by Diana Flowers | Feb 4, 2024 | Food & Drink
Manzanita is one of my favorite beach towns on the Oregon Coast, and though it isn’t very big, it has some of the best shops you’ll find up and down the state. Anytime I’m here I take a leisurely stroll down the main drag (Laneda Ave) and pop in and out of my favorite...
by Diana Flowers | Jan 29, 2024 | Lincoln City, Shop
When some of us hear the words, “chocolate frog,” we instantly think of budding wizards and witches casting spells at Hogwarts. And although the chocolate frogs you’ll find at this charming candy store in Lincoln City won’t actually come to life and hop around as they...
by Diana Flowers | Jan 25, 2024 | Adventures
Confession time. I’ve driven past signs for this place more times than I can count, but never really knew what was hiding under my nose the whole time. The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is not some dinky, truck-stop attraction—this is a legit,...
by Diana Flowers | Jan 23, 2024 | Food & Drink, Restaurants
There’s not a lot to see in the small, blink-and-you'll-miss-it town of Westport along Hwy 30. In fact, the one establishment you probably do know here lies between Clatskanie and Astoria and is the fantastic Berry Patch Restaurant. Nowhere else in the area can you...
by Diana Flowers | Jan 14, 2024 | Food & Drink, Restaurants
Ruth’s Chris is a name synonymous with steak, and it’s been that way since for nearly 60 years. In 1965, it was no small feat for a 38-year-old single mother to run her own restaurant, but that’s exactly what Ruth Fertel did in New Orleans. The steakhouse she bought...
