Oregon is known as the romantic getaway state with the most dramatic and beautiful scenery in the country and high scale lodging and dining options.  Oregon romantic lodging is available in virtually every area of the state beginning with the city of Portland.  There are at least a dozen five star hotels in Portland and perhaps one hundred lodging establishments that would be suited for a romantic getaway.  On the Oregon coast, lodging options increase as the entire coastline caters to romantic getaway travelers.

Getaways in Oregon are quick, easy, and affordable.  Flying to the state, you will most likely enter at PDX, Portland International Airport, where you will find one of the best on time flight records, and safety records of any airport in the world.  Eugene has the second largest airport in the state and the city of Salem recently gained Delta airlines.  At the southern end of the state, Medford offers a small commercial airport.  If you are within driving range, then you will mostly likely enter the state on interstate five or eighty four.  Your options for memorable getaways in Oregon are many fold. 

If you are like most last minute getaway travelers your first stop in making your plans will be to hit the many discount travel websites that exist for that purpose. We will be the first to tell you that it isn’t necessarily a bad plan to find a getaways deal like this but you are of course totally dependent on what inventory they may have available at any given time. This is great if they just happen to have the trip you were looking for at the price and class of accommodation you wanted. But of course as you get pickier on what you want to find then so does the probability of finding it this way start to plummet. But what other choice do you have? Continue reading →

I love Oregon. I went to school there, and though I am now living in Europe I hope that one day I will call Oregon home. I do love the romance of life here in Germany–the cobblestone streets, charming old buildings, clanging church bells, and especially the slower pace of life.  Restaurants are closed on Sundays, restaurants take there time, people do not jog through the park–they sit and read, or talk and feed the ducks, or walk slowly through and enjoy the scenery.  I love my work as a stage manager here too–collaborating with singers and conductors from around the world to produce shows together.  Sharing meals where up to five languages at a time are being spoken!  Continue reading →

Unique jewelry wearing is what I am known for! But this story beats them all. I was traveling in South Africa recently and when I was in a shop in downtown Johannesburg, I was approached by the shopkeeper who wanted to purchase the 14K gold elephant necklace I was wearing, right off my neck! “Oh, no, this gold pendant means a lot to me!” I blurted out without thinking. Then I smiled. I guess my knack for collecting unusual handmade pendants finally has paid off, if someone in Africa is trying to buy one! Continue reading →