Posted by Stace on June 11, 2012 in
To the Tune of a Toaster |
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Here are the tunes Becca & I listened to on our drive to Portland, Seattle & back. This trip consisted of a lot more pop and quite a bit less classic rock than my drive up the Northwest with Cass a few years back, because Becca is younger and doesn’t know all the old stuff [...]
Tags: california, classic rock, girlfriends, girls, pacific northwest, play list, playlist, pop, portland, road trip, seattle, summer
Posted by Stace on June 8, 2012 in
From the Road |
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Yesterday started out earlier than perhaps we would’ve liked, because it would have been great to sleep in and get off to a leisurely (or even lazy) start. Alas, we had too many little stops we wanted to make before pointing toward home, so we managed to get ready, loaded up, and checked out of [...]
Tags: apple filled, barista, beast, blueberry old-fashioned, cappuccino cookie, chai, cheddar, chocolate, chop, city market, coffee, deep-fried banana buttermilk bar, deli, dirty, dog, donut, doughnuts and cream, dvd, game of thrones, habanero jelly doughnut, hoagie roll, latte, long drive, mustard, peach fritter, portland, regulars, road trip, salt straw, soy, tonnalli's, turkey sandwich, voodoo, waffle cone
Posted by Stace on June 7, 2012 in
From the Road |
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Today was a lovely day in the Seattle area, built around seeing as many of my loved ones in the city as I could. Becca and I got up early in Portland, grabbed a quick cold breakfast from the hotel lobby, and hit the road. Pretty quickly, we Game of Thrones nerds got excited at [...]
Tags: bite, cheesecake, chocolate vodka, convectional, crab chowder, crumpet shop, farmers market, fish & chips, flowers, foie smores, fresh produce, handcrafted, handmade jewelry, jelly, market, mini, mint chocolate, oil, original starbucks, pepper jam, pike brewing, pike place, piroshky, pub, rainbow, reunions, salt straw, salted caramel, seattle, skittles, soda, tacoma, tuna tomato, veggie burger, vinegar
Posted by Stace on June 6, 2012 in
From the Road |
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It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do for a girl. This morning began after just such a rest, and the sky was grey but there was no rain, which we were a bit relieved to discover, as today was our main day to run around Portland and play. We got up and got [...]
Tags: almond brittle, apples, apricot ale, bacon, bbq pulled pork, belmont, black pepper, blackberry ginger, blacklist, candied peppers, chicken tenders, chocolate chip, city of books, coconut, cracked sesame, creole honey mustard, eight treasures, eli, gallery, ginger peach, griddle table, honey balsamic, honey lavender, horseshoe, hushpuppies, lemon curd, maple, pancakes, pecan, porch swing lemonade, powell's, salt straw, salted ganache, sausage, scarlett o'hara no. 2, screen door, silver needle, slappy cakes, strawberry, strawberry syrup, sweet heat, sweet parsnip, tao of tea, tattoo, tea shop, toasted coconut