Author: Erica | September 25th, 2009 Sean and I each spent four years in Portland, with two of those years overlapping, so coming back was kind of like putting on an old, comfortable pair of jeans. I just slipped right in as though it had been a week and not a decade.
Ned Ludd
Our first night in Portland, Margot and […]
Author: Erica | September 11th, 2009 Following the Greatest of Unions celebration, we joined forces with our friends Katya, Peter, Romi and Nika (here after referred to as KaPeRoNi) to venture out into the volcanic magnificence of central Oregon.
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Lava Lands at Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Apparently the middle of Oregon is one big volcano just waiting to explode […]
Author: Erica | September 8th, 2009 PICKS: Yachats
Oregon beach towns often have a thin veneer of small town kitschiness covering the blatant commercialism that keeps the town alive and running. Read: you go for the ocean, you leave with a bunch of crap and a lot less money. Yachats, however, has been able to maintain itself without inundating visitors with […]
Author: Erica | August 28th, 2009 I’ve driven through the Columbia River Gorge more times than I can remember (going to Reed or returning home to Montana), but I’ve never had much occasion to stop. Luckily, on this trip, we had a reason to linger. Our Reed psychology professor (and Sean’s thesis advisor), Dell, lives with her husband Will in White […]
Author: Erica | August 27th, 2009 PICKS: Gypsy Trader Coffee
I know it may come as a shock to our loyal readers, but our first stop in Seattle was a coffee shop….this coffee shop, in fact. They had good sandwiches, really friendly owners, tons of comfy chairs, free wi-fi, lots of outlets and apparently they often have live music at night. […]
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