The Country Cat in Portland

Our weekend trip to Portland was successful on all accounts.  In addition to picking up our beans at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market, we also spent time with some of our closest friends, picked up a Harsch crock at the Mirador Community Store, and ate dinner at The Country Cat.  The Country Cat was a recommendation [...]

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Winter squash soup

We made our first winter squash soup of the year with the Sibley Squash that I picked up at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market this morning .  Our main purpose of going to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market was to procure some Ayers Creek Farm heirloom beans but I couldn’t resist when I saw this beautiful squash [...]

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Organic cranberries in Bandon, Oregon – Brush Prairie Bogs

The holidays are over, but I still wanted some local cranberries.  Every time I am in the produce section at the grocery store, I look at the box in hopes to see Oregon cranberries.  Instead I walk away disgusted that a grocery store in Eugene buys cranberries from Wisconsin.  What the heck?
We did manage to [...]

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An unexpected 36 hours in San Francisco

We were experiencing the typical holiday travel horror of missing our connection in San Francisco and being told that the next available confirmed seats would be two days later. They kindly offered to let us fly standby the following day, but after trying that once and seeing the number of stressed [...]

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