On Leaving Portland
The original title I had written for this post was “On Moving to Vallejo”. But as I am currently sitting on the floor of our bedroom, the contents of our… Read more On Leaving Portland →
Cottage Grove Getaway
Sometime in the last few years, Joe and I started a tradition of giving each other ‘experience’ gifts for Christmas instead of tangible ones. We each plan an activity/date to… Read more Cottage Grove Getaway →
California Dreaming
Starting a story about California with a picture of palm trees is highly unoriginal, but I decided I don’t care. I like palm trees. I like the wild shapes their… Read more California Dreaming →
Weekend in San Francisco
When I was in high school, one of my big dreams was to live in San Francisco with my friend Stu. We had some sort of 60s-era fantasy about being… Read more Weekend in San Francisco →
Portland Home Tour: Lesia + Sean’s Light-filled Pearl District Studio
I love discovering how other people live: How they decorate their space, how they spend their downtime, what their habits and rituals are…you get the idea. Maybe I’m nosy? (I… Read more Portland Home Tour: Lesia + Sean’s Light-filled Pearl District Studio →
Inside Portland’s (One and Only) Cat Lounge
This winter was the rainiest in Portland since Joe and I moved here, with a streak of 25 days of rain in December — the wettest month ever recorded in… Read more Inside Portland’s (One and Only) Cat Lounge →
Searching for Home in the City of Bridges
Until about a year ago, it never occurred to me to live in a house. Apartments? Of course. A one-bedroom suite in a character home? Check. A studio in Busan,… Read more Searching for Home in the City of Bridges →
Half Moon Run
Any of you listening to Half Moon Run these days? A couple different friends raved about this Canadian indie band after seeing them perform at Rifflandia (a music festival in… Read more Half Moon Run →
Courtney Tait 