Portland, Oregon is considered one of the nation’s top 10 most haunted cities by many. In the 1800s, Portland was a bustling port town, with many shipments and sailors arriving and departing each day from all around the world. Unfortunately, all of the activity associated with the ports, coupled with labyrinthine underground tunnels that run…
Hi all – sorry it’s taken me so long to update the site and announce the names of the winners of the latest giveaway! Captain America and I both came down with a nasty case of pneumonia a few weeks ago, and we’ve been struggling to kick it. Unfortunately it’s left us both more than…
This past weekend Captain America and I visited some of his family at a reunion-of-sorts in Prineville. His brother’s wife’s family owns property out in the country, on which they have built a “western town.” Her father initially started the project for their wedding, and over time new buildings have gone up, such as the…
A few weeks ago I had the wonderful experience of shopping for bridesmaid dresses with my bridal party. Actually, it wasn’t so wonderful at all – it was really more like the most miserable experience thus-far in the wedding planning process. But it was fun to hang out with my girls and get their help…
Alrighty then! Now that I’ve finished losing my mind over the ridiculous amount of stuff we need to accomplish in the 62 days until our wedding, I can finally get back to the business at hand – filling you in on the many adventures we encountered during our two week road trip! * *…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we stayed in Las Vegas for nearly a week during our road trip. Although we had a few adventures near the end of our stay, for the most part it was uneventful, though fun! Thanks to obsessive priceline-ing the entire trip, we were able to get a great deal on a…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Captain America and I had quite a few adventures on our two week road trip through California, Nevada, and Arizona. Our first stop was an overnight in Sacramento where we met up with my friends – but I’ll save that for a post of it’s own – and in…
Alrighty!! As promised, here’s the explanation of my disappearance for most of the month of June :) I meant to post this earlier, but so many things have happened since we got back (including a lot of wedding planning!), I decided to hit the ground running, and play catch up later! A few weeks ago,…
Last Friday I got my first pedicure…and it was amazing… Normally I’m not a big “girly” girl. Okay, so I am in certain situations – if I see a spider I’ll holler until Captain America comes and takes care of it, for example. But as far as my “upkeep” goes, I’m pretty easy going. I…
Sitting on the balcony of our hotel on the coast last month, I looked down and saw this awesome reminder written in the sand: I’ve often written my name in the sand, created games of tic-tac-toe, and made plenty of sandcastles, but I love the idea of writing a message for others to stumble upon.…
The Hand-Written Life 