There's a new restaurant in Portland (Swank) next door to a new whiskey bar in Portland (Swine) and together they're Swank & Swine, at the Paramount Hotel downtown on Taylor between Park and Broadway. They opened a couple days ago and we've been looking forward to this place! The chef…
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I’m excited about these cocktail glasses we just got. They’re double-walled stainless steel martini glasses, filled with a liquid freezer gel. You keep ’em in the freezer (where there’s usually plenty of room, unlike the cupboards in the Airstream) and they’ll keep your cocktail nice and cold while you’re outside…
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The weather in Portland has been SUPER rainy the past few days, but it's fine with me because my plants are all doing well, and it's supposed to be in the 80s and sunny next week. We've been going to spinning classes in the morning down in the Pearl District…
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In our CSA box of veggies this week we got a little 4oz bag of sea beans. I've never cooked these before but they were great…a little salty like a seaweed. I sauteed them in some olive oil and garlic and served them with some black rice and seared scallops.…
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I just picked up a pair of these magnetic salt and pepper shakers: I think they’ll be great to keep on the table in the Airstream. And hey–half the footprint is always a bonus! (Made of beech wood with embedded magnets to help attract them to one another, $35.) Also,…
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I snapped this out of the car window on our way from Silver Falls State Park today. There were so many fields like this where the tree farm landscape looked like it was being flooded with yellow wildflowers…it felt like you could SEE them growing up and around the Christmas…
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Our short visit here at Silver Falls State Park has been so nice! We'll be working right here this morning until we check out and head home for a few days. We've got 4 bars of strong AT&T, and no Verizon, for those of you curious about that. The closest…
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Okay so when we were on our way through Silverton, we stopped at a liquor store to pick up some Aperol for making some spritzes at the campground. (They didn't even know what Aperol was, so it was a bust, but anyway.) The liquor store was next door to a…
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Yesterday we said goodbye to Aluminarium over at Stub Stewart and headed to Silver Falls State Park for two nights, where we met up with more Airstream friends: the Hardersen family (Pete, Kathy, their son, his girlfriend, and two family friends). This is exactly what it's like here: Last night's…
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After we finished up some work today we headed out on the bikes and decided to ride to Banks (the other half of the Banks-Vernonia Trail ride that we did yesterday). This is such a great trail. These are all taken with my iPhone right from my bike-mount while riding…
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