Hello from historic Louisville, Colorado! Ohio/Kentucky friends, that’s pronounced “Lewisville,” not “Louieville.”) Bread, of all things, brought us to Louisville. A few days ago my neighbor-soulmate Linda mentioned Moxie Bread Company, a Louisville gem she’d read about in 5280 (“Ballad of a Small-Town Bakery,” which is a fantastic read whether you live around here or […]
Read MoreCirque is coming, Cirque is coming!
Years and years ago, I remember hunting for a birthday present for my mom at a Borders Books. I ended up finding that I imagined would be a daughter-of-the-year level gift: a DVD copy of a Cirque du Soleil show. I want to say it was Alegría? At any rate, mom was thrilled — she […]
Read MoreNatural Shocks
On Saturday, Dan and made our way to Boulder to a theater that has quickly become one of my favorites: the Dairy Arts Center. (Read a great article involving the Boulder theatre scene and the Dairy Arts Center at American Theatre.) We were heading to Boulder for a reading of Lauren Gunderson‘s “Natural Shocks.” The […]
Read MoreMy Weird Al wish list
Bear with me, this does have something to do with Colorado! “Weird Al” Yankovic, my idol for the past ~20 years, is currently on his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. Luckily there is a tour stop in Denver — I actually had to buy tickets back in October, before we left Ohio, making this concert […]
Read MoreThe Inventing Room
Dan and I recently caught a show at the DCPA — it ended up being a rather quick play with no intermission and so we found ourselves not quite ready to drive home afterwards. We had no plans, but I remembered Kate telling me to check out The Inventing Room in the SloHi neighborhood, a […]
Read MoreDan the blacksmith
My best Christmas present for Dan this year came with a long wait*. While browsing the Front Range Community College course book, I found an 8-hour introductory workshop on blacksmithing… in April. Dan finally had a chance to attend his class this weekend. Dan came home dirty and tired and wielding a rough knife made […]
Read MoreThese are the drones you’re looking for
Dan has recently acquired a drone capable of aerial photography. Many nights it’s simply too windy to take the drone out — no one ever warns you how windy Colorado is, all the time! — but every now and then we catch a break. Below are a few of the shots of our neighborhood that […]
Read MoreReview: And Then There Were None (OpenStage Theatre)
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None opens with ten strangers gathering on the remote Soldier Island, each having been invited under vague pretenses. Upon arrival, they find that their hosts — whom no one seems to have actually met — have not yet turned up. The guests settle in for what seems like a casual […]
Read MoreHouse tour: updating our map
Dan and I have kept a map of the United States for nearly 9 years now. The map is more than decorative; many of our best trips have begun as brainstorms in front of this map. The map has been pinned to our wall in three different homes. When we left Ohio it had 120+ […]
Read MoreMy kinda town, Chicago is
I don’t do much work travel, especially now that I freelance, but this week I had an assignment that required a (very) short jaunt to Chicago. I was welcomed with foggy, wet, chilly weather, but I didn’t mind — Chicago is a city very near to my heart, in any conditions. I was doing the […]
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