One place I really wanted to check out while I was in Portland but wasn’t sure if I’d be able to due to its well-documented line-ups was Voodoo Doughnuts. After seeing this place featured on several shows including Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and The Amazing Race, I had a hankering for its maple bacon doughnut. [...]
It was our last day in Portland and Jenkins and I were on our way to the Saturday Market in downtown Portland. Even though it was early in the day, I wanted to check out Voodoo Doughnuts but since the line up was so long already, Jenkins and I decided to check out the market [...]
The last time Jenkins and I were in Portland, I read about a delicious French bakery called St Honoré Boulangerie that had a great selection of baked goods and sandwiches. I put it on my list of places to check out but it was pretty far away from where we were staying at the time [...]
The last time Jenkins and I went to Portland, Lucy recommended that we check out Pambiche for some delicious Cuban food. It was the first time we’d ever had Cuban food and our visit to Pambiche was definitely the food highlight of our last trip. Not that I needed any urging to go back, but [...]
Jenkins and I took a quick weekend trip to Portland a while back so we could take a break from work and do something new. We had gone on a road trip to Portland last year and had a lot of fun shopping and eating so we thought we’d make a return trip this year. [...]
by gigi on December 24, 2007
It was my last evening in San Francisco and I met up with Thu for dinner. She took me to Straits Cafe over in Palo Alto, which is a Asian fusion restaurant. Thu told me that there are actually several Straits restaurants in the Bay area but the one we went to in Palo Alto [...]