It was an OMG, the patio is complete and summer isn’t even over yet kind of day. On a whim we invited Charlie’s dad and Kasandra over for dinner to help us celebrate. We picked up a filet of salmon, yellow corn the cob, and fresh peaches. Charlie soaked a cedar plank and lit the [...]

Over the long 4th of July weekend, my husband and I packed our Toyota Celica to the brim with a tent, air mattress, inflatable boat, sun shade, cooler, hatchet, and charcoal grill in search of some Eastern Washington heat and sun. We traveled over breathtaking Chinook Pass and landed just on the other side of [...]

Getaway to Lake Chelan, wine tasting with wino friends, and the first official barbecue of the season; the weekend was as close to a ten as it could get. We had the trip planned for quite some time, but accommodations fell through at the last minute. I spent hours trying to find a replacement – [...]