About

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Sometimes life surprises you. One of the biggest for me (so far), is realizing I found home at 40 years old. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA, I spent my entire life living up and down the California coast. I'd never visited the Pacific Northwest, save a brief road trip with a friend when I was 12, and my memories of that are, while fond, limited to spending lots of time in a VW van, eating steamed clams in Seattle (yum!), and playing Tetris on my Gameboy until it got too dark to see the screen.

My family and I came to visit friends in southern Washington in the spring of 2022, and got a chance to experience Portland, Vancouver, and the surrounding areas. I felt more at home in our short time here than I ever had in California. Three months later, we hit the road and relocated to Camas, WA.

Pines Over Palms is, really, an ode to finding your place. To realizing that walking around a lake in the middle of a forest of evergreens when it's cloudy and drizzling brings you more joy than walking along a sunny palm-lined beach in 75 degree heat (I'm sure I've got at least some of you shaking your head right now). Whatever your place is, I hope you've found it, and I hope you enjoy Pines Over Palms.