Last minute trip to Brazil brought me face to face with these lovely people (more on the trip later):
Having grown weary of Seattle’s “June-uary,” we set out for a long weekend in sun-drenched Willamette Valley. Wine glasses in hand, we kicked back under the sun, played with light in our cameras, and happily bought cases of wine to stock the wine cellar (a.k.a. my laundry room!) for the summer. ‘Twas heavenly. If you […]
Weary of Seattle’s “June-uary” with highs in the 60s and turning on the oven and leaving the door open to avoid turning on the heat largely for semantic’s sake led us to escape to Oregon’s Willamette Valley sun-drenched wine country. ‘Twas heavenly.
Jake and I decided we’d try to have one gourmet night a week, where we cook together and spend a bit more time on dinner than we normally would. Before I met him, I’d never even heard of gnocchi, but boy, I’m so glad I’m well acquainted with them now! In Italian, gnocchi literally means […]
There are three reasons to go to the City of Lights: In-N-Out Burger, the Bellagio fountain, and WPPI. Take the Vegas out of Vegas and there isn’t much left, but I must say I would much prefer it. But c’est la vie, we made the most of it and had some fun in spite of […]
Being only a couple hours away from a worldwide event like the OIympics, we couldn’t resist heading up to see for ourselves. I mean, the Olympics are something that happens in some exotic faraway land that you only watch from a distance on TV. But here they were in my backyard. One of the US/Canada […]