A Taste of the Oregon Summer

    It goes without saying that moving is a tricky business. You collect your things, box them up carefully (or haphazardly; it really depends on the stage of the process), and, ultimately,  hope for the best. The last time the Greek and I did this, we were sure that some of the potholes we…

Bean Lover: Chickpeas à la Grecque

The past few weeks, after all the hoopla surrounding the wedding, have been a slow and steady descent back into normalcy. The tupperware full of wedding cookies is now gone, the Greek's parents have returned to Thessaloniki and the weather has taken a dramatically cold turn for October, one that we feel acutely as the…

Year, Interrupted

2016 has been a strange year so far: a blizzard, a tornado watch, the rise of Trump, the death of my  computer, a wedding! I keep thinking that I've finally found my footing, that a return to normalcy is nigh, but then I somehow end up tripping over my own two feet in snow that…