It’s all about gourmet organic food (I’m a foodie, it can’t be helped) and weekend walks by the river; a good place to be this time of year. Clockwise from upper left hand corner: red quinoa salad with pecans, dried cranberries, bell pepper and greens; view of the east bank from the Hawthorne Bridge; vegetarian tostadas; boats moored in order to take in the scene and sounds at last weekend’s Waterfront Blues Fest.

Riverfront park in Sellwood, Portland. The lighting in this picture isn’t fabulous because that weird Portland, 4th of July weekend weather is officially upon us. But it’s not raining so I am going to keep from complaining.

The Albina Press , bicycles and americanos with soy milk.

I like finding hearts in odd places and this one was somewhere on a small street in Obernai…

In other news I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my new digital camera, meaning that a whole lot of Portland pictures are about to take over this blog…

Sunrise, Angkor, Cambodia.

This week I found myself searching Kayak just to see how much tickets to Cambodia and Buenos Aires were. I know, those are two random destinations, but they have both been on my mind a lot lately. Unfortunately, buying a spontaneous ticket to go half-way across the world isn’t exactly in my cards right now, so instead exotic pictures that are reminders of what I have done (and hopefully will do) are going to have to suffice.

The sun is back with a vengeance, and in honor of it, I thought a picture from last summer might be just the thing. These are vineyards just outside of Obernai, a touristy but quaint town near Strasbourg in Alsace, France, known for its white wines.

This photo is so Parisian; only in the French capital would you see a dog seated quietly at a cafe table, almost as if it is waiting for its own cafe au lait.