Last Week (4)

Posted on the 08 July 2012 by Travelspot06 @travelspot06
Whew. I have been a bit MIA the last week or so, because of the holiday, an unplanned trip to San Francisco, friends visiting and more. So hold on to your hats, grab a PBR or your favorite summer cocktail and check out what's been happening while I was gone.
Men. You can't live with them and you can't send them to the grocery store.  Exhibit A: Make coffee.  1.5 cups of grounds + 6 cups water = something resembling Turkish coffee. Exhibit B: Go to the grocery store.  Meat, cheese, condiments and...booze. Lots of booze (not all pictured!)
Running.  Top: Santa Cruz's Wilder Ranch Bottom: Three Sisters, OR
I ate my first garden veggies. Basil and chives.  Small but delicious.  I am also growing (not killing!) several others and can't wait to eat them.
We had friends over for the 4th. There was wine and conversation.  Good times.
I took them on a hike through the redwoods.  You want the free tour? Come visit! I still have limited availability!
Oh the bookstore. I went, but instead of buying books (since I am banned) I wrote down some new finds. A few on the list (pictured below): Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of the Little House on the Prairie
A sign inside a local store.  Are we allowed to say this in public now? 
The temperature while I was in Oregon!  Summer? Hello? And I hear people are having a heat wave. 
I dropped a jar of pickles.  My biggest regret? I wanted the jar to store beans in.  Also I got glass pretty much EVERYWHERE. I was finding it in corners for days afterward! 
On my runs, I go past these every day.  Do you know how hard it is not to run with scissors and a bag and bring some home next time? 
Beer fest.  Verdict? I can't drink $30 worth of 4 oz beer.  But I tried. 
How was your week? Who does the shopping in your household? Do you like artichokes?