I’m starting to find my way through the Fort Collins arts scene, and I believe that CSU’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance will be a regular part of my theatre diet. Last week Dan and I were able to take in CSU’s production of “Appropriate” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. “Appropriate” is a story of a […]
Read MoreBreckenridge
Recently I was offered the chance to take in a show at Backstage Theatre in Breckenridge, Colorado. Breckenridge is about 2.5 hours from Fort Collins, so it would be no small schlep to get there — however, Dan has been itching to try his hand at skiing again. We made a quick weekend of it. […]
Read MoreThe Coles do Fort Collins, part 2
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 Boulder
While our good friends the Coles were in town, we spent an evening painting the town of Boulder red. We spent most of our free time on Pearl Street, as one does. We visited favorite shops including the Boulder Book Store, Two Hands Paperie and Fjällräven. We found a new favorite shop as well, Spinster […]
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 MoreIn which Erica falls into Bear Lake
It happened just after this picture was taken, actually. I was standing this way and then suddenly I was a few feet shorter, one leg having plunged into Bear Lake. Mom and Dan assumed that I was up to my hip in snow — the lake was completely covered in snow and there were many […]
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 […]
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