by lao-ocean-girl
on July 29, 2010
in Drinks, Portland
As always, the Oregon Brewers Festival is held in at the Portland Waterfront on the last full weekend in July. It’s a four day event from Thursday to Sunday and I managed to go taste some craft beers on Thursday and Friday. I stayed away from the IPAs and stuck to the lighter beers, but [...]
by lao-ocean-girl
on July 29, 2010
in Drinks, Portland, Videos
It was packed, and this was Friday afternoon, when people were still at work. [flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lao-ocean/4822050504/[/flickrvideo]
by lao-ocean-girl
on July 28, 2010
in Featured, Food, Portland
You know what they say… baby steps. These are my itty bitty steps as I get back to updating and posting again. This was a recent dinner at EaT: An Oyster Bar, a restaurant specializing in Cajun/Creole food. Fried okra. After I had okra for the first time in Greece, I vowed never to eat [...]
by lao-ocean-girl
on June 22, 2010
in Beaches
Let’s hope the weather gets warmer soon. I’m looking forward to some great things this summer.
by lao-ocean-girl
on March 26, 2010
in Featured, Oregon, This is life
If there was an award for procrastination, I’d have several of those trophies on my fireplace mantle right now. I should be doing my work sample right now, but I’m finding that updating my blog after 8 months seems more pressing at the moment. Where have I been and what have I been doing since [...]
by lao-ocean-girl
on July 28, 2009
in Featured, Food, Portland
The Nines is a luxury hotel in the heart of downtown Portland. It houses two restaurants – Departure (modern Asian fare) and The Urban Farmer (a modern steakhouse).
by lao-ocean-girl
on July 27, 2009
in Beaches, Featured
These are pictures of Cannon Beach from Saturday. The weather was perfect and made for some nice photos. Above: Panorama of Cannon Beach
by lao-ocean-girl
on July 27, 2009
in Events, Featured, Portland
The Oregon Brewers Festival was this past weekend. I attended with my brother and his friends Johnny and Jeolida. My brother and I. I lurve him! [In one of the Facebook photos of us, he captions: "At least I'm the second best looking person in my family." Awww...] $1 = 1 token = 1 taste [...]
by lao-ocean-girl
on April 22, 2009
in Latest videos, Oregon
I took a short video yesterday of my day out in the tulip fields in Woodurn, Oregon. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3cUj77klU[/youtube] Tulip fields