Showing posts with label Markets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Markets. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2011

Tasty Harvest Fun

Rewind! Back at the beginning of September, Michele and I decided to take a fun little road trip. We went all the way down to Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, for a fun little heritage harvest festival.

I’d never been there before, and it was beautiful! These are long overdue, but the pictures are still plenty enjoyable now.

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This is us. At the market.

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We listened to some music under this tree while eating a delicious lunch.

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We also saw the world’s cutest donut truck!

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We took lots of pictures. (I bet you didn’t guess that!)

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And sampled delicious heirloom tomatoes, apples, marshmallows and watermelon.

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The craft part was fun to look at.

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As were the gardens!

Fin.

(look! I am actually catching up on these posts, just like I said I would)
*song = This is Not a Test, by She & Him

Friday, June 3, 2011

Memorial Day, Annie and I

Three day weekends are the best.  Especially when one of your very best friends is only a few hours drive away at a rad internship at Highlights magazine in Pennsylvania and decides to drive down in their new car named Jacques to visit you.  Just sayin’.

Since you probably already gathered that this is in fact exactly what happened to me this past Memorial Weekend, I shall provide you with some pictoral entertainment of our adventures.

Disclaimer:  It was super hot and humid when we took all of these pictures.  So, ya.

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First stop after the requisite sleeping in on Saturday was the ever wonderful Eastern Market.

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With the heat, lemonade became a necessity.  Water is just not as good.  And by good, I mean deliciously happy.

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Annie channeled the mystery section at Capitol Books.

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We then wandered past pretty, historical buildings.  I may work in the most awesome one.

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Mid-Post Review: This person is Annie.  She is really cool.

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We visited the Smithsonian American Art Museum.  Not just because it had air conditioning and water fountains, but because we’re cultured people who developed a love art in London together.  The second picture illustrates me wishing someone would teach us how to teleport.

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Since that didn’t work , we went to Nando’s and just pretended like we were back in England.  It was cheaper than a plane ticket.

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One thing you should know about this city – it’s obsessed with cupcakes. They even have trucks that drive around selling cupcakes ice-cream truck style. But the absolute best place for cupcakes in the district is Baked & Wired.  Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, because they are just lying.

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If you told me that you didn’t want this, I would not believe you.  I mean, look at it.

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Because cupcakes are so popular here, we may have had to visit another shop too, though.  The second time we went to the new Sprinkles because the owner is on a show Annie watched.  Personally, Baked & Wired will always win for me, but Sprinkles was super cute too!

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Fin.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Future & The Past

With the semester’s halfway mark quickly approaching, I can’t help spending a lot of time thinking (and avoiding thinking) about graduation… which segues nicely into the topic of my post of the day!

It’s actually a post from the summer that got lost in the craziness of my short break and never came into existence. Whilst I was at home in August I visited another one of my very favorite Portland spots – the Portland Farmers Market! I love that place so much. It’s filled with tasty beauty. When I stopped by Portland State University just happened to be having their summer graduation (eh? get the beginning now? I know, I’m clever). I even got to see a couple of friends, so it was a lovely coincidence.

And now I’m going to share scenes from that lovely day with you!

FLOWERS:

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FRUITS & VEGGIES: don’t these make you want to be healthy?

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THE FUTURE: a.k.a. graduation

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A link to some more in case you would like to join me in pretending it’s summer and I’m back there, buying delicious peaches:

*Song in my head: Another Town, Another Train by ABBA.

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