Weekends in Dundee

Join us as we explore Willamette Valley Wine Country one weekend at a time!

Happy Easter from The Dundee Hills

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Who doesn’t love an Easter Egg Hunt? When I was a kid, Easter was my favorite holiday and I’m pretty sure it was because of the “hunt.” I was competitive even back then! Ha!

I had been seeing signs around town for the Annual Dundee Easter Egg Hunt, and so The Renaissance Man and I headed over to the Dundee Billick Park around 10am on Saturday to watch it all happen. Nothing beats seeing little kids exploring the wonder of something new. The event was put on by the Dundee Community Committee and they did an amazing job!

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Facing my Fears, the Hot Air Balloon Ride of my Life

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It all started with a wedding gift.

Given my love of hot air balloons, my bridesmaid Julie and my college golf coach Tracy (the two ladies on the right) got together and decided that the perfect wedding gift would be a hot air balloon ride. Now for those of you who follow this blog, I’m sure you know I have a fascination with hot air balloons, I simply love them! But the other important part to the story is that I have a very real fear of heights.

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Fueled By Fine Wine: Tales from a Water Station

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Our Sunday morning sure was an early one! Although the rewards of being awake early were well worth the effort, we even caught the full moon still lingering in the sky.

Early in the week I saw a few tweets about the Fueled By Fine Wine Half Marathon put on by Energy Events. I did some online investigation and realized it was taking place right in our backyard. So I shot off an email, and the next thing you know both The Renaissance Man and I were volunteering at Water Station #5.

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Spending the Day with My Mom

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Mother’s Day was a total success this year! We had my family over for brunch, and The Renaissance Man certainly out did himself with the menu. We had a fruit platter, mimosas, latkes with apple sauce and sour cream, bacon, and a ham, spinach, and gruyere cheese frittata! My mouth waters just thinking about it.

Our morning started off early so that we could make a quick batch of banana bread since we had accumulated quite the collection of smelly black bananas. We slightly tweaked a recipe from our friend Ann, and wow did the house smell amazing! The trick is to sugar coat the inside of the baking tin and sprinkle a healthy amount of sugar on top to get a nice crunchy crust.

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