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The crowd at an event last fall hit me just before the pain in my feet arrived. It was a high-profile shindig, with big names scattered throughout the scene. I scanned the clearly oversold room, a wave of dread slowly taking over. After hiking up the fifty or so entry stairs in four-inch heels, shaking my fist in the air, I was hit with a wall of people, chaos in every direction. No vendor map, no clear path of movement to the room. Guests were crowded six deep at every table, glasses of wine and beer, plates precariously handled barely…
In an effort to raise funds for Mama Hope, a non-profit organization “that invests in projects that bring food, security, clean water, education and health care to African communities in need”, adventurers are trekking to Mt. Kilimanjaro later this month as part of the Mama Hope Kilimanjaro Expedition, an “inaugural impact trek” to benefit Tanzania’s St. Timothy’s School. The journey will include a summit to the top of the mountain, and upon decent, hikers will participate in what has been touted as the world’s highest-altitude pop-up restaurant (12,500 feet above sea level). The feast will feature African dishes prepared by…
So many things to read, see, eat, and drink… Here’s what’s on our radar this week. Reviews have been a bit mixed for the onstage production detailing the life of food pioneer James Beard in “I Love to Eat”, now showing at Portland’s Center Stage, but from what I hear, it’s certainly worth checking out if you’re a self-professed ‘foodie’. Las Vegas’s Mandalay Bay and Monte Carlo hotels are no longer the only spot in the U.S. to imbibe while bundled up at a custom-made ice bar. Though Minus 5 has plans to expand to New York City, Minnesota has…
I began the year with a return visit to the Cayman Cookout and ended my year with a marvelous Taste of Tulalip. In between, there were adventures in Maui, New Orleans, Indianapolis – with good friends, great food, and incomparable imbiberies. What more could a girl ask for?
I was on a World Series high last Thursday night. My beloved Tigers were entrenched in the second game of the finals, battling it out with the San Francisco Giants, when I walked into Red, White, and Booze – the closing event of Portland Cocktail Week. The mitten state had been on my mind all week after a Jameson dinner at Ox brought together five of us former Michiganders, each sharing stories from our earlier years in the Lower Peninsula. With the Tigers in the playoffs, there was a frenzy of excitement, the revered team of our childhood looking at…
When Kat and I arrived at Portland International Airport on Thursday morning, long before the sun would rise, we were nearly giddy as we passed through security, ecstatic that our adventure to New York City had finally arrived. As we made our way to the gate, we noticed a monk walking in front of us, and chattered about it being a good omen. After a brief wait, I stood patiently in line waiting for a seat assignment as others funneled into line, my mind wondering if I would be cast to the bowels of the back of the plane, shooting…
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