Posted by Emily on Jan 17, 2012 in Blog, Events + Contests, Featured, Travel | 0 comments
You know we love to throw a good party… well, only parties that change the world and have good beats to get down to. PDX friends mark you calendars and get ready for a good one.
The Nomading Film Festival (NoFF) is driven to unite travelers and inspire travel through the magic of film and was started on the belief that traveling shapes us, defines us and connects us.
We think of travel...
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Posted by Emily on Dec 12, 2011 in Blog, Causes, Featured, Outdoors, Rivers, Things We Like, Travel, Video | 0 comments
Chris Kassar taking the time to say a prayer at the proposed dam site of the Baker River. Patagonia, Chile. Photo: James Q Martin
by Chris Kassar via The Cleanest Line
Every time I kneel down next to a river – even if just for a moment – I swear I can hear it speak to me. I know this probably sounds crazy, but I also know I’m not the only one who hears wise murmurs rising from the ripples...
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Posted by Emily on Nov 11, 2011 in Adventure, Blog, Featured, Friday Faves, Things We Like, Travel | 1 comment
Right now I look out into my living room at a mass of gear being packed and re-packed. It’s the beginning of another expedition. For the last several years, we’ve been lucky enough to know and work with some of our community’s most celebrated adventurers. It’s hard not to be inspired when every day you’re talking to people who are out exploring, discovering, altering...
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Posted by Emily on Nov 4, 2011 in Blog, Featured, Friday Faves, Things We Like, Travel, Video | 0 comments
Nothing quite like a shot of Scandinavia to get the wanderlust pumping… it just took one look at the Adventure Journal’s Weekend Cabin post this week to have me dreaming of wool sweaters, a raging fire and hot Glögg nestled in my palms. Luckily, this cold, crisp Portland weather is the perfect setting to allow me to stoke my daydream along with the fire. That is until I can make...
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Posted by undersolenmedia on Oct 7, 2011 in Adventure, Blog, Causes, Epicocity, Featured, Friday Faves, Lifestyle, Non-profits, Outdoors, Rivers, Salmon, Things We Like, Travel | 1 comment
Love from under solen
I saw a post from a friend on Facebook as the news spread of Steve Jobs’ death and all that it said was “iSad”. This simple and clever post made me laugh while the rest of the world was/is mourning the passing of an exceptional thinker. From this laughter came deep gratitude for all of the people that are in our lives and who fill it consistently...
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Posted by Emily on Aug 26, 2011 in Blog, Featured, Friday Faves, Things We Like, Travel | 0 comments
The painting above by Amee Hinkley is called The Road to Ultra Brightness. And this Friday, I feel like I’m on a road just like that one… tomorrow I head off to Colorado with two of my faves: Andy Maser and Jenny Nichols to embark on a new adventure that we’re calling Wild Love.
So what is Wild Love?
Good question. Well, it began with a story that I told my friends in the...
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