For the Ladies - High Heel Monday

For all the Women's putting on their heels this morning. I know I am :)
Happy High Heel Monday!

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Spoils of Oregon

Along the drive in Oregon wine country we stopped at a few farm stands. We came home with Honey, Hazelnuts, and Peppers. I love not having a set schedule when you are exploring a new area. It allows for spontaneous stops and great finds. Farm stands are a great place to meet the locals, find some great new fruits and veggies to try and just get a taste of the land around you. If you are ever out  and see a farm side stand. It does not matter if it is a large operation or man and wife on the side of the road selling jam, stop say hi and check out what they have to offer. You never know what you will find.

From left to right:
HANNA'S HONEY - Checkout all their honey's here.
LOLICH'S FAMILY FARMS - Visit here site and find out more.
FREDDY GUYS HAZELNUTS - One of my favorite nuts. Theses are amazing, Get your own here.

Green Cherry Bomb Peppers.They were great in Purple Hull Peas.

Honey Stick from Hanna's Honey.My favorite was the peach.

Monday advice to Remember

Words to remember. Happy Monday!

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Lunch at Rouge Brewery

While in Portland we had to go to Rouge Brewery, one of Jared's favorites breweries. We went to the Rouge Distillery and Public House in downtown Portland. Here is what we had. Check out the menu and see what you would get.

Taste of the Day. I love this and wish more Breweries would do it. When we sat down we were each given a taste of the beer of the day. It was a nice welcome and got our taste buds ready for some great drinks.

SPINACH AND CHEVRE SALAD   $10.95
Fresh spinach leaves topped with rotating local chevre from Oregon rolled in almonds with
walnuts, red bell peppers and warm NEUSKE’S bacon vinaigrette with tangerine juice and dryhopped St. Rogue Red.  Served with out fresh Rogue baked Hazelnut Ale bread.

I added chicken but you don't need to. The chevre cheese was amazing!!! And the bacon vinaigrette was a complete contradiction for a salad but was the star of the show.

KOBE TACOS   $10.95

Seasoned ground KOBE beef with chopped lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and TILLAMOOK cheddar cheese served with soft corn tortillas.

Wine Tasting in Oregon

    What better way to spend a long Labor Day weekend but with family and wine tasting. This past weekend Jared and meet his parents in Oregon for the long weekend. Now here is the awesome part John and Linda do not live in Oregon they live in Texas. They are on an adventure around the Western part of the US. Recently they set out in their RV for their maiden voyage and this weekend they ended up in Portland.
While we were visiting we went to a few wineries and vineyards around the Portland area. There were some great and some good.

Our Journey began at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. This was not a planned tasting but how could we pass up wine named for the Spruce Goose? This was from the Evergreen Vineyards, I did not taste this time but the family said it was very good. We left with three bottles :)

The family tasting.

The Spruce Goose wine selection.

Next we ended up at the Lange Estate Winery. Not this is not our winery but we can dream. Jared's parents had found this wine before in Texas and were a member of the wine club. Now that we saw the signs we had to stop and I am glad we did. It was the best wine stop of the weekend. We had a tasting then got a bottle of Pinot Noir Willamette Valley and enjoyed the scenery on the back patio over looking the vineyard.

Bottle on the Patio.

Jared and his dad overlooking the vineyard.

The next day we went back to visit two other wineries. Not as good as Lange Estate. Here are some other snapshots of the weekend. 

                                                          Vineyards at Ponzi Vineyards.

 Vineyards at Ponzi Vineyards.

Happy group after wine tasting at Argyle Winery!

Snuggle Up Beagle

Just to cute, I had to share :)

Monday by The Duke

Always listen to Mr. Wayne, the Duke. Happy Monday!