kid in book club. I’ll admit it publicly, I’ve never finished a book club book. I always start them with the best intentions, but then end up reading the first few chapters the day before we meet, and calling it good. Rebel, rebel, I am. I’ve been to Red Onion Thai before and wasn’t super impressed. Ben and I actually went there on our second date and although I always had warm memories from the date, the [...]
