this past weekend deeann and i went with a couple of friends to the pickathon indie roots music festival. it was such a great time! the event was on pendarvis farm in happy valley, oregon. a few thousand people came just for a day or for the whole weekend. we were […]
Archive for the 'fun' Category
baking is fun?
11Jun08i’ve been quite hesitant to post about my last cycle. intro to baking finished up last week and i found something out about myself. i like baking. if you would have asked me 3 weeks ago what i enjoyed more, baking or cooking, i would have laughed and said cooking, hands down. […]
going for a run
03Jun08after moving out here to portland leaving my racing bike back in iowa, i knew i wouldn’t be able to do any triathlons. since moving i’ve had an itch to get back in a road race. tonight i registered for the portland marathon.
. . . stay tuned.
a full house
26May08last monday our good friends gabriel & jaclyn arrived in portland. they are in the middle of a grand road trip to alaska and are stopping in portland via the “long route.” first they stopped in denver to stay with a friend, then los angeles to go sailing for a few days with […]
american regional cuisine
26Apr08another cycle in the bag. the last three weeks i have been in american regional. in this class we spend a day or two in the many regions of the u.s. we started in the mid-atlantic states, then through new england, the south, louisiana, texas and tex-mex, the central plains, california, hawaii, […]
pineapple grows in iowa?
23Apr08on our recent trip home we were lucky enough to see something quite rare. lets start from the beginning. . .
around 6 years ago, deeann and her family went to hawaii. they brought home a pineapple from that trip, twisted the top off, ate the fruit and decided to plant the top. […]
surprising terra
17Apr08before our recent trip home we picked up a new little toy. this little toy allows us to take video and share it with you all. just what we need, right?
a lot of people knew we were making a trip back to iowa during a week off of school. […]







