SOME OUTFITS SIMPLY SHOULDN'T BE WORN TO BEER FESTIVALS…THIS IS ONE OF THEM!! FRIENDS LESLIE AND BOB
We had such a wonderful time yesterday at two Portland festivals. The first just Steve and I went to in the morning and it was called THE WEDGE
Unbelievable artisan cheeses from all over the western U.S. We were impressed with the variety of unique goat, sheep and cows milk creations and purchased a few for savoring later on with a great bottle of wine
This hand painted chow featured the city of Portland and was MY colors too. A moooooooving experience at THE WEDGE
Of course what is a cheese festival without our infamous local Tillamook creamery representin!!! Love this VW!!!
We couldn't leave without purchasing this lovely blue cheese!!! Perfectly stinky and delicious !!
Olympic Provisions were also there with their mouth watering salami's and sausage
This photo for me sums up the vibe of THE WEDGE Festival. Casual, delicious, artisan, PORTLAND!
Now on to Steves favorite part of the day!! The FRESH HOP TASTIVAL
This fest featured dozens of delicious locally brewed beers spiced up with freshly picked hops
Steve in his element. I even have learned to enjoy an occasional beer since the boom of micro breweries in PDX
I met a great little lab names "Hanna" who lost her leg in an accident. She is a rescue and so sweet!
I caught a great casual photo of our friends Leslie and Mohan who met up with us. We took a nice walk on a refurbished railroad track by the river. It was a perfectly perfect relaxing day. Today it's raining…….oh well, I need to clean the house and shop for groceries anyway! Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!!!
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And last but not least….while I had the camera out I had to show you all my largest banana leaf on my 2 year old plant! The plant will die back in a few weeks anyway so I picked it to steam a fish in and Steve took a photo yesterday morning. I plan to divide my bananas next year and plant the "pups" all over the place. I adore these trees!!!
What a great day you had, sounds wonderful! That must be some fish you are cooking in that huge leaf lol….!!!
Sounds like alot of fun. How did you find out about these great lil festivals? I went to an Oktober Fest and Cider Squeeze on Saturday up near Chehalis. Small lil event in their first year.
Hi Jackie and Mary!!! WE sure love these festivals. Steve somehow manages to catch wind of them . I think a lot of them pop up via Facebook friends and others through our Portland street corner magazines. OMG that Cider Squeeze would be right up my alley!!! Glad you got to go. Did they have a cherry cider there? My fave!!!
Jackie that leaf is so huge….yes a whole swordfish maybe…lol. I am cutting it into big rectangles and refrigerating it for as long as they will keep. I can steam sticky rice in the sections too. Leaves a soft banana essence to the rice..YUMMY
Mmmm, can I come to eat with you pretty please lol.