did i mention...

... that our new place is right up the street from slappy cakes? cause it totally is. like, we could walk there easy. the photos below are from our first morning at the new place. there were way too many boxes in the kitchen (and also no food) to cook, and we felt like celebrating our first day here. so, we had a family breakfast date at our favorite breakfast place.

we were meant to live here, there is no doubt about it. that last photo is of my drink that morning. it's called an ambrosia and it was the best drink ever. house-made coconut vodka, hibiscus syrup, fresh squeezed oj and bubbles (champagne), yummmmmm!!!

i'm still here...

... and still unpacking. the length of time it is taking us to get settled in has officially become ridiculous. but in our defense it is summertime and there's fun to be had, plus life and busy-ness keeps getting in the way. we'll be settled in someday. here are a few things we have done at our new place this past week:

  

  

{1} i claimed a space in the cupboard for our tea cups & coffee mugs. the hooks are for my most favorite ones. {2&3} the squirrels took a bath in the new claw-foot tub, and they loved it! {4} we built some drawer units for extra storage under my desk. storage is something that our new place is lacking, we're really having to exercise our creativity to find a place for everything. {5&6} we finally graduated from the "ordering pizza every night during the move because there's no possible way to cook and there's no time to leave the house" stage of moving to the "cooking meals in our new tiny but awesome kitchen" stage. 


and here are a few things we've done not at our new place this past week:

  

{1} we ventured down the street to the belmont food carts and ate the world's best french fries (i mean it) at lardo. {2} i rested my exhausted and aching self on a very pretty blanket while the kiddos played at a nearby park. {3&4} we took the squirrels out on a boat for the very first time! they had so much fun, can't wait to do it again.

oh, we also went to movie madness the other day and stayed practically all afternoon. what an amazing place and right down the street from our apartment. not only does it have every single film, television series, music video, documentary, etc. ever made, it's a film history museum full of costumes and props from the movie (not replicas). so awesome.

it's been a pretty good week. i sure do hope the sun comes out to play this weekend!

we're having a yard sale tomorrow!

      

here's a look at some of what will be available. {i am feeling a little sad that my sofa doesn't fit in my new living room. it's such a pretty and super comfy sofa}. come by and say hello if you live close. i can chat and yard sale at the same time, to be honest i'm not well if i'm not multi-tasking! better get back to the packing and cleaning and organizing and pricing and and and... 

happy national donut day!

          

we made donuts for breakfast. mini cinnamon donuts with coconut sprinkled on the tops and they are gooooood. everyone should have at least one donut today, it would be a disservice to the day if you didn't.

it's one of those impossibly beautiful, magical sunny portland days today and we have no intention (once again) of accomplishing any of the things we're supposed to accomplish because we wanna play outside all day! if this house doesn't pack itself we're in big trouble.

today...

... was my last day as a twenty eight year old.

i realized that i'd grown rather attached to being twenty eight.

i haven't quite decided how i feel about being twenty nine, yet.

we spent most of the day cleaning house and doing laundry in prep for a

showing that they scheduled first thing tomorrow morning. rude!

but tonight, we saved the day with a sarah's favorite food date. we have the best ideas!

first, my favorite veggie tacos in the whole wide world, from por qué no.

and get this, they told me i was lucky i made it in this week because it's the last week

that they'll be making these tacos!! phew! that was a close one.

after dinner we had dessert at ruby jewel.

i don't even like ice cream folks, but these guys make magic and put it in a fresh waffle cone.

the girl who scooped mine, must've been able to sense that my birthday was near because i ordered

a double scoop, and she handed me this 7 scooper and said "sometimes you just gotta go for it!" 

i love her.

  

it was a good day.

let's go to the park!

we had a very fun & eventful first week of spring break.

with the house on the market we are constantly getting kicked out of the house for

hours at a time so it can be shown to prospective buyers. this is terribly inconvenient.

what do you do with 3 little squirrels, that doesn't cost a fortune when you can't be home

and the weather doesn't accommodate playing outside?

you play outside anyway!

and if you're lucky like we were this past week, the sun might even sneak out a time or two

so you can take your jacket off and run even faster!

we also got to see tangled at the bagdad for $1 per ticket,

built stuff with marshmallows,

pulled a tooth,

camped out on the living room floor,

ate lunch at laughing planet,

baked tiny cornbread,

went treasure hunting at value village,

had birthday ice cream (the best in the whole world) with uncle jesse,

and went grocery shopping, twice.

these girls were born to play together, best-est friends and if you ask them they'll

tell you they're sisters. it's pretty wonderful.

daily photo:

family dinner date at bay leaf.

they make pretty things out of vegetables.

tonight was the first time all 4 of us got out of the house in two weeks!
the squirrels caught a nasty chest cold that brought along
some of it's not-so-charming virus pals and boy were they ever 
determined to stick around and make sure none of us got any
sleep or had any fun. smelly caught it first and is better now. 
sweet d caught it worse, which is usually how it goes, and she's not 
quite kicked it yet... but well enough that we could get out and eat
some delicious food that someone else cooked and cleaned up!

daily photo:

the sky was magnificent today.

daily photo:

portland, my love.

portland love

fairy floss

at the saturday market

these guys have taken a classic treat and made it into something that i'm not ashamed to enjoy!!

with the least packaging possible, no artificial flavors or colors, and pure organic sugar this cotton candy is the most delicious i have ever tasted.

check out their website for more info and where you can get your hands on some fairy floss.

photo: that's me, happy as can be with 3 different flavors one of which was free because in addition to being really good at what they do they are the nicest people ever!

one of the 37 billion things i love about portland

{37th & hawthorne outside the bagdad}

dear portland,

thank you surprising me with sun and warmth today.
you really know how to cheer me up!


xo,
sarah

breakfast date with squirrels

we went to slappy cakes on belmont. it's one of our most favorite places.

each table has a built-in griddle for a make-your-own-pancake experience.

this makes us very smiley.

mimosa?? don't mind if i do!

more happy pancake smiles.

tiny pancakes are our favorite to make and to eat!

this is me, so full of zucchini pecan pancakes that i just might burst!

mmmmmmm, can't. stop. eating.

if you haven't been to slappy cakes, you must go! it's fun and delicious!!

there are loads of batter/mix-ins/toppings/syrup options (both savory & sweet) on the menu.

any fresh produce that can be is grown organically, on site in the slappy cakes garden.

they use local and regional vendors whenever possible.

and they compost all of the food waste from the kitchen.

i love this place!

a perfect thursday =

my 3 favorite people + sunshine + climber + friends + hot lips + ecotrust.

we spent the afternoon and evening at an outdoor concert in nw portland, the last

in a series of outdoor summer shows at the portland ecotrust building.

we went for climber, and caught a surprise acoustic set by silversun pickups.

both bands were fantastic and we had such a good time. 

we soaked in the blue sky,

*photo by smelly cat

and laughed til we nearly peed!
*photo by smelly cat

we held hands,

and talked and talked and talked.
*photo by smelly cat

we were actors, the verrrry dramatic sort.

we were beautiful...

and happy...

and awesome.

*smelly is 5 and already knows her way around a camera. she's got an eye for composition and loves taking photos of everything around her. i love looking through her photos.