Before sending our good friends the Coles on their way back to Ohio, we were able to soak in a bit more of Colorado. Including ten different types of weather. Kris and Jen wanted to take in some nature during their visit, so we took a 4-hour round-trip drive to State Forest State Park. We […]
Read MoreThe Coles do Fort Collins, part 1
Meet Kris and Jen Cole, two of Dan and my best friends from home in Cincinnati. The Coles chose the date for their first visit to Colorado before we had even booked our moving truck in Ohio. I’ve been counting the days until their first visit. I feel as though I didn’t take enough pictures […]
Read MoreReview: The Crucible (OpenStage Theatre)
Well, that escalated quickly. In his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller borrows the Salem witch trials as a platform to examine how little it takes to turn neighbor against neighbor. In love with the married John Proctor, young Abigail Williams spreads a bit of gossip about John’s wife Elizabeth. What follows is a hair-raising account of […]
Read MoreNew Belgium brewery tour
We’ve been saving this one for my mom’s visit: New Belgium offers (free!) tours of their brewery. Neither Dan nor I are beer drinkers, but we both enjoyed the Tartastic and Le Terroir sours. Mom — already an avowed New Belgium fan — found a new favorite in their 1554. See if you can spot mom […]
Read MoreWinter Storm Kimberly has landed
^^ That’s her line, not mine. My mom’s in town! For the first time! Mom wanted to spend this first trip checking out Dan and my regular haunts, so we have shown her around many of the places I’ve already written about. Today we woke up to snow. (Finally! Finally!!) Dan, mom and I took […]
Read MoreHow not having cable TV landed me in a bakery
In hindsight, it was unavoidable. Dan and I don’t have cable television. We haven’t for years. We subscribe to Netflix and Hulu, mostly, and rent movies on iTunes. Recently I’ve been wanting to watch PBS’ Great Performances series — but we don’t have access to it. Last night Dan subscribed to Rocky Mountain PBS for […]
Read More(I can’t believe they let me into) Social
Located under Old Town Fort Collins is a trendy speakeasy-style bar that somehow my crotchety self was permitted to enter. Our friends Kate and Justin have been singing Social‘s praises since our arrival to Fort Collins 12 weeks ago. (12 weeks?!) They booked a sitter and invited us along. Social is so popular that a […]
Read MoreWaltzing Kangaroo
“Have you been to the Australian meat pie shop yet?” My friend Linda asked me that less than 24 hours ago. Welcome to Waltzing Kangaroo. For Dan and my first go-round I brought home Chicken Thai Peanut, Chicken & White Sauce, and Brekkie Pie — steak, eggs, bacon, gravy. They were delicious, indulgent, and freshly […]
Read MoreFirst Day Hike 2018
I don’t consider myself superstitious, but I am big on symbolism. New Year’s Day is a symbol I always grapple with, wanting to begin my year in a way that indicates my hopes and ambitions for the year to come. This New Year’s Day was easier than most. Colorado’s state parks organize First Day Hikes, including […]
Read MoreHouse tour: office makeover
You know what they say: new year, new bookshelves. I have been losing my mind. We have been diligent about unpacking, but all of my books have remained in boxes for three months now. Dan and I knew we wanted to install permanent, wall-mounted bookshelves, so there was no sense in unpacking them all twice. […]
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