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Interview with Carrie Merrill of Urban Farmer

Filed in: Events

Feast is only a few days away now! One of the events I am most excited about is Dessert for Dinner. I know I have talked about it a lot but seriously, how great of an idea is this event?

One of the featured chefs for Dessert for Dinner is Carrie Merrill, the head pastry chef at Urban Farmer.

Photo credit: Urban Farmer

Photo credit: Urban Farmer

Growing up Carrie always loved baking and after an early not-so-fulfilling career in Accounting, Carrie decided to switch paths and attend the pastry program at the Art Institute of Las Vegas (she is now my role model). She spent time honing her skills at the Wolfgang Puck’s CUT, L’Auberge de Sedona, The Greenbrier and Postrio Restaurant. November will make it two years in the Rose City and at Urban Farmer, where she is in charge of an 11-person team, that operates 24 hours a day for Urban Farmer, Departure and the hotel’s room service. Continue Reading...

Sauvie Island Center’s Barn Dance Recap

Filed in: Events

I’m currently writing this blog post from 30,000 feet up, while flying back from a day trip to Arizona. Yes, you read that right, I hopped on the plane bright and early at 6:15am and then went back to the airport at 2:45, getting home about 8pm. Definitely a quick day of meetings but long day overall. That is just the perks of the new gig!

Barn Dance (15)

Overall the new job is going well, though keeping me busy for sure. Hence some of the delayed posts, plus I’ve been working with Bobbi of Ready to Blog Designs on this awesome new layout for Bakery Bingo! Continue Reading...

5 Years Later

Filed in: General

Five years ago today, Brice and I got married!

Holy cow, that is a long time! It really doesn’t seem like it was that many years ago! But they do say time flies when you’re having fun, right?

131 - E&B before wedding

Our wedding was really amazing. We got married at Garden Vineyards, an events-only winery in Hillsboro. It was a gorgeous location and just what we wanted – beautiful, simple, and private.

We had a small group of friends and family – ok, I say it was small because we had about 65 people; Brice on the other hand still says that was huge! But it was so wonderful having all of our favorite people in one place. (Also weird looking back on the guest list and realizing some of the really great friends we’ve made between then and now weren’t there since we didn’t even know them yet!) Continue Reading...