This is the kind of day we woke up to today: 70s and sunny, t-shirt weather. Dan starts work again tomorrow and was itching for at least one exploratory bike ride along the Poudre River Trail before his “vacation” ends. He ended up riding ~20 miles and says he has barely scratched the surface of that […]
Read MoreGo Buffs!, in which we accidentally tailgate
This week has been largely comprised of unpacking, ordering pizza, and crying for no specific reason. When I suggested we take a quick trip to Boulder just because we could, Dan responded with a resounding “sounds good.“ Because the IKEA trip took longer than the 158 hours we’d planned for, our time in Boulder was […]
Read MoreI didn’t cry at IKEA
It’s true! Dry eyes all around. IKEA overstimulates me. I can’t be alone in that. As design-chewy and dazzling as I find it, about 40 minutes in I am usually reduced to an anxious, weepy version of myself until I can sit in a dark room sipping on some Orinoco Flow. But not this time […]
Read MoreOld Firehouse Books, Scrumpy’s Hard Cider
Dan and I have been unpacking relentlessly since Monday and both needed a night out. For a month I’d been planning to visit Old Firehouse Books for their “Swords & Lasers Book Club” (fantasy and sci-fi, if you couldn’t guess; they have other clubs for other tastes). I visited on my own to chat about […]
Read MoreQueen of King Soopers
Grocery shopping saved me today. I took a solo trip while Dan was organizing the garage. Walking around King Soopers — just Cincinnati’s Kroger chain under another name — was incredibly cathartic. Everything was where it should be, laid out exactly like my hometown store. And then there’s retail therapy, of course. Dan and I […]
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Fort Collins, we are in you.
Technically, we rolled into town on Saturday afternoon. Because we had time (our moving truck would take a week to arrive in Colorado), we took a longer-than-necessary route through Memphis, TN; Little Rock, AK; Oklahoma City, OK; Lincoln, NE; and North Platte, NE. I won’t recap those adventures here but I’ve linked each of these […]
Read MoreHow to like opera
A few days back, my friend Michelle noticed that I had checked intoLa Bohème at the Cincinnati Opera. She messaged me on Facebook to ask a wonderfully simple and yet terribly complex question: did I have any tips for “how to like opera?” What follows is a slightly expanded version of my response to Michelle. I am […]
Read MoreThe Purge
We are about three months out from our relocation from Cincinnati, Ohio to Fort Collins, Colorado. We don’t have an exact date yet; it will hinge on a few things coming together at the same time. First, Music Hall needs to reopen following its renovation, freeing me of a job. Second, our townhouse in Fort […]
Read MoreEffing business cards
Today I found myself at a social event that turned into a prime opportunity for business-related networking. It dawned on me that the only business cards that I own are tied to my current job, which wraps up in October. Since I’m roughly 5 months out from that transition, I decided it was time to create a handful […]
Read More33 in 3: Yellow Buckeye
I’ve been stumped (ha!) with my 33 in 3 project to learn to identify 10 trees, as I’d really wanted to start with the Ohio Champion Trees at Spring Grove Cemetery. I believe Spring Grove has 5 trees; I only knew where two were located. Then on Saturday, during one of my routine walks, I […]
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