Summer Free For All In Portland

Posted June 18th, 2011 in Events, Milagros News | Tags: portland, summer | Comments Off

We have tons of great community events and classes all summer long at Milagros. But there is no shortage of great family events happening in Portland all Summer long including:

• Movies in the Park
• Concerts in the Park
• The Big Float
• Sunday Parkways

And don’t get us started on local hiking….

Get out and play Portland! We look forward to seeing you! And remember the sunscreen!

LaunchPad Radio: The Solution to Outsourcing Starts at Home

Posted January 27th, 2011 in Milagros News | Tags: buy local, Community gardens, entrepreneurs, Farming, Going Green, homesteading, kitchen literacy, LaunchPad, local economy, New Economy, portland, radical homemaking, Small business in Portland, urban farming | Comments Off

Outsourcing, how do we bring it all home? How about starting at home.

Those skills your grandparents rocked, why not reconnect with the household arts of old? Make yourself kitchen literate and you move food production to the most local place possible – your home. Beyond the pride of creating, you can save big bucks! (Up to 50 percent off your grocery bill!)

Chris Musser of Lost Arts Kitchen is the guest on LaunchPad Radio today at 4pm on Pagatim.fm.

She’ll talk about what’s been “lost” in our households, how she found it and how you can too.

Listen to Pagatim.fm Live

P is for Pirate at Milagros!

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in clothing, Milagros News, Products | Tags: buy local, local goods, portland | Comments Off

Want your kid to have one our exclusive Portland-made P is for Pirate shirts? Trust me… you do!

You can get the ultimate Pirate shirt in short sleeve or long sleeve in our Portland store or on-line.

And what about those awesome arm warmers and flipside hat? That definitely wouldn’t hurt either. Both are made with pride in Portland and available only in our Portland Boutique!

Dress your little miracle in local goods at Milagros!

Ok…I think I hit my quota for typing “Portland” for the day…

Photo by campbellsalgado.com

Connecting with Nature During Winter

Posted December 17th, 2009 in Family Outing | Tags: camping, Hiking, kids and nature, nature watching, oregon, portland, snowshoeing | Comments Off

It is the cold and rainy season in Portland. The “hey, let’s hibernate time of year” but if your kids are like mine they NEED to get out of the house. Given that, here are a few ways to still connect with nature during the dark days in Portland:

• Snowshoeing: We love snowshoeing on the Barlow Trail and Trillium Lake in the Mt. Hood area. We also love Old Man Pass in Washington state. Need gear? REI sells and rents snowshoes. So does Next Adventure and they have a coupon in The Chinook Book.
• Hiking: We love hiking the trail from the Audubon Center to Lower Macleay Park any time of year. The trails at Tryon Creek State Park are also under an evergreen tree canopy and fun to hike any day of the year.
• Nature Watching: View wildlife from the warmth and comfort of your car any time at Ridgefield wildlife refuge. Winter sights there for us have included trumpeter and tundra swans in flight and afloat, countless herons, hawks, kestrels, coots and sparrows, and river otters frolicking in the water and on the ice. For in town wildlife viewing, we go to Oaks Bottom as well as Smith and Bybee Lakes any time of year.
• Camping: Yes, you read that right. Both L.L. “Stub” Stewart and Champoeg State Parks have cabins available for rent all year long – no tent required! The cabins are heated. They also have outdoor fire rings , so don’t forget the firewood and marshmallows!

Tips for Biking with Kids

Posted July 18th, 2009 in Milagros News | Tags: biking, portland | 2 Comments

Thank you Vince from Portland Family Adventures for this comprehensive post on biking with kids. We hope to host a Q & A with Vince at Milagros on this topic soon. And we hope to see you all at Sunday Parkways!

Introduction: You are a true Portlander, right? Let me ask you, are you ready to start biking with your kids? It’s one of the first things I noticed with our first child – in Portland so many parents share their love for biking with their children. If you’re feeling a bit of trepidation, I’d like to share some of advice – advice gleaned NOT from reading a bunch of biking websites, product brochures, listening to expert testimony, sales representatives, or even using common sense! Rather, this advice comes from putting hundreds and hundreds of miles on my bike with my son. Hopefully, this advice will get you up and pedaling with your kids.

If you want a more objective opinion on specific products, here is a link to a Consumer Reports review. And here are my two cents…

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