Art, culture, travel and adventure in Northern Colorado.
From time to time someone will mention my blog, and I always tell them the same thing: that my primary audience is my grandmother, Hazel. She loves to hear about Dan and my adventures in Colorado, and she especially loves to see photos, so this blog is mostly a vehicle for sharing stories and pictures […]
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As the weather has warmed up, I’ve been taking more and more mini-hikes on my own. The dark, cold winter can be hard on my mental health, and a decent hour of morning sunshine works wonders. Often I travel no further than North Shields Ponds, a mile from my house, where there’s a short, flat […]
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I delight in many types of theater. I’m always down for Shakespeare. I love a lighthearted comedy. I dig a musical. I’ll try just about anything. But it’s the weird stuff that really gets me going. Not just weird-for-weird’s-sake dada-style nonsense — I still want a well-crafted story. A new story, preferably, or one told […]
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If you could travel back in time, what would you tell your younger self? And what would you hold back? In Stephen Dietz’s Bloomsday, playing now at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC), Cait and Robert are offered the opportunity to connect with their shared pasts and their unresolved what-might-have-beens. Dietz’s sense of time travel feels […]
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Surprise, we eloped! Yeah yeah yeah, we’ve been married for years. We did sneak away for a weekend of fun in Las Vegas, minus the chapel wedding. Day 1: Getting our bearings at the Venetian/Palazzo Hotel The hotel’s lavish lobbies and gardens were decorated in honor of the Lunar New Year. And Valentine’s Day. And […]
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Since roughly middle school, I have always wanted to learn how to read tarot cards. (This Baba Yaga thing is not my first experience with witchyness, by a long shot.) However, when I was ready to start learning tarot, I ran into a snag: someone told me that it’s bad luck to buy your own […]
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My gym hosted a fundraiser for the Fort Collins Rowing Association, a marathon-length rowing competition that I signed up for immediately. I have been a part of a rowing marathon once before, over a year ago, and have been itching to get back into it — though this time I opted for a team of […]
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A few weeks ago I shared my new tattoo inspired by the Russian folk story of Baba Yaga. (Read the full tattoo story, as well as its dedication to my new niece and nephew, in this post.) By now, I trust the process. As much as I love the basic line work on a tattoo, […]
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After our trips to Cincinnati and Philadelphia over the holidays, Dan and I were adventured out for a while. Our car had been in the shop for a few days as well, giving us an excuse to just stay put. It doesn’t take long for cabin fever to set in, however, and I’ve been venturing […]
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Following our 3 days in Cincinnati we spent another 3 days in Philadelphia… with a bit of Delaware in between. Delaware was one of the 7 states Dan and I had not yet visited together, so now we’re down to 6 (North Dakota, Kansas, Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, Hawaii). We had just a bit of time […]
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