Our company “Holiday” Party was held last night at the Embassy Suites. Since it is now January, they decided to call it the Winter Party. We had a great time!

Happy New Year to All. I am excited about 2012. Cheers!

One of our favorite things to do around Portland is to go on a DIY culinary tour, usually with our friend Chad. Here are excerpts from our last one on Saturday Dec 10th.

We started with lunch at Good Food Here On Belmont. I got some shrimp tempura hand roll and udon soup from Sushi PDX – comforting on a chilly day.

Marcel had the Hillbillie, a pulled pork sandwich from Rockabillies. He also ordered some fried pickles and a fried twinkie which was yummy.

Let’s not forget the fried twinkie!

We were headed to Tao of Tea in Belmont when we got detoured into Saint Cupcake.

Another detour was Stumptown Coffee where we experienced a coffee tasting or “cupping” as they refer to it.

We finally made it to the Tao of Tea where we got some Pu-erh Tea.

Another stop at Belmont Station where Marcel had some Hophead by Deschutes Brewery.

Finally it is dinner time at Frank’s Noodle House.

Braving the chilly weather so we can test out the food carts on Belmont.

This trip was taken on October 28th-30th. We explored Redmond, Bend, and Sisters in Central Oregon.

Smith Rock State Park

10 Barrel Brewing Company

McKay Cottage Restaurant. We highly recommended this place for brunch. Nice outdoor seating to enjoy the fantastic  60s and sunny weather!

Delicious pumpkin muffin from McKay Cottage Restaurant

Downtown Bend

Newberry Volcanic Monument

The Sparrow Bakery. Yummy pastries! Charming building by the railroad.

Downtown Sisters

Sisters Coffee and Sisters Bakery Blackberry Cobbler.

The outdoor activities were a lot of fun and the food scene was good.  We enjoyed exploring Central Oregon and plan to be back next year in the summer or maybe skiing in the winter

More pictures at Cosmic Adventure.