Tag Archives: Lake Oswego Oregon

4 Excuses to Check Out the Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Bus

Outdoor enthusiasts were drawn to Lake Oswego in the early 1900s by the promise that it was a community where you could, “Live where you play.” That love for the outdoors is still alive and well among Lake Oswegans and … Continue reading

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3 Impressive Ways to Ring in the New Year in Lake Oswego

Looking for a little inspiration as to how to start your new year off in a memorable way? Here are three “only in Lake Oswego” ideas to jump start 2012. Take the polar bear dip. For years, our son Brady, … Continue reading

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4 Surprising Reasons to Tour Lake Oswego’s Holiday Gingerbread Houses

The Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the second annual gingerbread house competition and 17 businesses throughout town have put their one-of-a-kind creations on display. I recently toured the holiday houses with my family and encourage you to … Continue reading

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12 Reasons Why You Can Wrap Up Your Holiday Shopping Right Here in Lake Oswego (Part 2)

Only 10 more shopping days ‘til Christmas, but if you live in Lake Oswego, there is no need to panic. From stocking stuffers to getting your gift wrapped, local retailers have you covered. Last week I focused on gift shops … Continue reading

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Lake Oswego makes it easy to get in the holiday spirit

Lake Oswego, Oregon is making it very easy for you to get into the holiday spirit over the next few weeks. Once again this town of 36,000 belies its size in the variety of activities it offers to ensure that … Continue reading

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Giving thanks for living in Lake Oswego, Oregon

On Thursday, Lake Oswegans will gather around their tables to give thanks for what is most meaningful to them. With all three of our kids home, our blessings will surround us as we carry on our family tradition of writing … Continue reading

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There’s no place like home for the holidays when home is Lake Oswego, Oregon

Dorothy had it right when she closed her eyes, clicked the heels of her ruby slippers and recited, “There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home.”  So did Perry Como when he sang, “There’s no place like home … Continue reading

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Community Culture Summit Invites Lake Oswegans to Shape Their City’s Future

Lake Oswego—it has come a long way from an industrial town with little more than an iron smelter and stump -studded Sucker Lake to brag about. City officials and citizen advocates would like to take it even further with a … Continue reading

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Check out these great Lake Oswego neighborhoods for Halloween trick-or-treaters, oh my!

In our house, Halloween wasn’t about the search for the Great Pumpkin…it was all about the hunt for the candy. Our kids had it down to a six part process: Candy collecting Candy weighing Candy counting Candy sorting Candy trading … Continue reading

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Listen to Mark Twain and get to one of Lake Oswego’s two homecoming parades

The way Mark Twain saw it, a parade was important for two reasons—as a show and as a symbol. When reflecting in “Queen Victoria’s Jubilee,” on the procession in her honor in 1897,  he wrote  “…its minor function being to … Continue reading

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