Living Out Loud

You don’t owe anyone an explanation of your personal choices (and other things I have to work at remembering sometimes)

February 13, 2012

This could be a post about failure and how I have no willpower, or it could be a post about self-compassion, cutting myself some slack, and doing what I want because ultimately I’m the one responsible for my own choices and happiness. Let’s go with the latter, shall we? Last Monday, I started a 21-day [...]

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Sunday Drives and Three-Volcano Days

February 6, 2012

Sunday in Portland was a Three-Volcano Day, a term I coined (as far as I know) to note those days that are so sunny, so crisp, and so clear, that you can see three volcanos at any given time from the city of Portland. Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and either Mt. Adams or Jefferson [...]

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The top 6 reasons you should go to #BiSC in May with 59 other amazing bloggers, even if you think you hate Vegas or might hate Vegas because I promise, you won’t hate this Vegas. Also, cheese.

January 20, 2012

This May, 60 bloggers will descend upon the Las Vegas Strip, for the fourth annual Bloggers in Sin City unconference, meetup, and otherwise wildly amazing weekend. I’ve been there since the first year, and can’t even begin to express the magic that happens in these four days. I put together the collage above to try [...]

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Just Relax Already, and Other Lessons Learned on Ice

December 16, 2011

While I spent half of my formative years in Minnesota, I definitely did not grow up ice skating. Sure, I owned my own pair of white skates with hot pink laces, and sure, our neighbor had an ice rink in his backyard every winter through junior high and high school, but Minnesota is cold in [...]

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25 Confessions

December 15, 2011

[via] Random self-realizations have been crossing my mind lately, so I thought I’d share them here in the form of a list of confessions you may or may not know about me. Happy Thursday! I have absolutely zero feelings about the fact that Ryan Gosling wasn’t voted sexiest man alive. He’s hot, yes, but sexiest [...]

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I'm Doniree. I live in Portland, Oregon where I practice yoga, obsess about the local farmers' markets and vineyards, and work from home or one of my many favorite coffee shops. I also take a lot of pictures (mostly of food), write a food blog, and I'm fueled by coffee, red wine, deep breaths, and good ideas.