Colorado

You can’t do Chicago in a weekend, and other reasons I quit my cushy job and left my home, friends, and family to pursue a life of wanderlust, uncertainty, and making the world my office.

March 21, 2012

The summer of 2009 was a game-changer for me. It’s the year I grew a pair and decided to leave the most comfortable job, life, place I’d ever known and move halfway across the country. It’s the year I spent jet-setting like a crazy person (I once counted 15 airports, 13 trips, 7 Cities, in 8 [...]

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Maple + Spicy, The Hunger Games, Good Bourbon, and Pole-Dancing

March 2, 2012

Lately has been busy. Overwhelming. Beautiful. Kind of cold-sick-ish. Learning to drink coffee without sugar (AND LIKING IT). But busy. And, because I have some work to do but can’t bear the thought of back-burning an honest-to-blog post again, and because we all like Top 10 lists (right?), I give you, dear reader, the Top [...]

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Monday Notes: Giveaways, Food Writing, Travel and Balance

October 9, 2011

Shop Scrubs Gallery for cheap nursing apparel. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Seems like I’ve been just about everywhere but right here lately, so let me quickly point you in the direction of the places you can find me right [...]

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39 | Fan

October 9, 2011

This fan lives in a collection of old fans at the Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado. The hotel boasts many, many antiques that pay homage to its history as the first luxury hotel in Boulder, and one of Boulder’s very first businesses. Did you know that they way a lady held and used her fan [...]

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“To new friends and old friends, and new friends that feel like old friends”

October 8, 2011

Chris and I just spent three days between Denver and Boulder, and as I write this, we’re perched in a bar at DIA with snacks, drinks, and Twitter. Our friends back in Portland tweeted this photo at us from McMenamin’s Blue Moon Tavern & Grill: To which we replied, from the bar across from gate [...]

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