Madeira, Our Final Stop!

October 25, 2021.Reading time 18 minutes.

When visiting your family takes you to a beautiful destination, you must go (you must go, regardless). This was the case with our most recent visit to Madeira islands, current home to my parents. This was our final stop in this european trip. Madeira is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other […]

new year’s resolution

January 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Happy New Year fellow travelers! Hoping 2021 is a healthy and less chaotic year for all of us. Above all, I hope that we can travel again. Explorer new countries, new adventures, meet new people, and experience great foods and new wines. I missed that most of all. New Year’s Resolution: A New Year’s resolution […]

Our Trip to Pinot Country

December 31, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

While our travels were limited because of the pandemic, we were still able to enjoy a trip to Oregon’s Willamette Valley this past September. We planned on taking 3 days getting there, from our home in NW Colorado, stay for a week, and then slowly make our way back home. We kind of stuck to […]

Family Recipes

June 25, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

With cancelled travel plans and stay-at-home mandates, I found myself trying to find a project to keep me busy these past three months; there is so much house cleaning one can do. While digging for a recipe I hadn’t cooked in awhile, inspiration came to me: how about writing a cookbook! Of course, I’m not […]

Going places where we’ve never been!

November 25, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

For several months we planned for our 15-day road trip. It all started as a possible trip to Mammoth Lakes, California, to participate in the Mammoth Gran Fondo road bike annual event, then it evolved from there. “You can’t go to California and not go to wine country… While we are in northern California, let’s […]

Paella – Lena’s Version

June 4, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Growing up in Portugal everything we did revolved around food, and wine! The love of cooking started at an early age. Spent many evenings watching the women in my family cooking those great meals for family holidays and events. I also learned to cook, the fishermen’s way, from my dad. I always felt cooking was […]