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…
Carson City
I feel compelled to say a little about Carson City, before I move on to other things. When I have cell reception, while we’re driving, I look for interesting restaurants in the town where we’re staying. Adele’s was the find for dinner in Carson City. We got there about 7:30 pm, and they have delicious…