The Tilsons

I like this photo of Kari Ann and Sarah. I have no idea what they’re reacting to, but it’s funny.

Last weekend we had the pleasure of hosting our dear friend and former Portlander Jen Li.  Jen’s time in Portland was short lived – after a year here, she decided to return to the California sunshine.  Who can really blame her?  But after a few short weeks in Sacramento, she decided to return to the [...]

Photos from our recent trip to Shanghai. (Click on a photo to make it work full screen.)

The clock is ticking and we’re rushing to fit in all the things we haven’t done in Portland, as well as revisit our favorites one last time. One such favorite is a restaurant called Beast. We’ve been to this place before for brunch. In fact, it was almost a year ago that we visited for our [...]

One of our friends has opened a small concert venue in Portland, called the Piano Fort. He’s a piano restorer, and the venue is in his shop. It’s a crazy space, because there are pianos and piano guts everywhere. Last weekend, Kari Ann helped put on a benefit concert for an organization called 100 Cameras, [...]

Sunday night, we went with our friends, the Bradens, to a Japanese izakaya in Portland. It was the restaurant’s two year anniversary, so they threw a big party and lots of people were there. The food was fantastic, cheap beer was flowing, and we had a great time hanging out with Berkley, Tracy and Jayda. [...]

As we’re counting down the days in Portland, we’re starting to think of things that we’ll miss. One of them, undoubtedly, is the nature of the Pacific Northwest. We have beauty all around us, endless possibilities of hikes, streams, mountains to visit. Sadly, we could have spent much more time outdoors than we did–and I [...]