Posted in Personal on 05/09/2011 | 2 Comments »
Dear Mom,
Sorry for being the type of kid that needs to try everything once:
Posted in Fashion, Personal on 05/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Did you watch? I started watching at 5:00am and decided to simultaneously semi-successfully bake brioche rolls. I spent the morning burning a trail between the kitchen and tv trying to be there for all the perfect moments. I absolutely loved Kate Middleton’s dress…I am sure it is hard to pull of modern/chic while trying to get it approved by the royals.
But I have to say….the absolute best dressed for me were Queen Elizabeth and the bride’s sister Pippa. The Queen had the perfect shade of yellow (which is the colour she wore the last time I saw her at age of 9) and her hat is just fabulous.
And oh my goodness Pippa’s dress…it is just stunning:
{images via InStyle}
Posted in Personal on 04/28/2011 | Leave a Comment »
All my thoughts seem to surround Europe lately. Firstly, my mum is there visiting family which makes me miss them a lot. Can’t you just smell the Appel Pannenkoeken from here?
Secondly, I have been preparing for the Royal Wedding tomorrow. It is on at 3:00am PST (which is a bit too early for me) so I will be tuning in around 5:30am. I will also be starting with coffee, but will definitely work tea into my day somewhere.
Posted in Personal on 04/23/2011 | 1 Comment »
Pictures above are two very happy people who finished the 10km run today. And oh what a day it was. Since we hadn’t trained (read: exercised consistently in months) I channeled my inner runner and made a big pasta dinner the night before (carb loading-it’s supposed to help I googled it). Erin also made a fabulous rhubarb crisp and we opened some wine but that isn’t part of the ‘inner runner bit’.
Race day came early the next morning, we had signed up to volunteer so were pleasantly distracted. Unfortunately, pre-race we had a chance to look around-there were gadgets I couldn’t name, watches, mesh things, warming up and people that looked like they did this type of thing every weekend. To top it off the 5km racers had different coloured racing numbers so we would have stuck out like sore thumbs if we tried to switch teams. In the end, we finished in under an hour and were very pleased with ourselves. I was also extremely pleased to run through the finish line and be handed a water by Miss Oregon Earth (I love beauty queens).
Posted in Personal on 04/21/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Typically when someone sends me a group email I delete it without opening it. It is a bad habit that has gotten me into some pretty sticky situations before. Today, Erin came home with a print out which he immediately attached to the fridge of “The Dirty Dozen” (foods that are highest in pesticides/that you should buy organic) and “The Clean 15″ (lowest in pesticides). When I commented on how cool it was, he said it was a forward from my mom. Thanks mum!!!
Dirty Dozen (highest in pesticides/buy organic)
Clean 15 (lowest in pesticides)
In other news…I am slowly slowly adjusting to life without Vili. He has such a huge place in my heart I cannot wait to see him again. It is official that if/when I get a puppy of my own, I will definitely be “that lady” who is insane about her pet and thinks they are the most gorgeous thing on earth (without question).
Saturday we are running a 10km race…without training and in front of Erin’s co-workers (who I am sure HAVE been training). I meant to start running again but here we are two days before race day and I think the last time I went for a run the year ended in a zero. I am just hoping the start time is early so I can hide behind the blanket of darkness and not completely make a fool of myself.
Posted in Personal, Photography on 04/19/2011 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Personal, Photography, travel on 04/14/2011 | Leave a Comment »
When my dad & V were here last week they gave us “The Portland Stairs Book” by Laura Foster (they even picked it up at Powell Books…so very ‘Portland chic’). The book contains maps of hikes around all of the city’s hidden stairs. We tried one of the walks last weekend, a little 5 mile jaunt that left right from our place.
Posted in Personal, Projects on 04/13/2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of my dear friends is expecting her first little baby. To say that the rest of us share in the first-time-parent excitement is an understatement. We. could. die. I cannot wait to meet this little bundle…he/she could not have picked a sweeter mom and dad.
As soon as I hung up from the initial “guess what” phone call, I have had foxes on my mind (no one particularly likes/dislikes foxes) and I have no idea where this came from but I am going with it. I feel like if I put it on paper, I can finally stop thinking about it. So here is a fox inspired nursery!
Posted in Personal, Photography on 04/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Vili’s not so subtle way of letting you know he is done with playing fetch….he takes his ball, drops it in the middle of a puddle and leaves it there. Game over…
Our 6pm walk when E came home turned into a serious swimming session:
Posted in Personal, Photography, travel on 04/09/2011 | Leave a Comment »
With the weekend here and our little visitor to entertain, we decided to hike up to Devil’s Rest, above Multnomah Falls.
Erin and I were packed and ready, but we still needed to get this man moving:
Although he is a 3:00am guy (wanting to be covered up with his blanket, drinking water, trying to get in bed with us or just feeling a burst of energy) he is not a 9:00am guy.
Multnomah Falls:
Back home and a bit tuckered out:
