Lisbon, Portugal Days 1 & 2

Lisbon, Portugal Days 1 & 2

We made it into Lisbon just in time to check in at our hotel and leave our bags with the front desk before running back out and catching a cab to Jardim da Estrela to meet our food tasting tour guide. Somehow we were only two minutes late! It was 4:30 in the afternoon...
Portugal, My Heart

Portugal, My Heart

Colin and I arrived in Portugal today, beginning a journey that has a lot of meaning and is sort of like a new beginning to me. Having been born to parents who seemed to be searching for something in life that was beyond anything I understood, there were a lot of...
House Update – Masonry

House Update – Masonry

When I first wrote about our new home project, I explained that we had originally planned on using white brick but it turned out that it wasn’t available and we had decided to go in a different direction. We looked at different natural stones and eventually...
House Update, Behind the Walls

House Update, Behind the Walls

We’re just about wrapping up all the construction items on the house that we’ll never see. The stuff behind the walls and in the floors. And although these things are obviously so important, I’m really looking forward to moving on to the stuff we...
Nectarine & Corn Salad

Nectarine & Corn Salad

I love this time of year in Spokane when the produce is at its peak. Stone fruits, corn, tomatoes, you name it. I originally adapted this recipe from one by Green Kitchen Stories a few years back for my friend Joelle’s birthday party on our patio. The cornfield...