From Afield: London Food

We went to London for 48 hours with two goals in mind: visit the Captain Robert Falcon Scott exhibit at the Natural History Museum (which was amazing), and eat at as many of my favorite restaurants as we could. We splurged and stayed at the St. John hotel in Soho, which was super fun.

st. john

river cafe

ottolenghi

moro

l'eau à la bouche

moro

beigel bakery

st. john

From Afield: Rome

We were in Rome for five days, staying in a lovely apartment in Trastevere. Since we'd been there before and seen all the sights, we spent our time drinking Aperol spritzes, wandering around, eating, picnicking, and taking in some of the less travelled neighborhoods.

Playing Ketchup

Sometimes it seems like being a grown-up means being busy all the time. And as always, when life gets crazy, this blog gets neglected. For those of you who care to keep up with my shenanigans, I do post on Instagram from wherever I am (I'm deerseason87), but while I'm here, let's catch up. Since my last post about such things, I went to Istanbul, Rome, London and Los Angeles. I took a foraging class in the Oakland hills, went cherry picking, peach picking, and blueberry picking. I attended another Outstanding In the Field dinner at the incredible Knoll Farms in Brentwood, cooked by Leif Hedendal, stayed at the Madonna Inn, attended a cake party hosted by my friend Kelsey at the Whole Cake, went to two ballgames, a Big Freedia show, had a picnic, and I don't even know what else... I'll save my travels for another post; here are some images from the rest.

Portlandia

I went up to Portland for a few days to see my friend Jane, who is working on an incredible mural at Bamboo Sushi (which opens on the 25th!). It was great to go someplace with absolutely nothing planned in advance, and I managed to see almost everyone I know in town, eat some fantastic food (thanks to my spirit guide DP), do some shopping and even relax a little.




strawberry cocktail at grüner


luce




part of jane's mural


luce






more luce


voodoo doughnuts


luce again




chinese flatbread from the prickly ash truck




and more luce... so good.




amazing display at anthropologie