Scott came to visit me! He arrived in Portland on Friday. Saturday we were busy having a perfectly wonderful day! It so happens that Sunday-Monday will be rain filled. While the sun was shining we went to the farmers market, Saturday market, and went on an epicurean walking tour.

Scott and I started out our tour with a melon and jalapeno juice gazpacho. It had a shrimp on top of fresh tomato and avocado. The flavors were distinct and wonderful.

We went to Chez Joly a french resturant. We had french onion soup which Scott said was amazing. I was not brave enough to even try it. I dislike onions with fervor and passion. 

We were also given a bruschetta with brie, candied walnuts, honey, grape, and chives. It was delicious.

Choy Joly also served us ham and cheese crepes. Mmmm

Scott does not care for cheese too much and he was brave and tried the bruschetta with brie cheese.He is so brave.

We then had Hot Lips Pizza. The seasonal vegetarian was tomato and garlic.

Yes that is a whole clove of roasted garlic.

This is a bathroom. On the corner of the street near a public park with spash pad. 

The design is open at the top and bottom so police can see feet and know whats going on in the bathroom. I think I would hold it instead of using it. ha ha 

We had summer berry ice cream (blueberry, marion berry, and black berry) and a scoop of chocolate sorbet from Blue Moon ice cream. YUM.

The other places we tried was a vinegar and oil store. We got to taste all kinds of Balsamic vinegars--blueberry was my favorite. There are many infused olive oils. they were so good. It was odd tossing back small amounts of oil or vinegar out of sacrament cups.

The Salt and Tea Exchange was full of spices sold by the teaspoon. So if you need a tsp of some obscure spice this is the perfect place. the store prides itself in fresh spices. It also has many salt infused flavors. It was so good to taste different salts. For example the Bonfire salt is a smokey salt and tastes stronger than liquid smoke. The rosemary infused salt was quite tasty. I wish I was a better chef. 

We also had a pork turenne at Park Kitchen. This restaurant was the best at living the FLOSS philosophy that Portland is striving for.

F-fresh

L-local

O-organic

S-seasonal

S-sustainable

It was a fabulous tour and I loved our guide Herb!

This is a plate of sushi Scott and I had for dinner after eating all day on the tour. I feel like I ate all day! I guess I did. 

Settle or Wait

I copied this from my friend's FB post. 


To all the girls who are in a hurry to have a boyfriend or get married, a piece of Biblical advice: " Ruth patiently waited for her mate Boaz." While you are waiting on YOUR Boaz, don't settle for any of his relatives; Broke-az, Po-az, Lyin-az, Cheating-az, Dumb-az, Controllin'-az, & especially his third cousin Beatin'yo-az. Wait for your Boaz, and make sure he RESPECTS YO-AZ! (Because it doesn't take a zoologist to recognize a JACK-AZ!)


I know I want to find and have love. To have a family. I am so proud and quite jealous of my friends who had wedding anniversaries this summer. It is such a blessing and accomplishment to be married and have someone to love and children to teach and get frustrated and love with. 
I am not sure why I dont get that blessing.
I am reminded of summer 2008. I was teaching 14 yr olds in Sunday School. I had many kids who were not in my class attending my class. I didnt care as long as these teens were in Sunday School and listening to the lesson I was fine. We had a very spiritual lesson and everyone was quiet and we all felt The Spirit. Due to the lack of talking etc we finished early. Several members of the class were children of my friends and we hung out. They knew my personal life. It came out that I had been dating and been online looking for dates. They asked how old I was. I told them 34. While the whole class was surprised one 17 yr old was especially shocked that I was that old and not married. He told me I needed to lower my standards. I said with tears in my eyes-that men needed to step up. 
I was frustrated that the answer to my singledom was to settle for a less than good man. Then in retrospect I guess I did. 
Now I am dating a man who cannot take me to the temple for several years. If we are going to be together I need to move. I dont want to settle. I dont want to keep waiting for something better when something better doesnt exist. I have been out with 2 good active LDS men recently. Both broke it off with me. I dont know why active priesthood holders find me repulsive or not good enough but they do. I feel trapped.