As Dan and I continue to explore Colorado, we lean on the internet and recommendations from friends in order to find new places to visit. Treecraft, on the other hand, found us — their workshop is located across the street from us, and we have been watching them from our bedroom window since we moved […]
Read MorePop-up dumplings
The other night I received perhaps my favorite text message to date — my friend Kate and her family were going to check out a pop-up dumpling shop downtown, and did I care to join? The someday restaurant Pot Stickers borrowed Fort Collins bistro The Welsh Rabbit for a one-day dumpling throw-down. I believe Pot […]
Read MoreJP Fizzy’s
As much as I love a road trip, I really hate trying to find food on the road. Neither Dan nor I care for most fast food and it’s not easy to locate independent restaurants when you’re not sure where you’ll be at any given time. On a recent trip to Colorado Springs it was completely […]
Read MoreCheyenne Mountain State Park
…is not in Cheyenne, Wyoming; you can find this state park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cheyenne Mountain State Park recently posted an event that piqued my interest: Women’s Beginning Archery. I had dabbled in archery as a hobby in college, but lawd if that wasn’t nearly 15 years ago. Colorado Springs is a schlep for […]
Read MoreWe’re a bicycle family
Slow news week on the Reid front! The weather has been gorgeous and we have been taking advantage of it. Dan had been toying with the idea of buying a Brompton bicycle for a while, mostly because the bike folds up small enough to fit in our car. Today, his “clown bike” arrived. There’s a […]
Read MoreFree Comic Book Day
Since 2002, the first Saturday in May has been Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). Publishers churn out single-issue offerings of a wide variety of comics, a tool that comic shops can use as a festive reason to visit their businesses. FCBD served as a great excuse for Dan and me to visit Gryphon Games & Comics. […]
Read MoreReview: Urinetown (Colorado State University Theatre)
The Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre and Dance closed out its mainstage season with Urinetown, an early 2000s Broadway hit every bit as irreverent as the title suggests. Following a devastating 20-year drought, a corporation has popped up with a bold solution to a water shortage crisis: a ban on private toilets. Citizens […]
Read MoreIn search of Moxie
Hello from historic Louisville, Colorado! Ohio/Kentucky friends, that’s pronounced “Lewisville,” not “Louieville.”) Bread, of all things, brought us to Louisville. A few days ago my neighbor-soulmate Linda mentioned Moxie Bread Company, a Louisville gem she’d read about in 5280 (“Ballad of a Small-Town Bakery,” which is a fantastic read whether you live around here or […]
Read MoreCirque is coming, Cirque is coming!
Years and years ago, I remember hunting for a birthday present for my mom at a Borders Books. I ended up finding that I imagined would be a daughter-of-the-year level gift: a DVD copy of a Cirque du Soleil show. I want to say it was Alegría? At any rate, mom was thrilled — she […]
Read MoreNatural Shocks
On Saturday, Dan and made our way to Boulder to a theater that has quickly become one of my favorites: the Dairy Arts Center. (Read a great article involving the Boulder theatre scene and the Dairy Arts Center at American Theatre.) We were heading to Boulder for a reading of Lauren Gunderson‘s “Natural Shocks.” The […]
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