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Get Outta Here! Quick Getaways for the Long Weekend✌️

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Living Room Realty

Hi, Readers!

Double vax’ed and ready to rumble? Looking for a last-minute way to celebrate a long weekend and the beginning of summer? Me tooooo.✌️

That’s the great thing about Portland. Head 90 minutes in any direction and the topography, adventure potential and climate changes. Bust out the road trip playlist and head east for a day trip to one of our favorite road boogies: The beautiful Columbia River Gorge.

Hiking in the gorge is incredible. There is so much to explore and it’s filled with the most beautiful views, waterfalls and overall a great experience to share with family and friends. Kids and Grandparents alike can mosey or hustle – be sure to pack snacks and water (m&m’s are our secret bribe/weapon for that last elevation gain), and don’t forget to steer clear of overlooks and edges, tempting as it is.

Weekends are lively in Hood River, it’s the windsurfing capital of the world. Wind channels flow through the Columbia River Gorge and create ideal conditions for kitesurfing, SUP and other water sports. While it’s still a little cold for us to SUP, we love to swing by the waterfront to see the epic air caught by kitesurfers and grab a bite from one of the many great spots along the waterfront.

For those who want to wind down for the weekend (it’s been a LONNNNG year!) head to a spa day, walk around town and stop in and check out some cool shops. Oooh, the treasures!

Here’s a quick list to bookmark – have fun and if you decide to go, let me know what you end up doing – maybe I’ll see you on the trails!

Till then, high fives!

Hikes: (Easy to Moderate Trails)

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area – gets crowded and has a ticket system now, plan ahead if you can
Angels Rest
Cape Horn
Beacon Rock
Hamilton Mountain
Pro Tip: Before your hike, be sure to check out the trail details and have purchased an OR/WA park day pass

Activities:

Tours – Bonneville Dam (landmark)
Portland’s Best Value Air Tours | Envi Adventures
Big Winds Home – Big Winds
Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler Cruises

Grub:

Shops:

Pure Stoke® – Hood River Outdoor Retailer – Formerly 2nd Wind Sports – Gear, Kite, Camping
Spruce Gifts & Provisions: Home – Refreshments and gifts
Hood River Stationers – cards, gifts, art/office supplies
find your flavor – teas, wines, oils and cookware
G.Williker’s Toy Shoppe Inc
oldtrunkhr – antique shop

Spas:

Log Jam (In a good way)

Posted on August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 by Living Room Realty

Sometimes you get to help your friends buy their dream home and it just happens to be a one of a kind, red cedar, log home. Absolutely stunning.

Emerald Escapes

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 by Jené DeSpain

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I have a thing for emeralds. I always have. The color. The gemstone. The cut. There’s something about the deep richness of this shade of green and the geometric elegance of an emerald cut stone that makes my heart purr. An equally satisfying obsession of mine is entering a space and envisioning what it could transform into by seeing an array of colors, textures, forms, and light to completely bring about a new room. This eye to see the potential of an interior has been immensely helpful and fun in my efforts to assist my clients. While we tour homes, I love the trust my buying clients extend to me as they let me share my visions of how they could personalize a home to make it theirs, on our walks through properties together. Exploring how we can affordably and creatively enhance their homes for a modern market, while keeping the original charm, is one of my favorite aspects of working with my sellers, as we prepare for listing.

While I have been spending this season steadily at home, a number of my clients are in the middle of home remodels and have reached out to chat about their adventures of these undertakings during this time of covid 19. Our conversations have sparked my love for emerald and my recent ache for a fresh landscape to blend, leading me to peruse the internet for deep, glossy, green spaces.

If you are equally feeling a desire to find yourself far away in a world other than the location of your current quarantine, may I suggest the refuge to be found in these luxurious, calming, gem colored bathrooms. Each one swoon worthy of a mental getaway. Who knows, this just might be the inspiration you’re needing to jump start your search for a new home. If you are hoping to pair with an agent who can see beyond just the walls immediately around us and knows how to safely voyage into today’s listings, I would adore partnering with you to seek out and successfully close on that dream!

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