Category Archives: Life
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 to [...]
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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 a [...]
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 picture of [...]
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 months, I’ve [...]
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 come see Colfax live. Sample the rich and [...]
Breaking tasks into manageable chunks
A good friend of mine told me over lunch today about how she recently re-discovered the importance of breaking huge, nagging tasks into bite size pieces. I completely agree with her, and found that whenever I don’t do just that, I end up procrastinating and not working on the problem at all. It’s interesting that [...]
Going vegetarian for a week