Macarons/bike blog turned food blog?

This post is made with Patti Londre in mind, creator of Worth The Whisk.  After some Fairmont intervals today, Craig and I went to a new Bakery on NW 10th, Nuvrei.  They have lots of sandwiches, salads, and pastries, but we discovered the macarons!

So many flavors, some with butter cream frosting, others with a ganache concoction.  Craig coined it perefectly when he said, "the frosting is a perfect compliment to the almond cookie."  My favorites?  The lemon with lemon/lime & orange zest butter cream zest frosting.  What could be better?  Add some Kombucha and I'm set.  Or, in Craig's case, a cup of their in-house roasted coffee.  Yelp reviewers seems to agree that these are some of the best macarons in Portland.  Warning - they are spendy little creatures at $2 a pop.

You can take home a rainbow assortment of these things!

On a sad note, the Bianchi didn't turn out quite as I wanted.  Hard to shift, extra clicks on the left, hitting the right crank on the front derailleur with every revolution.  Seems the old Shimano 105's are not compatible with a compact crank.  Back to the triple.