Nicole's Visit!

My best friend of, gosh, like 10 years (we met our freshman year at A&M, so that would've been 1997), is visiting us! She got in Saturday night, and will be with us through Saturday, 4 a.m., when we drive her in the dramatic dark of night to the airport. We've had a ton of fun already. Let's see. We got up Sunday, went to church, grabbed Nicole (who was a bit jet-lagged--2 hour difference) and ate Mediteranian (sp?) food at Jeruselem Cafe for lunch. Then we picked blueberries (and later as we walked around the neighborhood, blackberries along the trails) drove her up to Multnomah Falls to see the water falls and chomp on snow cones. Then we drove her around a bit and ate dinner at The Charburger in Cascade Locks. (I'm probably misspelling everything.) Vanilla icecream with the berries topped off the day in a lovely way! Yesterday we ate apple pastries and headed out to the famous Caprial's Bistro, which was closed, so we instead ate at Pizzacato and enjoyed the delish pizza, hummus plate and salad. Then, we went to Laurel Hurst park and strolled through the beautiful trees and pathways. Then, for dinner last night, I whipped up a delicious grilled chicken salad with lettuce, shredded carrots, red seedless grapes, fried onions, parmesian cheese, cashews, soy and flaxseed chips and peanut vinaigrette. We sipped wine and watched home improvement shows. Man, are those people creative and man, do they do awesome things with walls, headboards and mirrors. Lamps in front of mirrors create such elegant lighting. Large, as in 8-foot headboards make a dramatic statement. Very inspiring. Today, we're heading for Canon Beach, so more pics to follow!