Crawl your way through the best bakeries of Portland and beyond!

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Crawl your way through the best bakeries of Portland and beyond!

A Taste of Australia

Filed in: Travel

I am finally home after an amazing 3-week vacation in the Land Down Under!  Australia was so much fun – cute wildlife, beautiful sights and lots of relaxation.  Plus seek refuge from the cold, rainy gloominess that is Oregon winter and heading to a tropical wonderland was a very nice change! 

Our culinary Aussie tour was somewhat of a toss up.  We had some really incredible meals and some not so great ones, including lots of pub food.  Though we did find that Australians did have some similar food interests – a) they love pumpkin (perfect!) and b) they love pies.  Sadly for me they don’t really mean dessert pies but rather meat pies and veggie pies but to Brice this was wonderful.   Continue Reading...

Land of Oz

Filed in: Travel

I’m off to the land of Oz for the holidays (sitting in the airport as I write this, awaiting our 16 hour flight! Woo!), so probably no posts for a while. But don’t worry, I’ve got my Australian bakery crawl in the works so lots of fun posts about Aussie pies, wine and koalas ahead!

Also I’ll be posting about my recent visit to Nuvrei’s new cafe in the Pearl soon.

Happy holidays everyone and thanks for reading my blog!!!

Tea Time: Heathman Restaurant

Filed in: Events, Reviews

1001 SW Broadway & Salmon, Portland • heathmanrestaurantandbar.com • 503.790.7752

Do you think that tea parties are just for little girls who want to play dress up?  Well think again.  Tea parties are even more fun when you get older – you can replace the stuffed animals with your great friends who actually talk back to you, you can get better food AND you can have a Bellini or Mimosa along with your tea!

Because you're having dessert with tea, the calories don't count (what I tell myself)

 

Sound like fun to you?  Me too.  So now go call the Heathman Restaurant and book your reservation for their afternoon tea!  Every year during the winter, this downtown Portland restaurant offers the perfect holiday activity.  The majority of the tables are set up in the Tea Court Lounge, beautifully decorated with garland, ornaments and a large Christmas tree, which look even more gorgeous next to the space’s marble fireplace and incredible hand-cut chandelier.  Continue Reading...