Who We Are
Laura Day
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Grew up: Cuba, Illinois
Words of Wisdom: "The important thing is not to stop questioning."
— Albert Einstein
Websites: www.google.com , www.snopes.com , www.dictionary.com , www.wikipedia.com
What I would eat for my last meal: Crab legs, homemade mac and cheese (my Grandma's recipe), brussel sprouts sauteed in olive oil, and Texas Sheet Cake
Favorite way to spend free time: Besides hanging out with my family, reading, running, walking, anything outside!
Emily Hascall
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Grew up: Hidden in the forest of Mt. Hood next to the Sandy River in Brightwood, Oregon
Words of Wisdom: "Start traveling when you are young, and never stop till you see it all! Don't put it off till later in life...it will be too late when you finally get around to it!" — My family (who have yet to stop traveling)
Websites:www.nytimes.com, www.netflix.com, www.etsy.com, www.glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com , www.idealbite.com
What I would eat for my last meal: Homemade tomato rice soup, halibut fish and chips with a side of dutch style mayo for the fries, a lavender martini and my great grandmas berry pie
Favorite way to spend free time: Obviously traveling as well as discovering new artists, cooking with friends, reading, watching movies and biking around Hawthorne.
Patrick Learned
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Grew up: La Center, Washington
Words of Wisdom: "Life is short. Make the most of it — enjoy every sandwich"
Websites: www.yahoo.com
What I would eat for my last meal: Filet Oskar from Morton’s
Favorite way to spend free time: Watching movies and hiking.
Emma Day
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Grew up: I grew up in a small, rural, farming town in Cuba, IL.
Words of Wisdom: "Far better it is to dare mighty things, To win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat." — Theodore Roosevelt
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many people need it sorely. Broad, wholesome, charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one’s little corner of Earth."
— Mark Twain
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer." — Henry David Thoreau
Websites: www.creativenumerology.com/, www.actonwisdom.com/global-chant/, www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus. www.101cookbooks.com/
What I would eat for my last meal: A vegetarian buffet of every type of cuisine imaginable.
Favorite way to spend free time: "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. " — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hunter Hicks
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Grew up: La Grande, Oregon
Words of Wisdom: "Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff"
Websites: www.wikipedia.org, www.riverdrifters.net, www.alpinraft.ch
What I would eat for my last meal: Filet mignon, medium-rare, with seasoned coffee herb dry rub, homemade mashed potatoes, Greek salad, homemade Suzie bread (the best bread recipe in the world), good red wine or an ice-cold beer.
Favorite way to spend free time: Bicycles, motorcycles, whitewater rafting, finding fun wherever I am
Emily Rosenthal
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Grew up: Beaverton, Oregon
Words of Wisdom: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"
— John Lennon, from one of my favorite books, A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
Websites: www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.facebook.com
What I would eat for my last meal: My grandfather's homemade raviolis with a caesar salad, and bread. And for desert mocha almond fudge ice cream.
Favorite way to spend free time: Spending time with friends and family and taking trips to the Oregon Coast.
