{Good Eats} Melt Shop NYC

Ever since I read about the Melt Shop this past Tuesday, I have been looking forward to when I would be free for lunch to experience this gourmet grilled cheese haven.  To my stomach's satisfaction, it was everything I had hoped it would be.  Eating this fontina, goat cheese, sauteed wild mushroom, pesto creation with my iced Stumptown Coffee [yes, they have Stumptown, too] outside in this perfect weather, well, it kind of made my day.

I bit. I chewed. I melted... Literally.

 

 

 

 

Photos: Robin West

{photo diary} Portland 1

Right from the beginning, Saturday was a great adventure.  It all started with the trapping/escaping/flushing of a stink bug that ended with the couch, floor and myself bruised and soaked.  Once we composed ourselves, we hopped into our Zip car and drove to Stumptown Coffee at the Ace Hotel in downtown Portland, before heading to breakfast at the Screen Door.  Both had just the right conditions for a Saturday brunch.

 Why, thank you!

Next stop: Cannon Beach & Astoria to for our Goonie adventure.  Let's just put it this way...neither rain, nor wind, nor blowing sand (or the tide trying to take my bag out to sea) can stop us!! 

Kenneth Cole jacket, vintage cardigan & tote, Mossimo t-shirt, F21 skinnies & hat, Polo wellies

Photos: Robin West