This past weekend, Eric and I went to Pullman (our old stomping grounds) to WSU to watch Eric’s brother Jamie graduate. It was really fun, including the dinner we made for Jamie, their brother Danny and a few of Jamie’s friends on the night before graduation.
Eric made one of his classic recipes - it’s pasta shells with pancetta, asparagus, green beans, shallots, creme fraiche and butter. It’s creamy, fatty goodness and it pretty much melts in your mouth. Yum.
I worked on my forearm muscles by whipping up some fresh cream to adorn our strawberries with for dessert. It was a great meal for the night before graduation. Thanks to Danny for taking all the photos in this post!
It should come as no surprise to this blog’s readers that Eric and I like to cook. But even better than I like cooking, I love baking. I have loved baking since back in the day when my quickbread won first place in the Oregon State Fair when I was a 4-H member.
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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.
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I had a whirlwind of a week last week. I spent the week in fabulous Las Vegas attending the WPPI conference, which is an association I belong to for wedding & portrait photographers. It was my first time going, and I had a total blast. I met other photographers, I enjoyed the parties, and I sat through 44 hours of seminars. I have a mountain of notes.
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I know that I’ve been tardy in getting this post up, but life has been a little insane (I know, I know, the common excuse of the blogger these days).
A few weeks ago, we had the Julie, Dan and Audrey Flood over to the beach and enjoyed a weekend of cooking, walking on the beach and relaxing (and lots of Internet, which has become an unavoidable habit of ours).
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