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World Domination

July 21, 2013 by kristikrass

My four-day Fourth of July weekend was unlike what most people would expect. Yes, we worked in the requisite barbecue and backyard fireworks with friends on the holiday, but then we faced three work-free, 85-degree days of leisure. Instead of escaping to Crater Lake National Park or Vancouver, British Columbia, two destinations that top our must-see list, Jeff and I stuck around PDX and attended a conference. Indoors. Focused on world domination. What the?! Um yeah, I can take credit […]

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The Heat Is On

July 5, 2013 by kristikrass

I’ve been slacking on the ole blog lately. Who wants to sit inside on the computer when it’s ridiculously beautiful outside? Oh yeah, and I recently found out all my computer time probably made me a partial blinker, which is killing my meibomian glands and drying out my eyes. Swell. The result: I now need to do blink exercises, use eyedrops for a bit, and I got a $1,500 Lipiflow treatment to get those little glands pumping again. Lesson for […]

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Concert at The Cosmo

May 11, 2013 by kristikrass

I love Las Vegas. My obsession began more than a decade ago when a crew of barely-21, small-town Michigan girls hopped a plane (which felt like a party itself) and lived it up on the Strip like we couldn’t have imagined. Now, my goal is to make it a yearly trip: a quick, weekend dose of gambling, glitzy shows, overindulging in fancy meals and cocktails, and soaking up the sun. Our excuse this time was an intimate Zac Brown Band […]

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Three Years of Fun.

September 1, 2012 by kristikrass

On August 22, Jeff and I hit the three-year mark as Mr. and Mrs. Krass, and that called for a celebration. First, we booked an October trip to Hawaii, which has been top of our to-do list since we moved to Portland. What’s even better is we’re meeting Jeff’s bro Rob and his wife Amy there. Yay! Second, we found a lovely restaurant we’ve never visited: Nostrana, a charming Italian spot that’s been voted Best Italian Restaurant by Portland Food […]

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From the Golden to the Garden State

August 19, 2012 by kristikrass

July and August have been crammed with loads of travel and loads of work, which means a long drought in blog posts. And now the fall is shaping up similarly, with probable trips to Vancouver, Arizona, Hawaii and Michigan on the horizon – I think Jeff and I wouldn’t know how to operate without trips to look forward to! In mid-July, Jeff jetted off to San Diego for a men’s soccer tournament with his high school and college buddies. Jeff’s […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: california, concerts, festivals, michigan, new jersey, Redicks, vacation, wedding

California Dreamin’

April 28, 2012 by kristikrass

After 1 year and 3 months of promising our friends in Southern California a visit, we finally made it! It took a “free all-access tickets to Zac Brown Band concert” nudge from Jeff’s co-worker Peter, but it accomplished our goal: getting to see some of our best buds in a locale with 1,000x more sunlight than Portland. After work a few Fridays ago we jetted into Orange Country, where Jeff’s friend-since-kindergarten Joey (who just rocked the Cartathlon with us in […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: beach, california, concerts, hikes, restaurants, vacation

Music, Dining and Dancing

August 24, 2011 by kristikrass

(Sounds like such a classy weekend!) Today is a catch-up day for me. I’m tired, our apartment is messy, we have “family visiting” plans to make, and I have two blog posts hanging over my head. And “The Help” is sitting on my shelf begging to be read. So, I made the executive decision to take a random day off on a Wednesday. Sometimes I think catch-up days are the best days off, but I hate wasting them when we […]

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Crowds watching the surf competition on Huntington Beach

Surfing Safari

August 13, 2011 by kristikrass

The last two weeks have been nutty, mainly for one reason: Nike U.S. Open of Surfing. I got the fabulous opportunity to head to Huntington Beach, California, to report (write stories) on the nine-day event for Nike employees. I flew down for four days of behind-the-scenes access to what I now think is the coolest event ever. More than 750,000 people on 14 acres of Pacific Ocean beach. A high school fashion design show, a skateboarding bowl, a BMX contest, […]

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Monkee Business

July 10, 2011 by kristikrass

Really random weekend. But that’s often the case. Jeff’s easing into his new job at Nike – yes, Nike swiped him from his consulting job at Denali – and so he’s stressing a bit. I’m trying to catch up on some reading now that my APR test is in the bag, and luckily the weather’s been perfect for some reading al fresco! Friday was the finale of Nike’s The Opening event, where they brought the country’s 150 best high school […]

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