travel

Earlier this summer I had a spare week and wanted to go on a solo trip somewhere to recharge my batteries with lots of nature and tasty food. After a bit of brainstorming I decided on a Oregon road trip – flying up to Portland and renting a car to drive back to San Francisco. Having never been to the Pacific Northwest before, after this trip I can tell you that I will definitely be back for more.

I woke up early to catch my Virgin America (don’t they have the best safety video?) flight up to Portland. Once at SFO I stopped at Napa Farms Market, my favorite airport market, to pick up some plane snacks before catching my flight.

Arrived in Portland to see them infamous PDX carpet and then hightailed it over to SE Hawthorne for lunch at Harlow. Harlow is the restaurant of any healthy eater’s dream.  They’ve got tons of vegetarian and vegan options from scrambles, to pancakes, to soups and salads. After much contemplation, I settled for the Outlaw Scramble with farm fresh eggs, chipotle black bean chili, greens, guacamole, peptitas and jalapeño cashew cheese all over brown quinoa. I will definitely be recreating something like this at home. I also grabbed a local Happy Mountain Lavender White kombucha because I’m that person that likes to try local kombuchas while normal people like to try local craft beers. My first meal in Portland set the bar high. I’ll definitely be back to Harlow, hopefully with more people in tow, to sample more of their menu. In the meantime I might have to settle with whipping up a batch of their “life-changing” pancakes from the Minimalist Baker.

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