When I lived here as a kid, the 4th of July was always my favorite holiday. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of block parties with the neighborhood kids, eating huge slices of watermelon, wagon rides and picking crab apples. There was sidewalk chalk and water gun fights, and walking around the corner to my elementary school and watching the local...
As the daughter of a pastry chef, I've had quite a few brownies in my lifetime. My mom has always turned out batch after batch of perfection and I've never been able to look at any brownies that weren't hers with the same sugar-glazed look of love in my eyes. They just didn't hold the appeal that hers did. That was until I...
Hello, everyone! This is my first official post on the blog I've been dreaming of creating for a good chunk of my life now. It's not my first blog by any means, but it's the first one that I really feel I have creative freedom over. Ever since I was a kid, I've always acted a little above my age bracket. My mom...
Reading: Lately, a lot of cookbooks. My current favorites are 'River Cottage Veg' and as always, my very favorite, 'The Kinfolk Table'. I've also always got my nose buried in the latest issue of 'frankie magazine' that I've been collecting since my freshman year of high school. Watching: Grey's Anatomy, as always. (Although, the proper adjective there might be 'weeping' instead of watching!)...
Arguably the largest reason why I am so passionate about lifestyle & interior styling can be traced back to my formative teenage years, sitting in my room on my computer, absorbing all the blog content I could. I spent hours on fashion and interior design blogs, knowing that a large part of me felt so connected to that form of expression, it was...
As a girl who has always been Winter's biggest fan, this year I have had a surprising change of heart and find myself counting down the days until Spring is officially here. Luckily, the past few weeks, Portland has seemed very confused about what season it is- and frankly, I'm all for it. Along with the beautiful weather, this time of year is...
