on my wish list.

Now that I have a giant diaper bag to lug around  a purse just isn’t happening. I like the idea of using a larger purse as a diaper bag and just consolidating all my baby stuff, but I happen to be a total “over-preparer” and there’s basically no way that would ever happen.  Plus, carrying […]

local portland favorite: lucas salon.

Over the weekend I got my hair did… and I’m kind of (super) in love with it. The cut and color were courtesy of the lovely Taylor Lucas of Lucas Salon here in Portland (also in L.A. if you don’t happen to be a Portlander!). The salon is a little off the beaten path, located […]

first the bad news. then the good.

First the bad news…. Lovely and local Portland boutique Le Train Bleu is closing :(. Le Train Bleu was one of my favorite local shops and owner Bria always had such a wonderfully curated selection of clothes and accessories.  It will most definitely be missed. BUT…. The good news is…. Everything storewide is 30-80% off […]

cute and eclectic ornaments.

I like ornaments. Every year since Craig and I started dating, we’ve collected an ornament.  Our 10 year dating anniversary is coming up in February, so we’ve accumulated a nice little collection thus far.  This year I think our ornament will come from Flutter on Mississippi here in Portland. If you’ve never been there, you […]

apparently our weekends revolve around food.

This weekend there was a lot of eating. Friday night: Take-out from Jade Teahouse in Sellwood + the season finale of Project Runway.  I must say I was quite pleased with the results.  I didn’t take any photos of my food, since it was takeout, but I will say that the hum bao there is […]

portland bloggers and breakfast.

This weekend I met up with some other lovely Portland bloggers. We had brunch at Tasty n Sons.  It was delicious, but I am terrible at remembering to take photos of things these days.  So all you can see are some of our little name tags, and my donut and delicious fried chicken sandwich.  YUM! […]