Feb 27, 2009 1
Eric and I ventured downtown Portland today, first to meet my dear friend Megan from high school to do a portrait shoot - she’s so cute! Eric was my dutiful reflector-holder, and it was the first time he’s been along on a shoot with me!
After the shoot, we walked around a bit and then decided that we wanted to eat at the highly-acclaimed Kenny and Zuke’s Deli, located between 10th & 11th on NW Stark.
Feb 13, 2009 2
I am literally blogging from airport security right now, which I consider to be a triumphant use of dead time.
I am flying to Las Vegas this morning to attend the WPPI professional photography conference, which I am psyched about.
In order to get here, we had to cross the snow-covered coast range…
…then we spent a couple days in Portland, eating Swedish meatballs at Ikea and eating at Portland City Grill, which has the best view in town.
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Jan 26, 2009 0
This weekend we took a little jaunt up the 101 (doesn’t it just remind you of the song from the O.C.?)
While we were in our old stomping grounds, Aberdeen, I had the pleasure of shooting a wedding with the fabulous Molly from Portrait Expressions and we had loads of fun (minus the bad shoes, which I don’t want to talk about - neither do my feet). You can check out some more wedding photos from my shoot on my photography web site.
Then we journeyed back, of course, and happened to hit the Oregon Coast drive right at sunset, which was quite magnificent. We even checked out one of my favorite Oregon Coast spots - the Hotel Elliott in Astoria! I’m writing a story about them, so needed to stop and take photos.
Now we’re back at the beach, where it’s very quiet and we’re buckling down and working hard! Eric made chicken parmesan for dinner tonight with green salad, which was quite delicious. More from our exciting lives tomorrow!
Nov 13, 2008 7
Hi readers of The Flyvemaskine Diaries! I’m coming to you tonight to tell you a little about the best-laid plans. Of course, if you’re human, then you know about what usually happens to the best-laid plans. They usually change.
Following that trend, our plans have changed pretty drastically, which means that this blog may be changing drastically. Let me explain: My grammy (who you may have read about a couple of posts ago) is very sick, and it’s one of those times where it’s more important to cut our losses, go home and be with family than to stay here in Buenos Aires until December 15 like we planned. Time is of the essence, and so we’re packing up and heading home to the Pacific Northwest tomorrow, and we won’t be back for awhile. We’re spending our last day tying up loose ends and stuffing our bellies with as much Argentinean ice cream as we can handle (did anyone notice it’s “Artisanal Ice Cream Week” in BA?)
Eric and I have loved starting this blog and we love what it has become. We love creating the content for it, writing about restaurants and the city and all that. We love the people we have met through it, and we have loved our time so far in Buenos Aires. We are planning to come back in the beginning of 2009, and we’ll hopefully be able to spend a few more months here in this great city. Today we spent a lot of time talking about what this means for the blog, and decided that as the people who read it, you should decide. We originally created this blog to be a place for our family and friends back home to follow our travels, but it quickly became more than that and we now get from 50-100 visits each day.
What do you all think? We have a few options.
Option 1: The Flyvemaskine Diaries stays a travelogue, but switches locations. In our time in the Pacific Northwest this holiday season, we’ll be traveling between Portland, Aberdeen, Seattle, Spokane, the Oregon Coast and more. We could bring you our travels there, told in the same format as before.
Option 2: The Flyvemaskine Diaries switches while we’re gone to be a place where we share some tips and tricks for you Americans (or other expats) in Argentina, where we’ll share things like our Thanksgiving recipes, slices of life from home and more.
Option 3: We take a hiatus from The Flyvemaskine Diaries until we return to the city in January.
This blog really has become all about the readers, so we want to know what you think! What would you rather read about? What would keep you reading until early next year? Do you have any other ideas you’d like to see? Even if you haven’t commented before, we’d love to see your thoughts here. Thanks all, and those of you in BA, we’ll hope to see you in a couple of months!
-Sara & Eric
Nov 11, 2008 4
There are many big things that I love about Buenos Aires. But often, it’s in the details and I wanted to fill you all in, blog readers, on the little things that make my days here really wonderful.
10. Our doorman wanted to learn how to say a few things in English, so we taught him. Now, when we leave the building he says “Good morning” or “Good luck” with a thick accent. Usually this is annoying, but with him we let it slide because it’s so charming.
9. Whenever I order a cup of tea or Eric a cup of coffee, we’re served little cookies or goodies on the side.
8. While material goods are relatively expensive, the cost of labor is low, which means things like manicures and massages (while pricey at home) are a real bargain here.
7. At the very small empanada restaurant near our apartment, we had dinner the other night for $7 USD. That included two big empanadas each, beer and water.
6. Instead of the pink cherry blossoms we have in the Pacific Northwest, spring’s blooms here are purple and grow on the jacaranda tree.
5. We order water at dinner - we also pay for it. But I like that we’ve paid for it, it comes cool in a bottle (still or sparkling) and it always seems more sophisticated to be sipping your water from a wine glass.
4. Comfort is king, which means not a lot of women wear foot-killing high heels. That way, I don’t feel guilty about always wearing flip flops or sneakers, because I fit right in.
3. I can have a pint of ice cream fresh scooped and delivered to my door for no extra charge. The guy who brings it drives a special ice cream moped.
2. The botanical gardens, near our apartment, is full of feral cats. But they’re not like scary alley cats - they’re really cute, nice garden cats.
1. In my spinning class at the gym, our teacher comes around and greets every one of us with the traditional Argentinean cheek kiss before we start class.
