Brooke Geery

General

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
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Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

Top Chef Portland!

Jared has been claiming soup skills since I met him. Since I fancy myself to have some culinary skills as well, I couldn't just let him claim it. So after lots of talk, we finally got down to it: the official soup off. Thanks to Nate, Chrissy and Tim for judging. As for the winner? Well, you'll have watch the video to find out:
Read More

Domestication

I am officially a lame old person. Here is how I spent my weekend. I finally got the plant hanger things I wanted and put them up on my patio. I planted petunias at the base of this weird shrub thing in  my backyard. And begonias next to one of my pine trees. I took the weird shelf thing from my front porch and turned it into a decorative cage for my beans to grow up. I took the plastic off my tomatoes since it was almost 100 degrees. I made my front porch "more inviting." I got way too excited because the columbines i planted last year are blooming.…
Read More

Summer rules

I love it when I come home to Portland just in time for good weather. It doesn't always work out, and more often than not I miss the brief sunny streaks in the winter. But now we are getting into the time of year when it's nice all the time, and hopefully this is the official kickoff. I was telling Corey from Alliance about the warm temps and he asked if the newspaper was covering how the polar bears at the zoo were handling it. I laughed and didn't think anything of it, but this morning here was the headline: Last night Sherowski had a little BBQ. It turned into…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More