My mind is deep into my Project Space project, but I AM alive and always photo’ing…beach weekend with rain predicted turned out to be beautiful for the kite festival… and for sitting by the Bay… AND for hosting Sharon’s surprise birthday party…(and she really was surprised!) …and did you check out the MIG pizza yet? […]
Category: Think local
News Bulletin: Church Street Bridge/MIG Pizza
Through much detective work, and with the help of my trusty crew of reporters, I have discovered the identity of the anonymous artist who lives under the Church Street bridge…though the secret stays right here…anonymity is all. New things happening down there… but I think an OVERALL scheme is needed , and here’s my choice….MANY […]
Meanwhile…back in Salem…
The summer begins…and happily the Minto Island Growers (MIG) farm cart is back in business! we stopped for lunch and were just behind this guy who was having the delicious asparagus soup and a fresh Oregon strawberry milkshake… Pretty soon they are getting a wood-fired pizza oven out here!!! Yippeee! Open for lunch Tuesday through […]
THINK LOCAL…!
Only a few more shopping days left…no better time to make the rounds like I did here and here…don’t forget Bush Barn, Cooke’s Stationery(stocking stuffers!!) The Arbor, Ma Valise, Mary Lou Zeek, The Art Department, Greenbaum’s, Ranch Records, Fitts…
Minto Island Growers
Salemites! Want a great lunch? Take River Road out to Brown’s Island Road, hang a right and follow the signs to the Minto Island Growers farm stand TERRIFIC lunch cart. Elizabeth Miller has been farming out on Minto and doing CSA boxes with gorgeous certified organic produce. This summer her Mom has spearheaded this lunch […]
Bush House Conservatory…
In the local preservation world in ANY region, it seems there are often more sad stories about the buildings lost than happy ones…but here is a very happy one indeed. In our local wonderful Bush’s Pasture Park stands the amazing Bush House Museum. Behind the museum (another story for another day) is the small and […]
Denison Farms…
We get the CSA veg box each week from June to November, and enjoy it all, but there is usually ONE week in the fall where the assemblage is absolutely gorgeous and this was the week:
Progress!!!
I was looking for a particular photo the other day, and ran across this one. The year is 1993 and that year Roger Hull (here on the left), Marcia Hoak and a merry band of volunteers spearheaded the planting of trees along State Street between 14th and 17th in a program they called State Street […]
Think Local…Shop Local
Okay friends–the last two years I’ve posted about shopping local, following a local elf in Salem stores. This year, more than other years, our wonderful local merchants need your “custom.” I’m doing creative re-gifting this year so I’m not even shopping, but just want to remind you of The Arbor, Ma Valise, Ranch Records, Mary […]
Think Local…or Christmas Shopping in Salem, Oregon
A month ago I read an article in House & Garden about thinking, and shopping, locally. Of course “locally” to them means New York, but still. Sharon Rose and I set out to have a day in Salem where we Christmas shopped, went to no chain or big box, where we purchased and ate locally. […]
On The Way 