Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Codi and I went to the gym yesterday and had a really good workout. To celebrate, I made a really tasty dessert - carmelized bananas (in a lavender and riesling reduction), vanilla ice cream and shortbread cookies from the Honolulu cookie company. Yum!
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Both Codi and I had our birthdays this week (today is Codi's 24th, and my 36th was on July 18). Happy birthdays to us! =)
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
After stopping at Argyle Winery the other day, I drove up to Knudsen Vineyard where Argyle grows most of its premium grapes. The skies were gorgeous and the vines were so alive and fresh! The grapes aren't juicy yet, and this raging heat isn't really helping a lot, ...
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Codi and I went raspberry picking again today. We picked nearly 8 pounds of fresh Coho and Willamette raspberries! When we got home, I made a fresh raspberry coulis for a special dessert dish (vanilla bean ice cream, raspberry coulis and carmelized banana - wowow!).Of course, the base ...
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Friday, July 7th, 2006
A conversation about old Russian architecture the other night led me to recover this aging photo from when I was living in Russia years ago. This church is located in Nizhny Novgorod, a gorgeous city with countless examples of stunning architecture. This church is one of them - ...
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Thursday, July 6th, 2006
Thanks to our friends, N&P and C&J, we had a good time on the 4th of July, and we got some awesome photos of the fireworks! Here are some more - 15 out of over 100 shots.
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Codi and I went to the annual Lake Oswego 4th of July parade today. It was the BEST weather ever - the coolest July 4th in at least 3 or 4 years! Codi took lots of fun photos, and I got this cool video clip. Had I ...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
On Sunday, Codi and I went to Long Beach, Washington and Astoria, Oregon with our friends, N&P. It was a good day of travel and we saw plenty of the beachy Washington lifestyle. Here are a few pics:There's a town that's actually called Oysterville. Can you guess what the main ...
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