Category Archives: Life
Going vegetarian for a week
After much thought and encouragement from friends and family, I am officially a vegetarian for a week. Starting yesterday. There are many reasons why someone would want to be a vegetarian, and I don’t necessarily want to have that discussion here, but I’ve been thinking about it long enough that it’s time to actually try [...]
Why I stopped volunteering at my Neighborhood Association
For the last year, I’ve been an active volunteer at the South City Park Neighborhood Association (SCPNA). As the “Secretary” of SCPNA, I was in a supporting role, helping the president and other officers conduct the neighborhood business. For example, while the president was on vacation in Europe, I stepped in to publish the quarterly [...]
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Simply Honey
A few weeks ago I had to pleasure of being able to visit Simply Honey, a Colorado bee keeper in Alamosa, and given a personal tour of the honey making operation. Simply Honey’s owner and sole employee is Brent Edelen, a third generation bee keeper. He has between 500 and 600 colonies that he moves [...]
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Lovely Confections
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were in a bit of a cake emergency (a decoration disaster!) and were heroically rescued by a local bakery/cupcake shop called Lovely Confections. Porche Lovely, the owner of Lovely Confections stepped up to the challenge and was able to spontaneously re-decorate a cake from another bakery in about [...]
Sandy Skoglund at DAM
My wife and I went to the Denver Art Museum for the first time in a while. We went up to the contemporary art floors and wandered around for a hour or so. Of the many interesting works on display, one caught our imagination. It was the “Fox Games” by Sandy Skoglund. Below is a [...]
Visit to Kauai
I was in Kauai all last week. So beautiful.
The Art of Feeroozeh Golmohammadi
I saw this, and really liked Feeroozeh Golmohammadi’s interpretations of the Persian miniature paintings. Here is a sampling:
Waking up early
When I lived in Boulder, I used to wake up really early, pre dawn, to start studying for school. Then, after the sun would come out, I would go for a run around Wonderland Lake. There is something about waking up very early that makes me feel alive and completely happy. In the last few [...]
Tasty Colfax – 07/28/09
Giving my props to a local business restraurant crawl: Tasty Colfax Eats on the Beat! Tuesday, July 28th 5:30 to 9:00PM Tickets are on sale now at www.MyColfax.org or at: Hooked on Colfax: 3215 East Colfax Ave. (Adams and Colfax) Tattered Cover Coffee & Tea: 2526 East Colfax Ave. (Lowenstein CulturePlex) Put down the remote and [...]
Dreaming of the land