Last weekend, Nick and I woke up early, long before the sun was due to rise and after weeks of our days looking pretty much the same as well as being slammed with work, I had an idea. That idea was to drive to over to the Oregon Coast for… Read more
The Most Beautiful Places in Oregon in the Fall
I adore the Fall and each year when this season rolls around, I feel like the heart-eye emoji, running around giddy like a little kid at all the changing colors of the leaves. I’ve seen some pretty beautiful places that have incredible Fall color like New England and Japan, but… Read more
The Places I Still Want to Explore in Oregon
I’ve lived in Oregon now for fifteen years and in that time, I’ve been fortunate to see a lot of this beautiful state that I call home. I’ve seen a lot of the world and I still really believe that there are not many places on planet Earth that compare… Read more
Where to Go on the West Coast if You’re Missing Europe
I love Europe. It’s one of the most interesting and visually stunning places in the whole world. And while we’re being turned away from traveling to most of the world as Americans during COVID, I have found myself trying to find places in the US that remind me of Europe,… Read more
Exploring The Painted Hills in Central Oregon
We don’t get over to Central Oregon very often and it’s a place in my home State that I kind of forget about, but is still an area that really has so much to offer. We were in Sunriver, a resort area South of Bend, for a family vacation a… Read more
The Best Places to Travel for Halloween
I’ll admit, I’ve never been a big Halloween person. I don’t love to dress up and I don’t really like candy so the holiday growing up always felt a little out of my wheelhouse. But as an adult, I’ve learned to embrace another side of this holiday instead looking forward… Read more
The Best Small Towns in the Pacific NW : Ashland, Oregon
Staying on my current obsession with small towns in the Pacific NW, I don’t think this series would be complete without mentioning Ashland, Oregon. When living in Medford (about 10 minutes North of Ashland), the town of Ashland was always synonymous with the college (Southern Oregon University) and it was… Read more
7 Amazing Places to Visit in Southern Oregon
After spending my high school years in Medford, Oregon (about 20 minutes or so from the California border), I was really ready to get out of Southern Oregon. But after spending a number of years away, Nick and I now go down to Southern Oregon a few times a year… Read more
The Best Small Towns in the Pacific NW: Silverton, Oregon
A few weeks back, our realtor was doing an open house at our townhouse and we needed to get away for the day. So we decided to explore someplace new and different, someplace that we’d never been before and since we only really needed to be gone for a few… Read more
The Best Small Towns in the Pacific NW: Mt. Angel, Oregon
For most of my life I’ve craved being in a city, the rush of energy, the access to everything, the great food and the quick paced life. But I’m a woman of contradictions and as much as I still love the city, I either love being in the center of… Read more
Soaring above Oregon Wine Country : A Hot Air Balloon Ride in Newberg
A couple years ago for my 30th birthday Nick had booked us a hot air ballon ride in Newberg, Oregon, about 30 minutes South of us here in Portland. Unfortunately they canceled our ride the day before we were due to fly due to weather which left us disappointed as… Read more
Everything You Need to Know about Moving to Portland
As a Portland local for almost 2 decades, I know my home city has a lot to offer. And while I feel like this post could be five million words long because there is so much I could share about advice on moving to Portland, I’ll try to keep it… Read more
10 Amazing Places to Visit in the Pacific NW
This past couple months have been rough ones for my beautiful Pacific NorthWest, filled with wildfires, long stretches without rain and extreme temperatures (hello 112 degrees in August). But regardless of a long hard Summer, I still wholeheartedly believe that the Pacific NW is one of the most stunning places… Read more
5 of the Most Beautiful Spots in Oregon (that are easy to get to!)
My home state of Oregon in the USA is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places on the planet. From incredible coastlines to green forests to mountains, we have everything you could think of. And with so many beautiful spots to draw from, it’s often hard to narrow… Read more
The Truth About Traveling : Seeing Your Own Country through New Eyes
On our recent road trip to Yellowstone National Park, we purposely gave ourselves more days than we probably needed and more stops than we needed to be able to see more of the Western part of the US, a section of the country that is truly right in our own… Read more