Valentine’s Day is just a few days away. Whether you’re celebrating with a loved one or boycotting the Hallmark holiday with your closest friends, nothing hits the spot like a slice of decadent...
Angela Prosper
Raptor Ridge 2013 Barrel Select Pinot Noir
We were running an hour late and needed to get from Newberg to McMinnville, Oregon. On this recent greater Willamette Valley excursion, I had booked appointments according to Google Maps, which, on...
Drifters: The Allison Inn & Spa
The steam lifted from my morning coffee to join the dense resting fog that sat amongst the mossed trees surrounding The Allison Inn & Spa. Standing swaddled in a fleece throw blanket on my...
E.Z. Orchards Poire
Vivid rainbows of produce fill the farm-fresh bins of Salem, Oregon's E.Z. Orchards Farm Market while aisles are stocked with artisan and specialty products from imported pasta and sauces to local...
7 Winter Ales to Seek Out Before Winter Ends
Despite what the groundhog (or the weather man) claims, it is still winter... Although the Pacific Northwest has been going through an uncommonly warm winter season, something in our taste buds...
Joe’s Living Kombucha Lemonade
As a potential solution to what seemed to be unanswerable quandary to their son's early autism diagnosis, Doug and Aimee Heck changed the diet of two-year-old Joe. Healthier eating habits seemed to...