portland places: southland whiskey kitchen.

I love living in Portland. It’s a fantastic place with a lovely climate, friendly people and delicious food and drinks – what’s not to love? People are always e-mailing me and asking me for suggestions of where to go and what to eat, see and do when they come to visit Portland. People want to […]

birthday weekend fun.

I had a fantastic birthday weekend… in case you were wondering. It was spent having dinner at Lovely’s Fifty Fifty with Craig and our friends Jake & Casey (the ones of Olympic swimsuit infamy). My amazing pizza.  Then we went to Mint 820 for drinks and met up with more friends. (side note: You should […]

new portland favorite: bollywood theater.

I feel so lucky to live in Portland: Land of Delicious Food. One of my most recent Portland culinary discoveries was  Bollywood Theater. I went to dinner there with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law-to-be last week and I was definitely impressed. We tried a little bit of everything…. But, my favorite was the Kati Roll. I also […]

busy busy.

This weekend was super busy… AND super fun. Our good friends Marc & Caroline came to visit.  We had lots of fun, ate lots of food,  but kept it pretty low key. We had coffee here. Brunch here. Went here, looked at pretty things and had even more coffee.  We had dinner here and ice […]

farm fresh goodness.

Ever since I got pregnant  we’ve changed the way we buy food. We used to simply buy whatever was cheapest and almost NEVER bought organic.  But, pregnancy was a chance to turn over a new leaf.  I still don’t buy all of our fruits and vegetables in organic form, but I am definitely very conscious […]

styling gig.

Monday I had my first styling gig since Fern was born.It was a shoot for local jewelry designer Seaworthy(You must check out creator Marisa’s lovely designs!)and I felt really good about the job I did with props and wardrobe. {Photos via my Instagram} It was hard being away from Fern for those hours, but it felt […]