Cooking Class – Page 2

Thai Cooking Class + Recipes

December 4, 2014Filed in: Recipes, Reviews, Travel

I have been saying for quite a few posts now how great the cooking class I went to was. So I’m finally here to tell you about it!

I admit, I was a little nervous about signing up for one. In Thailand, there are hundreds and hundreds to choose from. Seriously at the hostel in Chiang Mai, I counted 23 brochures from cooking schools in the tiny area. And that is just the ones that gave brochures to the hostel. Plenty more could be found online. So there were a lot to choose from, how do you know which one is better than others? Continue Reading...

Sabbatical Update: Trip Highlights

November 26, 2014Filed in: Reviews, Travel

With Thanksgiving approaching and not being home or even in the US, I have spent the last few days feeling a little homesick. It seems a little silly to be missing home when I am currently sitting on a Thai beach enjoying a glass of wine and watching a beautiful sunset over the water. I mean, how can I be complaining about this?

But after being gone for 5 weeks so far with another 4 to go, I have been feeling nostalgic for ridiculous evenings out with my friends, long phone calls with my mom, my bed, and the Portland food scene (yes the food here has been good but keeping up on my Portland food reading makes me excited about all the places to eat when I get back). I also have been missing having a daily routine that includes working out and eating healthy on occasion, as well as not living out of a suitcase. Continue Reading...

Birthday Adventures in Wine Country

September 11, 2014Filed in: Reviews, Travel

Well it is official. I have made it 30 years!

To celebrate my birthday (which was technically yesterday), my girlfriends surprised me with a day of adventures. Since I am a total planner and probably the most unspontaneous person ever, I don’t know if I can handle a true surprise. Knowing that, they gave me some details like that I needed to block off Saturday, September 6th, be ready to go at 10am and have a variety of clothing (“who knows what might happen?!”). I had a variety of ideas on what the surprise might be but I knew with 99.9% certainty that it would include both food and drinks. Obviously. Continue Reading...