Pete and I started this fall by taking a quick trip to Portland at the end of September to visit our college friends Annie and Vivek. Pete's been to Portland before, but this was my first trip to the Pacific Northwest. Brooklyn and Portland are frenemies. I feel like these cities are in constant competition with one another: who has the better localvore/slowfood restaurants, the hipper indie population, and the cooler small independent boutiques? Needless to say, I loved Portland.
On our first full day, Pete and I drove to Silver Falls, a state park known for having over ten waterfalls (one you can walk behind too, so cool). The second day I toured the Columbia Valley Gorge, driving along its historic highway and ending at the famed Multnomah Falls (Pete was visiting digital media companies). Just gorge-ous. Later, we rented bikes and rode along the Willamette River. And all three days, we ate ourselves silly: Rogue brewery, Tasty and Sons brunch, and food trucks. Burp.
Silver Falls, Multnomah, and view of the Columbia River Gorge.
Biking up and down the Willamette River.
Famous Powell's Books (where we breaked), eats and drink.
With Annie and Viv, and the best part of the trip: Meeting Rosie the most adorable dog!
A few milestones happened this fall. My brother turned 40, and his son Devin turned 5. Both birthdays kind of kicked me in the head. Crazy how quickly time flies.
Pete has been reading Mr. Money Mustache, a blog about saving money and early retirement. And so we haven't gone out to brunch in months, and we've been eating in much more. Honestly, I'm enjoying all the cooking. Pete's enjoying all the dishwashing (not really, but he's making a few dishes of his own like kimchi fried rice below).
And finally, you know it's fall when trees look like they're on fire and when daylight savings arrives (and I leave for work before sunrise). Good bye to my favorite season. Now for the holidays!
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