I kind of disappeared from the online world last week when my mother-in-law arrived in New York to spend the holiday with us. Our days leading up to Christmas were filled with fabulous dinners and long walks through the bright city.
We were lucky to have a little snow leftover from the previous weekend. Central Park [...]
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I celebrated my 30th birthday this past weekend on the Oregon Coast, surrounded by good friends. It was so much fun! I can’t imagine a better birthday weekend.
Jay flew into town mid-week (distracting me from writing a second post last week…) and we drove out a little early to the beach house. My friends joined [...]
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I experienced a truly unique, Eugene event this weekend: the Oregon Country Fair. This is an annual event held every year on the outskirts of town. Booths and stages are built into a forested setting and people buy tickets Friday through Sunday, either for the whole weekend or just one day. There are various food [...]
I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! We made our annual trip back to Oklahoma to visit the in-laws, but it was such a whirlwind this year. I arrived Friday evening for dinner and left Sunday morning after breakfast. While I was there though, I enjoyed some of the natural beauty in Lake Eufaula [...]
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a brief blog post about having dinner with Ruth Reichl, the editor-in-chief for Gourmet magazine. I then went on to get distracted with moving, wrapping up my job, etc. and never wrote my intended post. Here it is my friends!
As I mentioned earlier, this opportunity came up through my [...]
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