The past week has been pretty packed with work on the house; Jeremy and I refinished the hardwood floors of the second story last weekend and I’ve been plastering the bedroom for the past few days. It’s a long process, but the results have...
Our workshop in Barcelona was a deep immersion in the food and culture of Sitges and the wine region of Penedés of Spain; we ate traditional Iberico ham, sausages, arroz con costillas, miel y mato, and many more delicious dishes. Linda Lomelino made cakes,...
The sun has slowly but surely intensified its rays as we’ve gone deeper into summer, and while the garden is certainly enjoying it, my over-heated house and uncomfortable body is not. Temperatures like these are what makes me want to chop off all my...
After hosting another Secret Supper pop-up dinner this past weekend, my body was a little downtrodden and so I spent Monday trying to recuperate, which meant only computer work and no physical stuff. Then on Tuesday I felt much better, so I decided to...
After almost two weeks in New Mexico for my photography workshop, I was home a little over 24 hours before catching a plane to Lake Tahoe for a friend’s wedding this past weekend. It was really fun to see some of my old friends...
I’ve spent the past few days running around the entire state of Oregon with Carey, my friend, fellow blogger, and awesome workshop partner. I’ve been taking her to my favorite places in a not-so-veiled attempt at luring her into moving away from snowy Vermont...
Before I dive into this strawberry balsamic cheesecake, I have some little updates to share! There’s been a lot going on the past few weeks, and I have some pretty exciting stuff that I want to share with you guys (!) but am waiting...
A couple weeks ago I hosted another homesteading workshop at my house here in Portland, and this time we dove into floral design and working with edible flowers. The incredibly talented Sarah from Selva Floral Design hosted the floral design portion of the workshop...
Sometimes I wonder what our neighbors think about us based on the observable changes occurring in the areas of our yard visible from the street. First, we turned a perfectly good lawn into a giant vegetable garden/tiny farm. Then, we turned a little gated...
This past fall Carey and I hosted a photography workshop in Croatia. Linda, Maggie, and Zhanna came to host alongside us, and we arrived in Zagreb a few days before the workshop began to pick up our rental car and drive 3 hours into...
I’ve gotten a lot of requests to do a post about my garden over the past year, but I’ve been putting it off because it looks so different at different points of the year that I wanted to shoot it over the year and...
I made these Salted Swedish Cardamom Buns a few weeks back and have been dreaming about them ever since. My favorite desserts are always the ones that play sweet and salty off of each other, and these definitely deliver on that front. I had...
