☆ OCTOBER 25' ☆

MONTHLY R.E.P.O.R.T

READING

IN OCTOBER WE LISTENED TO TWO BOOKS. MITCH ALBOM’S TWICE AND THE WOMEN BY KRISTIN HANNAH! WE ARE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR RECS (ENDLESS LISTENING TIME OVER AT PRIMECUT) SO PLEASE SEND US YOUR FAVORITES!

1. EARLY IN THE MONTH WE READ MITCH ALBOM’S TWICE . WE HAVE TO SAY… THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING! THE TWIST OF THIS BOOK IS THAT THE NARRATOR CAN TIME TRAVEL BUT WITH ONE CAVEAT: HE HAS THE CHANCE TO DO EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE TWICE, BUT ONLY TWICE. IN THIS CREATIVE TIME-TRAVEL TALE IT HIS USE OF SECOND CHANCES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE COVERS THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND GRATITUDE  IN SUCH A THOUGHT PROVOKING, EMOTIONAL, AND PROFOUND WAY. WE ALL CRIED AT WORK TOGETHER (BUT IN THE BEST WAY). IF YOU LOVE THE MOVIE ABOUT TIME YOU WILL LOVE TWICE. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆!

2. THE WOMEN WAS OUR SECOND BOOK OF THE MONTH AND WE STRUCK STORY GOLD IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS ALSO A MAJOR HIT! THE STORY FOLLOWS A YOUNG NURSE WORKING IN THE FIELD DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. YOU WATCH HER LEARN, GROW AND CHANGE THROUGHOUT HER TIME IN COUNTRY AND IN HER LIFE AFTER RETURNING HOME. THIS STORY FELT SO POWERFUL, INFORMATIVE AND TIMELY. HANNAH’S WRITING MADE US CARE SO DEEPLY FOR THE CHARACTERS, TAUGHT US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO LIVE IN AMERICA IN THE 1960’S AND GAVE US EVEN MORE EMPATHY FOR WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND HUMAN DEPICTION OF BEING A WOMAN AND THE DARKER TRUTHS OF LIFE. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆!

EATING

THIS OCTOBER WE REALLY LEANED INTO FALL AND ARE ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH ALL THINGS APPLE. APPLE TREATS, APPLE SAUCE, APPLES AND ALMOND BUTTER (OBVIOUSLY THE SALTED A.B. FROM TRADER JOES). OUR FOUNDER LIZZIE EVEN BOUGHT A CASE OF OUR DECIDED FAVORITE VARIETY MT. ROSE WHICH HAVE A GORGEOUS PINK FRUIT WHEN YOU CUT THEM OPEN ♡. THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A TRIP TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ORCHARD IN OREGON CALLED KIYOKAWA FAMILY ORCHARDS ON THE HOOD RIVER FRUIT LOOP (THEY ALSO HAVE AN EPIC PORTLAND FARM STAND)!

PLAYING

OUR PLAYTIME THIS OCTOBER WAS WEARING OUR COSTUMES TO WORK FOR HALLOWEEN! A SHEEP, JACK-O’-LANTERN, SAILOR, AND OF COURSE BEETLEJUICE AND LYDIA DEETZ! IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE EACH OTHER ALL DRESSED UP!

OBSESSING

TO SAY OBSESSED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! WE ♡ FORAGING, ESPECIALLY FOR CHANTERELLE MUSHROOMS. THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES TO FIND THESE BEAUTIES HERE IN OREGON BUT WE CAN’T GIVE AWAY THE SECRET SPOT WE FOUND ALL OF THESE (SHHH)! THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN A VARIETY OF RECIPES BUT OUR FAVORITE IS WITH A BROWN BUTTER PASTA (ADD SOME CRISPY SAGE ON TOP IF YOU’RE FEELIN’ FANCY)!

RECOMMENDING

1. WE HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ONE OUR FAVORITE PODCASTS, ARTICLES OF INTEREST! HOSTED BY AVERY TRUFELMAN IT IS A MIND-BLOWING JOURNALISTIC SHOW ABOUT FASHION IN HISTORY! THE NEW SEASON IS ALL ABOUT GEAR AND THE STORY OF HOW FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING HAS BECOME SO ENGRAINED INTO EVERYDAY STYLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THE HOST, RESEARCH AND STORY TELLING ARE ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

2. SECOND IS RELATED AND SO FUN TO FIND OUT! WE WERE RECENTLY TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT THIS BOOK: CRAFTED WITH PRIDE MADE IN USA DIRECTORY FEATURES PRIMECUT AS A USA MADE BRAND. THEY EVEN MENTIONED IT IN ARTICLES OF INTEREST! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!

TREATING

THIS MONTH WE ARE TREATING OURSELVES TO LOTS OF LITTLE LUXURIES ☆

1. ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS ON ASH ST. IS THE YUMMIEST COFFEE SHOP/ROASTER EXQUISITE CREATURES. THIS FALL THEY HAVE BLESSED US WITH THE MOST DELICIOUS (AND VEGAN) PSL IN ALL OF PORTLAND. MADE WITH PUMPKIN PUREE, COCONUT CONDENSED MILK AND LOCAL SOUL CHAI ROOIBOS BLEND!

2. SECOND IS A NEW BRAND WE STARTED CARRYING IN THE SHOP THIS MONTH. AS A TEAM WE’VE ALREADY BOUGHT UP HALF THE STOCK (WE’RE OBSESSED). IT IS EVEN KEEL’S CLAY BATH FIZZIES! THEY SMELL HEAVENLY, LOOK LOVELY AND ARE SUCH A TREAT YOURSELF MOMENT IN THE BATH ♡! WE ALSO CARRY A COUPLE OF THEIR TERRAZZO CLAY SOAPS AND THEY ARE JUST AS DIVINE.