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"No one moment is most important. Any moment can be something." - Garry Winogrand 

We like those types of "something" moments. Something silly. Something fun. Those little moments that make us smile while we move along through our busy days. The Instagram app on our iPhone lets us share those moments with each other and our friends. Plus it's really easy and fun to use. After all, the best camera you have is the one that is always with you. 

For all you iPhoneographers out there, find us on Instagram and you can follow our moments too. 

His is daveotuttle and Hers is revivify.

SNACKS!

Tonight on Hoyt Street we are eating a little dinner we like to call "snacks." It is a simple little dinner, but we love putting it together, opening a bottle of wine and plopping on the couch with a movie or a favorite TV show.  It's simple in that the meal consists mainly of a bit of meat, cheese and bread. We love it because we like to add delicious little bites like Greek dolmas, olives, fruit and what ever seasonal veggies we may have hanging around (think roasted beets or spring onions). Plus there is wine, always wine.

Words to Shoot By: Travel

Whitney's above / Dave's below

For over a year we've been participating in a great project called Words to Shoot By. Every other week we are given a word and asked to take three photographs that we think represent that word. This week's word was "travel." We both took our shots with PX600 UV+ Black Frame "poor pod" film, made by The Impossible Project.

Your new favorite summer cocktail.

 

The temperatures exceeded 80 degrees for the first time this year which meant two things: Dave broke out the cut off shorts and we finally got to sit outside our local bar and drink cocktails. Sonja, one of our favorite bartenders (yes, we are on a first name basis) had a special cocktail that she made for us: basil lemonade with vodka and limes. We quickly fell in love - and drank five. Or seven. Let's just say the night ended with a street hot dog at 1:30 a.m. It was one of those nights. The hot dog, by the way, was awesome.

Today the temperatures reached 85+ degrees and after a day of walking around Portland taking photos, Dave and I were hot, sticky and in need of a cold beverage. We knew what we had to do. Below is our version of Sonja's basil lemonade cocktail.

Ingredients

• lemonade
• fresh basil leaves (3-4 per cocktail)
• simple syrup
• lime wedge
• lemon wedge
• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• ice

Muddle the basil, limes, lemons and simple syrup.  Add ice, lemonade and vodka. Shake, shake, shake. Pour. Drink. Enjoy. Add a fun paper straw if you feel so inclined. We like things fancy.

Mom's Banana Bread.

 

 

When I think back to the Sunday mornings of my childhood, a few things come to mind. The sound of coffee brewing in the pot downstairs, the rustling of paper as my parents read the Sunday Oregonian and the smell of banana bread baking in the oven. My mom has always been an early riser. Waking up prior to five a.m. is commonplace for her and by the time I would rise at the more normal weekend hour of seven, my mom would be halfway in to her second pot of coffee, the paper already in the recycling box and banana bread cooling on the kitchen counter. This morning I awoke at 6:15 a.m. Dave was snoring beside me and I knew it would be another few hours before he dragged himself out of bed. So after making a pot of French press, I decided to bake.

Randi's Sour Cream Banana Bread

• 1 stick room temperature butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed bananas (about three ripe bananas)
• 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans (optional)
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

While oven is pre-heating lightly grease a 9x5 baking pan.

Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in bananas, nuts and sour cream. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.