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

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PDX in the Rearview

November 6, 2014 by kristikrass

I can’t believe it’s been five months since Jeff, Cooper and I pulled away from our empty Portland apartment and drove across the country to our new home in Grand Rapids, Mich. What?! Five months! That’s almost half of a year! Time flies by achingly fast. It’s so strange to flip from one life — apartment living in a big(ish) city, hanging out with the loveliest mix of friends, both working at Nike, super liberal environment — to another life entirely, with […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: Cooper, michigan, mountains, vacation

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Me and my little bro!

Bend with My Bro

January 27, 2014 by kristikrass

My little brother. He is the rare bird who deliberately chooses February to visit us in Portland. The reason: the snow-capped mountains beckoning for snowboarders. Dave last visited exactly two years ago, and we covered a LOT of ground in a few days. This time we had a whole Tuesday-to-Tuesday to explore new places. Dave is our kind of guy: He loves his breweries and food. We kicked off his trip with a night at beer haven Apex, a pizza dinner at […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: bend, breweries, falls, mountains, parks, Redicks, restaurants, vacation, visitors

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Turkey Time with Tillmans

December 3, 2013 by kristikrass

Jeff and I have strung together an interesting run of Thanksgivings since we’ve lived on the West Coast. 2011: Cabo San Lucas. 2012: Fountain Hills, Ariz. This year, we headed south again, this time for Auburn, Calif., to visit our friends, the Tillmans. Surprisingly, the nine-hour drive down I-5 flew by. Jeff, Cooper and I left Portland at sunrise last Wednesday, and watched as the terrain morphed from woodsy to mountainous to farmland to high desert. We paid a quick (and […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: california, Cooper, holidays, mountains, vacation

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Pool time.

Mahalo, Maui

October 28, 2012 by kristikrass

It pains me a bit to write this blog post…it’s rainy and 60 degrees outside here in Portland, which makes it hard to shuffle through the gorgeous photos from our trip to Maui and remember the awesome times we had with Rob and Amy. (Sigh.) It was sooo much fun. Jeff, Rob, Amy and I booked our first trip to Hawaii to celebrate our anniversaries – our third anniversary was August 22, and Rob and Amy’s fifth was October 26. […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: beach, hawaii, Krasses, mountains, restaurants, vacation

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The Trip Not Meant to Be

May 28, 2012 by kristikrass

Jeff and I had big plans for Memorial Day weekend. He, Cooper and I were going to cross the Canadian border to Vancouver, British Columbia. One of the cities at the top of our “must-see” list, and a mere 5 1/2 hours north of Portland. But…Thursday night, after booking hotels in Vancouver and neighboring Whistler, we made a disappointing discovery: Jeff’s passport expired last month. Total bummer. Lucky for us, we were already planning a Friday night stop in Seattle, […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: Cooper, holidays, market, mountains, parks, restaurants, seattle, vacation, washington

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Slopes and Lodges

January 18, 2012 by kristikrass

We got snow! I know, I know, how terribly uninteresting, but it’s sort of a big deal here in Portland. Temps barely drop below freezing so our winters are green and rainy vs. white and snowy. (We even have a lonesome rose blooming in front of our apartment!) No snow days yet though, cross your fingers we score one someday – because yes, even Nike has an occasional snow day. Santa brought Jeff some new snowboard boots, bindings and a […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: mountains, Mt.Hood

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The four of us at Bend Brewing Company (the BBC)

Around the Bend

July 24, 2011 by kristikrass

When the clock struck noon on Friday, Jeff and I bolted Nike for a short roadtrip. Destination: Bend, Oregon. Located three hours from Portland, nestled next to the Cascade Mountains, 3,625 feet above sea level in the high desert area of Central Oregon. Our neighbors went to college and fell in love there, so they came, too, to give us the “locals only” tour. Bend feels worlds away from Portland. That’s one of the things I love about Oregon. You […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: bend, breweries, Cooper, mountains, restaurants, vacation

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