Showing posts with label Portland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portland. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Pacific NW Road Trip

I know you're all just dying to hear about my little road trip through the Pacific Northwest, right? (Right?) Well, let me tell you - it was glorious. The weather was the absolute pits ... it poured the entire time ... and there were a few unexpected bumps along the way but overall it was bliss. We drove. We talked. We browsed. We shopped. We stayed at the fabulous Ace Hotel and we ate the most delicious food. Salmon chowder - where have you been all my life? So, so good. And don't even get me started on the delicious-ness that we discovered at some food trucks in Portland. I'll gain 10 pounds just thinking about them.

I took hundreds of photos, all of which I can't wait to scrapbook. My point and shoot camera isn't doing so well these days. The zoom is broken, it's hard to get a clear shot because even the slightest movement causes everything to blur and the grey, overcast weather didn't help either. I played around with different settings and angles and was quite pleased with the results. Despite the crappy camera, I managed to get some really fun shots during our travels. Here are a few of my favorites -  





As much as I enjoyed my time away, it feels great to be back in beautiful Vancouver. I know I'm beyond biased, but British Columbia truly is the best place on earth. *happy sigh*

Thursday, April 28, 2011

hello again ...

Oh you guys. YOU GUYS. I've miss you.

So I haven't posted in almost two weeks and I blame craziness at work, Easter and a total lack of creativity for my absence in blog-land. All that is about to change, though. Why? Because I will be purchasing a new digital camera very, very soon. No more photo-less blog posts ... no more begging Xinxin to bring her camera when we venture out on our city escapades ... no more seeing cool things and trying in vain to capture them with my cell phone camera. The race is on to re-enter the wonderful world of digital photography. Why the sudden rush? Because I've officially booked time off work and am going ON VACATION for 5 glorious days here ...


Beautiful Portland, Oregon. I don't know much about the city and I haven't a clue what I'll see while I'm there ... all I know is that I definitely want to swing by the famous Voodoo Doughnuts shop. Anything and everything else I come across will just be a holiday bonus.

This will be my first real west coast vacation & you have NO idea how desperately I need this. I leave on May 13th. Until then, wish me luck finding the perfect camera to capture my holiday adventures! :)

xo