I got these two items the other day for the Airstream…the Orb copper cocktail shaker and Orb champagne gold jigger, both from Crate & Barrel. Here's the shaker apart so you can see the details: I think they're a nice upgrade from the shaker we've had since we got our…
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Portland is such a great city for biking. I know, this is not a newsflash. Portland has Platinum level status as a bicycle-friendly community (one of three Platinum communities in the United States) and Oregon is #3 in the rank of bicycle-friendly states in the U.S. Pretty cool. Anyway, we…
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Today we rode our bikes out to Cartlandia for lunch, via the Springwater Corridor Trail. Cartlandia is a pod of food carts in Portland out at SE 82nd and the Springwater Trail. Perfect bike-to-lunch (or to the Voodoo Donut truck) destination. We parked down near the Portland Opera offices on…
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Last night I made/modified a recipe I found via Pinterest, called Chicken and Asparagus Rolls, from Martha Stewart. (Me and Martha? I know! But I added BACON!!) Here's my beautiful iPhone photo: 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts salt and pepper two cloves garlic, chopped 1.2 cup grated Parmesan 1 large…
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So, in a few weeks we will be headed to Italy. I've never been and I'm super excited! We have some good friends getting married in Florence at the end of the month (the reason for the trip). We decided to add some time onto that and now we'll have…
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I designed some new cards for us that match the look of our website better than our old mini-cards did (plus, bigger type, easier to read). What do you guys think? We meet so many interesting people when we're traveling and it's great to have cards like this with us so…
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A few days ago we went over to The Mill PDX (at 2925 NE Glisan Street in Portland) and met up with Paul Sykes (of Sykes Wood Fenders) to pick up a wooden water bottle holder for Kevin's bike. (We got mahogany ones for both bikes and they're great! Here's a photo…
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On Saturday we decided to see if the new bikes would fit nicely in the Cirrus, so we planned a flight up to Friday Harbor for lunch and a ride. This photo on takeoff is blurry because my camera focused on a dead bug on the windshield instead of the…
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Yesterday afternoon we took our bikes downtown to check out the Springwater Corridor Trail in Portland. I didn't take any photos until we were on our way back and the sun was setting…look at that sky! This is a great trail and a whole different way to see the city. We rode…
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This afternoon we took a break from work and headed south to Cottage Grove with our bikes to get in another good ride. We decided on part of the Covered Bridges Scenic Byway, starting in Cottage Grove and taking the Row River Trail out past Dorena Lake and back. ("Row"…
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