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Let’s Get Out of the City! Day 2

Tuesday, April 29

Asheville, North Carolina

Our first morning in Asheville started with birds singing and the sun in our eyes. As cute as the apartment is, a skylight directly over the bed is rarely a good idea. When on …

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Let’s Get Out of the City! Day 1

For Dennis’ birthday (he’s 29 now!) we decided we really needed to get out of the city for a little bit. We had been hearing great things about Asheville, North Carolina, and decided, why not? We booked a room on …

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There’s No Place Like Home

Recently Dennis and I spent two weeks with my family in Portland.

Part of our trip was spent preparing for the wedding. I had a pretty long to-do list and I dragged Dennis along for part of it. He helped …

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Making Petit Fours in San Francisco!

While in San Francisco on a business trip I got to spend a couple of days with CoCo and Franco, friends from the Peace Corps. FranCoCo (as they are affectionately known) had a brunch planned for Sunday morning with CoCo’s …

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Happy Holidays 2012 – Christmas Day Edition

On Christmas day we headed to Milford, Delaware and the home of Dennis’ oldest sister Laura. We celebrated the day with Laura, her fiance Marcus, their 4-year-old son Nathan, Dennis’ little sister Andrea, their ex-stepdad John, and his girlfriend Mary …

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Happy Holidays 2012 – Christmas Eve Edition

Our families live on opposite coasts (Delaware versus Oregon) so Dennis and I rotate which family we spend Christmas with each year. This year, Christmas was in Dover, Delaware, about 2 hours east of Washington, DC.

We spent Saturday and …

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