Beth and Todd find coffee nirvana in the middle of Ohio.
After eight months of cancer treatment, Beth find travel to be a bit stressful at first. But she's in Iowa! What could be better?
Since my last post here, a lot has happened. The short story is we sold the house, sold (or gave away) nearly everything we owned, and left Broomfield. Here’s the long story. First, let me...
I’ve been busy this week with copyediting deadlines. Next week I’ll post my review of Dixie Crossroads, my favorite restaurant in Titusville, Florida, but I’m rounding out this week...
Our trip to see the last night launch of the space shuttle (STS-130 Endeavour on February 8, 2010) included a lot of dining out and birding, which I’ll be writing about this week. I’ll...
I had a great time at the shuttle launch Monday night (the second attempt). At one point Todd and I practiced the foxtrot to keep warm, which was harder on Monday than on Sunday, since we were out by...
And we’re back…to Denver, that is. Last year I checked out Winterfest on Old South Pearl and saw this guy, among many other people and things. Saturday’s festivities include an open...
After a long, painful drive from Colorado Springs to Denver on Saturday, which involved a man in a Sierra trying to back into me (I took it personally, but Todd later said he was trying to make room...
Denver is the fifth manliest city in the USA? That’s great for all you guys, but what am I supposed to do with it? This hilarious article ranking Denver in Westword tells you all about what I...
I come to a time every year when I realize, “It’s summer.” Bluegrass dries out while the buffalograss is thriving. Penstemons bloom in sequence, blue and yellow and red and purple...
When I was a child, my mother once said to me, “I just want to get away.” I was horrified, and when she realized, she explained, “Of course, I don’t mean from you.” Now I know she wanted to go...
What really matters about festivals and day-long concerts is not so much the music as the spectacle. That’s why I like them, and that’s also why they wear me out. Westword’s Music Showcase on...
Cinco de Mayo in downtown Denver was the third festival I attended last Saturday, after International Migratory Bird Day in Boulder and the Colorado Chocolate Festival at the Merchandise Mart on 58th...
Local celebrity alert: I saw John Ferrugia, an award-winning reporter at News 7, walking down Lincoln. He was about the most impressive thing there. It is not the most beautiful of streets between...
I rate the look of the bayou above the look of an overgrazed plain in winter, but can anything match a field of grass blooming in the wind? Can anything match a reddening Midwestern oak, several...
SCDS is superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a rare condition of the inner ear. Its main symptoms are autophony (hearing your own voice in your head when you speak), dizziness, and balance problems...
SCDS is superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a condition of the inner ear. Typical symptoms are autophony (hearing your own voice in your head) , dizziness, and balance problems. After Todd spent...
When Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper stood on stage at Civic Center Park yesterday and said that it would have been John Lennon’s 68th birthday, it got to me. When Lennon was murdered by Mark...
Check out this post at Enrevanche. It will make you laugh for a sec before you remember how serious it all is.
It was the longest walk ever, up Carnage Canyon to our worksite. At least an hour of balancing on our heels, or sometimes not. As crew leader, all I could do was ask her after the fall, “Are...
Go on over to I Will Not Die and check out what he’s trying to do.