Taco Tuesdays.

Hey y'all. Sorry we haven't been around that much. The sun has been coming out of its hibernation lately and we are having way too much fun pretending to get tan. With an inch of rain on the forecast tomorrow (and continuing throughout the week ahead), today was one of those rare sunny and warm days that screams, "Summer is coming!" The kind of day that screams at you to skip out of work early and grab a cold beer on a patio with friends. The kind of day that brings me back to my childhood in San Diego, surfing and eating fish tacos. Well unfortunately, we had to work late. We were all out of beer. And this certainly isn't sunny San Diego. But we did make some fantastic shrimp tacos. Shrimp tacos with a cilantro-lime sour cream sauce. They tasted just like summer. YUM!!

Goodbye.

Make a post about cherry blossoms and that evening you'll find their petals covering the street like a blanket.

Cherry blossom time.

The cherry blossoms outside our apartment have finally arrived and are already quickly falling to the ground. We snapped these shots last Saturday while enjoying the beautiful 70 degree weather.

When We Root, We Root For The Timbers!! #RCTID

 

 

On Sunday we went to our first (of many) Timbers games at the newly renovated Jeld-Wen Field in Portland. Only a few blocks from our house, and informally dubbed "The House of Pane" (Jeld-Wen makes windows, clever), the intimacy of the stadium makes you feel like you are in the storied soccer environs of Old Trafford or Maracana, albeit on a much smaller scale. Still, 20,000 screaming fans led by the rabid Timbers Army, waving scarves, continuously chanting songs for our team or yelling obscenities at the blind refs, makes for an event that everyone must experience at least once. The Timbers Army, once a rag tag band of hooligans, has progressed and grown through the years into a well-oiled non-profit that is credited with, in part, helping influence Major Legue Soccer to expand and bring a team home to Portland. Because of that, the Army was given the honor on Thursday's opening night with the singing of of the National Anthem. For any fan of soccer, it was truly a special event. Check it out here via ESPN and watch the highlights of the amazing opening night where the rain, the joy, and the goals, never ended. 

So when you hear us clap our hands and sing out, "When I Root, I Root For The Timbers!" you will know that we are #Rose City Till I Die. 

Three dollar love affair.