Merry Christmas, Boulder! Our friend Danny invited us to town for lunch at Zoe Ma Ma, a tiny restaurant full of “super yummy street food.” There are about 6 tables in the joint and the place was hopping. Danny moved to Colorado from Cincinnati about two weeks after we did — he understands our strange […]
Read MoreCheese Importers
A dusting! A dusting!! A paltry amount of snow has rolled into northern Colorado! Here is photo evidence from La Vita Bella Coffee in Longmont, where I had a coffee date with my delightful friend Anna. The drive was pretty and stark — the usually rust-colored mountains of the Front Range were (just barely) white with […]
Read MoreThe cover of our next album
I did not want to take a hike. Dan talked me into a walk along the Poudre River Trail, and of course we had a beautiful, chilly day with ideal lighting for photography.
Read MoreErica Reid, independent hiker
There are many reasons I have trepidation about hiking alone, and most of them stem from knowing myself very well. I have, for instance, the absolute worst sense of direction of anyone you have ever met. Couple that with my lifelong tendency to daydream even at the most critical of times, and — sorry, I […]
Read MoreYou’re a Reid now
Welcome to the family, Yeti SB5. You’re a Reid now. Make us proud. The SB5 is Dan’s first full-suspension mountain bike. Maybe a year ago he rented this same model while on a ride through Pisgah National Forest with his good friend and fellow daredevil Nathan. Dan came home obviously smitten with that mountain bike […]
Read MoreI won a blue ribbon
Toastmasters sure knows how to hook ya. In the past year or so, a few friends began talking about attending about Toastmasters meetings in their respective cities. Since my calendar is a clean slate lately, I’ve been trying to fill my time with new things. Sure, why not? There are multiple Toastmasters groups in Fort Collins […]
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a reasonable amount like Christmas
Dan and I both aim to have less stuff. Our tandem de-cluttering has been an ongoing process over the course of our relationship and especially over the past 2 years, as we prepared for our cross-country relocation. Christmas was one of the first places that we started. The idea of having a basement full of […]
Read MoreBustang still isn’t paying me
Still no sponsorship deal from Bustang, despite my evangelism of their delightful express route from Fort Collins to Denver and back. Man I love that bus. Union Station is dressed for Christmas! I had a few errands to run in Denver this time around. Luckily, one was meeting a new friend at the Denver Art […]
Read MoreThe Gunpowder River, for example
I just have to say: I often disagree with the way Colorado names things. For instance, how can a river this beautiful be called the Poudre?! I know, I know. It’s French; trappers once buried gunpowder along the river during a snowstorm. (Powder = poudre.) I don’t have to like it. These shots were taken […]
Read MoreWhen the snow won’t come to you…
…you go to the snow. At least we do. I know that later I’ll regret praying for snow… but I am a cold-weather girl who loves big, forgiving coats and big, forgiving cups of cocoa. It is certainly getting chilly in Fort Collins, but there is nary a snowflake to be seen. When Dan and […]
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