Author Archives: thefittrip
Drink for a cause!
What’s better than doing something you love? Doing something you love and helping out a good cause at the same time! That’s why we’re so excited about the latest news from Pine Ridge Vineyards. They just announced that for every … Continue reading
Filed under Eco-friendly, Food, Fun
More cheese, please!
Ok, we promise to cool it with the grilled cheese posts soon. After all, we just blogged about the yummy sandwiches two days ago, and here we are today, blogging about them again. But as our friend Jessica (who happens … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurants
Say (grilled) cheese!
Did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month? Neither did we. To be honest, we didn’t even know the beloved sandwich actually had its own month. But since we make grilled cheese for lunch at least once a … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Recipes, Restaurants
Food cart field trip
It’s amazing how much you learn to appreciate a little sunshine when you live in a place where gray skies reign supreme through most of the winter and spring. The second a few rays start poking through the clouds, you … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Outdoor activities, Restaurants
Get Outta Town!
Sometimes when you travel, you know exactly where you want to go. But sometimes, you just want to go. You don’t even care where you go, as long as it means getting out of town for a while. For times … Continue reading
An ordinary food day in Portland? Extraordinary.
As you know from our epic two-week cross-country road trip this summer, we strive to eat local food whenever we can. In some areas, this proved harder than others (a certain stop at Subway in Pennsylvania comes to mind, as … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurants
Natural Remedy
If you’ve ever been to the Gellert Baths in Budapest, you may have noticed that it’s not your typical spa crowd. That’s because, unlike spas in the states, which tend to cater to an elite crowd, the baths in Hungary … Continue reading
Filed under health, Outdoor activities
A Super-Healthy Party Spread
When it comes to eating, parties are a lot like vacations. Even the healthiest among us suddenly become junk-food hounds, skipping right past the fruit platter to get to the fried chicken, reaching over the carrot sticks to get to … Continue reading
Denali Dreams
One of the many things we love about living in the Pacific Northwest is easy access to so many amazingly beautiful spots. We’ve been taking full advantage of this in the past few months, with trips to Park City, Lake … Continue reading
Filed under Outdoor activities, Travel
No tsunami can wipe out Hawaii’s aloha spirit!
We got back from Hawaii about a day and a half before the tsunami hit. We’re glad to have escaped all the drama—life-threatening waves aren’t exactly our idea of paradise—but we can’t stop thinking about all the people we met … Continue reading
Filed under Travel
