Author: Annie

I’m Home! And I brought Bee-eer! When I looked out the window from seat 9F and saw Minneapolis/St. Paul, I cried. (No, not because it snowed this week!) I loved being in Portland, and last night Vancouver was very nice, too. But there’s nothing like home! I tried to remember gifts for the family this…

I drove up to Vancouver for my last night – it’s much smaller and seems quieter than Portland, but it’s quite lovely! I’m at the Hilton, and had dinner at the McMenamins restaurant on the Columbia (salmon & beer, FABulous! Just look at that Amber Wave!) My legs are achey, my arms hurt, my back…

I have had a few most WONDERFUL days, I’m loving Portland, LOVING the weather here (rain or shine, I like them both!) and I’m thoroughly enjoying my students! What an exciting, intelligent, intuitive, intellectual group of women I’ve met here – and I’m only half finished… I taught at Abundant Yarn on Thursday – two…

ABUNDANT YARN ROCKS!!! And I am LOVING Portland – what a fabulous place! It is by far one of the COOLEST yarn shops I’ve been in! The space is large and light and beautiful, the selection is so wide, it’s like walking through a rainbow! I could hardly keep my hands of the yarn, and…

I arrived in Portland today after a nice, non-rushed packing and walking Max to school day. The flight was uneventful, the Portland Airport is very easy to navigate, and now I’m here. And it’s raining. Perhaps it’s because I spent the flight editing blog posts – several of which I’ve put together as part of…

On Sunday I took me some ME time, which was very fun! After spending the morning recovering, sitting on the back deck and enjoying the warm temps, suddenly it was 3:30 and I had to scoot over to a knitting group BBQ with my goat cheese and almond salad. I felt as though I should…

Geeze am I tired! We had SUCH a lovely time last night – the seder was abbreviated, but nice (I’m sure our guests didn’t think it was abbreviated) In comparison to a hard-core seder it was like a 30 second ad spot vs. a half hour informercial. The timing is the hard thing – the…

I made gefilte fish! Gerry went shopping for it and couldn’t find it anywhere. So I asked, “How do you make it?” and he told me what his parents used to do. Grind up fish and cook it. “I can do that!” I thought, “So why not give it a try?” A bit of time…

Gerry’s been saying for months that he just wished he could get ON a bike. He kept saying that riding a bike, as counter-intuitive as it seems, would be easier for him thank walking. I smiled and said, “Yes, dear…” but didn’t really believe it. He’s been spending a lot of time working on the…