A Girls' Trip, 15 Years in the Making

Vineyards, salt air & the kind of friendship that like wine, ages well

This post is a toast to old friendships — the ones that have seen you through your most unpolished years, celebrated your wins (big and small), and loved you without pretense. This month, I had the gift of reconnecting with two of those women. We've been close for over 15 years, but the three of us hadn’t spent uninterrupted time together in over a decade. Life has a way of moving quickly — careers, moves, families — and yet somehow, when we came together again, it felt like no time had passed.

Neither of them had ever been to Oregon before, so I wanted to show them the places that make this state feel like home to me: the vineyards tucked into rolling hills, the fog-draped coastline, the kind of architecture and atmosphere that tells a quiet story. Oregon in late summer is magic, and this trip felt like the perfect balance of relaxed luxury and grounding simplicity.