To all my Oregonian friends, family, and beloved places of familiarity,
may you stride into a new year of loving the world around you.
I thought I was going to surprise Alex with a cake to celebrate Oregon's birthday.
I had scrambled home and rushed to make it before he came home from work.
(Standard chocolate with vanilla frosting.)
Little did I know that while I was frantically adding the finishing touches, Alex was working to surprise ME with a cake for Oregon's birthday. As he walked through the door, I awkwardly presented to him my Oregon-shaped cake and he immediately pulled out a cake with an awkward-shaped Oregon. Let me be honest with you here and state that my heart has never "squee!"-ed so much over food before.
(Red velvet... mmm...)
Since we had already made plans to spend this day feasting at Fire on the Mountain, a Portland-born chicken wing place that had a new location recently open in Denver (and my personal favorite eatery)... we brought Alex's cake to share with everybody at the restaurant. It was a huge hit.
Truly, I have never had a better celebration for Oregon. It included chicken wings, Oregon beer, scrambling to surprise one another with secret cakes, having double cakes, sharing food with great people and encouraging spontaneity and conversation, my heart "squee!"ing, being sharply dressed, Battlestar Galactica, and having an absolutely wonderful time. There was even the bonus of it having snowed all day.
Cheers, Oregon.
And a bonus doodle. HURRAY!
