We spent a couple nights in the Yosemite National Park area. We were relaxing and getting geared up for the long drive home through Arizona and New Mexico. Yosemite was beautiful, but it was clearly not the best time of year to be there. Because the creeks and waterfalls are best when the snow is…
Smoked Salmon
The grocery shopping is so good in Portland, it’s easy to create some great meals. There were lots of great veggies to work with in the fridge, so we made some smoked salmon to go with them. We added cucumber to the Italian Tomato Salad, and also made a Squash Salad (without the shrimp). PrintSmoked…
Gorgeous in Portland
This is the best weather we’ve ever had, when visiting Portland. It’s sunny and not very hot. We went to Hopworks for some organic beer and awesome pizza. Then we cooked rice pasta with langostinos and spinach. Langostinos are like baby lobster tails, and very delicious. We had leftovers of this meal, and I sautéed…
Goodbye Sacramento, Hello Portland
We said farewell to Sacramento with breakfast at an English pub, Fox and Goose, in the downtown historic district. Don had a bagel and smoked salmon, and I had smoked herring with eggs and potatoes – delicious. We left our car at the hotel in Sacramento, and flew to Portland. It’s just too far to…
Sacramento
We’re staying on the river in downtown Sacramento. We have a room facing the river. There’s beautiful vegetation, but the bank is so high, you can’t see over it! The restaurant find was Magpie. It has a seasonal menu with pastured pork, free range chicken, local and seasonal veggies. We had fried pork belly with…