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Emily Grosvenor
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Emily Grosvenor

Emily Grosvenor is a design and travel journalist and author of the book Find Yourself At Home (Chronicle). Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Good Housekeeping, Sunset, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere, and she writes the newsletter I Would Do It Differently.

The author and husband in front of the official Simpsons mural in Springfield, OR.

A Day Date Antiquing in Springfield, OR

By Emily Grosvenor on

It’s not always easy for a couple to find time in the evening for romance with kids in the home, which is why my husband and I often choose a day date over a night out. For us, a perfect day date involves antiques and great food – a quiet lunch at a table set for two, a dopamine-driven antiquing…

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For a Meal and a Musical, I Always Drive to Eugene

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I’ve been in my musical era for a while – I just can’t get enough plucky heroes, insanely choreographed dance numbers and songs sure to stay stuck in my head. My family lives in McMinnville, about an hour out from Portland, but we often prefer to go to the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in…

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A child in a blue jacket smells a large orange mushroom on a display table.

Exploring Mushrooms in Eugene

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Can a mushroom make you move? It did for us. Oregon’s mushroom culture was one of the things that first drew my husband from the Midwest to Oregon back in 2008, and my family relishes any chance to go to #mushroomcore events like the Mushroom Festival, an event put on by the Cascade Mycological…

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