Sep 24, 2009 0
Icelandic fermented shark. It is gross and it smells like ammonia. And we ate it. Check it out:
(For HD click on the title to go to the Vimeo site)
Sampling Iceland’s Tradtional Cuisine from Sara Gray on Vimeo.
Sep 22, 2009 0
We just got back from an amazing trip to Iceland. Which is spelled Island in Icelandic. Go figure. We have wanted to go to Iceland since we have been together, and it has always been too expensive, so we decided to do a stopover there on our way to visit Erika and Morten in Denmark.
The houses were amazing in Reykjavik — lots of corrugated metal and simple shapes and bright colors. There are regular homes right in the middle of downtown Reykjavik, which is a really small city. There are only about 120,000 people living there. That’s literally smaller than Beaverton, Oregon.
We decided we would totally go back to Iceland — next time, though, we’d rent a car and drive around the perimeter of the island (the interior is uninhabitable) and camp and enjoy the outdoors.
Fun fact: The highest recorded temperature in Reykjavik (of ALL time) is 79 degrees farenheit. It was in the 40s when we were there. Luckily, it barely rained at all.
We swam at The Blue Lagoon, which was cool but turned out to be a major tourist trap. We got off our motorcoach from Reykvavik and then soon realized we were being herded down a path like sheep with the entire population of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship — yikes. On the ads for the Blue Lagoon, they show this beautiful blonde Icelandic woman bathing by herself in the thermal pool. Yeah, right. 
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 22, 2009 0
Eric and I had a discussion the other day: What meal is your favorite? We both settled on breakfast. I see lunch as rather expendable, because I think of sandwiches and other typical “lunch” fare as being just a means to an end, a cure for hunger.
Because of this apathy toward lunch and dear love for breakfast, brunch is the ultimate meal for me. It’s breakfast food at lunch time, which means that if you time it right, you can have two fantastic meals in one day instead of settling for dumb lunch in the middle. A perfect food day is possible. And you can sleep in.
Feb 21, 2009 2
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.
