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Trivia, Thorns, The XX

June 7, 2013 by kristikrass

Welcome to June, the best month of the year in my book. Summer creeps in, festivals start cropping up, there’s the longest, lightest day of the year and shortly before, my birthday. Bring it on, baby. Jeff and I eased into the month with a bevy of awesomely random activities. Trivia night at The Old Gold bar in North Portland – Our trivia-loving friends Felicia and Genaro (who is an actual Jeopardy champion!), Stephen and Jen, and Jeff and I […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: 23rd, eugene, games, thorns

PB and J Barleycorns

February 27, 2012 by kristikrass

Can you believe it’s almost March? Holy moly, where did the winter go? The awards season is a wrap (I’m watching E!’s Fashion Police Academy Awards special as I type), the trees are starting to bud, the Portland Timbers’ second season is kicking off, our Easter trip to AZ is knocking on our door…it’s fabulous. True, it’s still 41 degrees today, but spring’s coming, I can feel it. My eyes were crazy dilated after my final LASIK consultation Friday so […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: 23rd, breweries, restaurants, TV, visitors

Home Sweet Home

January 16, 2011 by kristikrass

Jeff and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. We signed the papers, paid the deposit, and set the move-in date (Feb. 1) for our very own place in Portland (well, for a year anyway). Hooray! It’s sort of disgusting to think about, but we’ve been searching for a rental here for, like, four months or so. And Jeff’s been doing it almost full-time. I don’t feel like we were being overly picky, either. We were basically looking with […]

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Our Oregon Trail

Portland through the eyes of a festival-loving, dessert-feasting, travel-addicted Midwesterner.

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Trivia, Thorns, The XX

PB and J Barleycorns

Home Sweet Home