With the way that gas prices are (high) and they way that we are (tired) we decided that instead of going away for the long holiday weekend, we would would holiday at home.
We took a food vacation. No, not a vacation from food. A vacation at home, where we went to new food places.
You can certainly look for inspiration in a a travel book, like one from EatShopGuides, the local newspaper or do what we did and go where our friends suggested.
We went with our friends, CamiKaos and Dr. Normal to:
Curds & Whey Cheese shop in Sellwood, OR
It was fromagical. (Get it? fromage+ magical=fromagical!)
Staccato Gelato (New location in Sellwood, OR!)
(This is where we all witnessed gelato murder, because Cami had to have it in a cone. Very sad. Very, very sad.)
Pizzicato
Yum. Cheese.
Matt Walker took us to:
Hollywood Farmers' Market
Fleur De Lis Bakery
Did I mention that Matt is single? Ladies, go say hello to Matt.
and finally Katherine and Aaron Gray took us to
Vendetta
Where the very chivalrous Aaron, made the mistake of offering to change seats with me. His
reward, was getting wet from a lighting and rain storm.
Martin and I had never been to any of these places before, so it was a great experience. And spending time with friends is always a good way to spend a vacation.
11 comments:
a good way to find new places is by using sits like:
citysearch.com
yelp.com
and local favorite
goboz.com
That sounds way awesome! Fun.
mmm. I may have to try that. We have Thai food, Chinese Food, Greek Food, Italian food, and some Greek food. And the ever present Mexican food...
I'm already ready to go back to curds and whey...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
What a brilliant idea! Really makes me wish I didn't live in a little hick town in the middle of nowhere though. I shall just sit here and envy from afar.
I always have the Best vacations right at home! No packing, no flying...and you find some wonderful NEW places right in your back yard!
Awesome!
I just took notes. With summer coming, I might have to head over the bridge to give some of these a try.
I just read something like this on another blog, they were calling them "staycations".
One of my favorite "vacation" memories is when my husband and I turned off the phones, canceled everything for two days, and cooked feasts for ourselves as though we were staying on the beach - you know, crab legs and corn bread and the works. It. was. AWESOME.
Obviously we didn't have kids yet. Or maybe we'd drugged them, I can't remember.
jmartens: Ah, yes, local favorite goboz.com. Good point. I hear the person who created that really likes to talk about panties. ;)
bubblewench: Oh, it was! Feel free to come to Portland to try it out!
mielikki: Hey, stop it, you are making me hungry.
camikaos: It sure was yummy. Too bad I had to sit next to that crazy lady. She keeps following me everywhere.
kim: Oh, sorry. Feel free to envy away.
meleah: I especially like the no packing part because then there is no unpacking!
lisa: I recommend them all! Vendetta was not smoke free, but mostly people keep to the covered patio for that.
You and I can also get together, here, on the other side of the river!
maggie: That sounds heavenly, but I would want to have some houseboys, er, beachboys (but not "the" beachboys, they seem a bit tired these days) to help out with all the work. :)
niiiiiice. but wait - why is it wrong to have gelato in a cone? i WANT a cone!!!!!
Fromagical is a genius word invention; well done, Miss B.
We use a combination of Citysearch, Yelp, WW, and word of mouth. Sometimes we wander down a street and stop when we're at the point of starvation...[Not recommended]
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