See the wineries we visited on the first day, Oregon wineries. day 1: Montinore, Kramer, Arborbrook, WillaKenzie. Anne Amie Vineyards—Fruit flies were competing with us for the wine here, but we...
Blog posts from Riesling
tolerance into friendship?
The first time Riesling met our friend's mini schnauzer Pasha she was tolerant but generally uninterested in the new puppy. Pasha has been over a few times since and this weekend, we kept her...
aww shucks
This morning marked our first time at the Raleigh farmer's market this summer and we had one main goal in mind... sweet corn! We also picked up some peaches, sweet peppers, cucumbers (4 for $1!) and...
Ricketts Glen State Park
Rolling up at 10am, I panicked a little when I saw the guard setting up a barricade for the Lake Rose parking lot. Thankfully, he waved us past and we got one of the last parking spots before folks...
Tenant Creek hike in Adirondack Park
The day started out a little slow because we slept so poorly the night before. However, we had a long hike to three waterfalls ahead of us, so we gathered our energy and hit the road. We found the...
celebrating
We had a very low-key 4th of July this year with some friends and their mini schnauzer coming over for burgers and beer. Riesling passed the time by making sure Pasha knew that Eric and I were...
seven years old
A very special someone in our family is celebrating her seventh birthday today by sprawling out on the bed under the fan after her walk this morning. I think she is saving her energy for a ribeye...
on the road again, heading home
Our two weeks in upstate NY is coming to a close as today we start our three-day trek home. We will spend the afternoon hiking to (even more!) waterfalls in Ithaca and Watkins Glen and then continue...
are we home yet?
Riesling is seriously ready to be back in NC. Riesling after a car ride up to NY, five days of boarding, a week with the in-laws and our eight-year-old niece, more car time to upstate New York, over...
Memorial Day barkfest
We were invited to spend the afternoon with about 15 other mini schnauzers for a Memorial Day cookout, and we couldn't turn down the opportunity to let Riesling off leash in a fenced backyard. Did I...
playing at the dog park
Most of our time spent at the dog park involves Riesling barking at dogs on the other side of the fence so she can chase them or barking at other dogs in the same area just because. Today she was in...
a puppy playdate
Our friends recently brought home an 8-week-old mini schnauzer named Pasha. We met her last week when we had dinner at their place and tonight, we had everyone over for dinner. We kept both dogs in...
Cuteness overwhelming
Riesling is happy to be home!
Packed and ready
We are on our way to San Francisco, and pup thinks she's going - really, she gets to stay at Camp Bow Wow.
early morning farmer’s market run
It's spring again and that means another year of trying to score an heirloom sungold tomato plant from Craig and Susan LeHoullier. We got started too late last Saturday and by the time we arrived at...
Relaxing outside
We went to a schnauzer meetup this afternoon in Cary (NC) - Riesling burned some energy and we enjoyed the sunshine!
vote for Riesling!
We entered this photo of Riesling 'grinning' into the Snapfish Funny Pets contest. Voting is open all week, so head on over and give our pup five stars... you have until the end of the day on...
stuffed bunny carnage
Riesling was being unusually quiet on her own downstairs this morning and anyone with pets knows that means she's typically up to something both fun (for her) and naughty. Bunny! I nearly laughed...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)