Can you feel it in the air? It’s lasagna time. Last year I wrote about Dan and my “$100 lasagna,” our delicious Christmas tradition now it its 8th year (we think). Every Christmas I say it would be so easy to make lasagna again some time during the year but we never end up doing […]
Read MoreGarden of Lights
Finally, my hunt is over. Dan and I have visited a few local Christmas light shows and none of them have cut the mustard. I won’t name names, but we have been underwhelmed by two or three of the area’s most popular light displays. Luckily, we happened across Garden of Lights at The Gardens on […]
Read MoreToday’s my Yetiversary
About a year ago, I gave away a bookcase. The neighbors who adopted the bookcase invited me to visit their gym. I shrugged, said my maybes — but with the forthright style I’ve come to think of as their own, Linda and Tony asked, “How about Tuesday at 12:30?” I was adrift a year ago, […]
Read MoreOn Rower, on Lifter, on Baker, on Blitzen
It’s not that I’ve taken a break from blogging so much as I’ve taken a break from… leaving the house. In early November, Dan and I flew home to Cincinnati to see family for the holidays. In the 3 weeks since then, our lives have been fairly quiet — relatively speaking. Here are a few […]
Read MoreThe Fort Collins Candy Store Emporium
Not long after we discovered the Cheyenne Candy Store Emporium in southern Wyoming, the shop closed due to an issue with the landlord. We were dismayed to hear the news, as the emporium was charming, full of history. Later, the candy shop’s owner announced that he was relocating his store-museum… to our neck of the […]
Read MoreFull Moon on the Farm
Dan and I live half a mile from Garden Sweet, an adorable local farm stand where you can build your own bouquets in the spring and pick berries in the summer. Garden Sweet has been wrapping up its season with a series of after-hours date night events with pumpkin picking, hot apple cider, s’mores and […]
Read MoreOne year in Colorado: what a weekend looks like these days
Somehow, one full year has passed since we arrived in Fort Collins, Colorado. I have been trying to imagine how I might describe the way our lives have changed in this past year, but to encapsulate it all seems impossible. Instead I have decided to lay out the anatomy of our weekend, a snapshot of […]
Read MoreA mountain bike named Ginsburg
No, that is not the name of a play I am reviewing. After a sexist encounter at the REI where I bought my first mountain bike — the first clerk made me feel invisible, but the experience ended well once I was turned over to a second staffer — I decided to name my first […]
Read MoreRed Truck Beer
Recently at our gym, the coach asked us all to name our favorite sport or activity. My friend Linda declared her favorite to be riding bikes to breweries. This week we saddled up to try out Red Truck Beer, a new location for the Canadian-based brewery. Pros for Red Truck: The beautiful, airy venue and […]
Read MoreBeginner Birding Hike, Lory State Park
Obsession-wise, I go from zero to 60 in a snap. Dan knows to be careful with potential new hobbies, because I can’t be trusted to keep them casual. Our closest state park, Lory, organizes interesting programming that we take advantage of whenever we’re free — which, frankly, isn’t all that often. (I believe our last […]
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