hiking – TESS TAKES OVER THE WORLD!

[DISCLAIMER: The title of this post could potentially fool one into thinking that there is a pizza recipe somewhere in this post. And if one was thinking that, one would be wrong. I will say that pizza doesn’t really require a recipe – you just put sauce and ingredients on the dough and bake it. So if that’s what you were looking for, you are very, very welcome.]

This weekend has been an amazing, refreshing, restorative few days comprised of delicious food, amazing friends and beautiful weather. Not gonna lie, it was pretty satisfying to type that last sentence. ‘Cause it’s true!

We were graced this past week by the presence of Snuggles, one of our BFFs from college, and his buddy, Tall D. The two (very smart!) boys took a much-needed break from East Coast work and humidity (yuck!) to come bask in the Colorado sun for a few days, and we took good care of them – the not-so-secret part was, we LOVE having visitors and they took care of us just as much in that sense.

Continue reading “Zen and the Art of Pizza Making” →

The title of this blog post could suggest that this is my first time in Colorado. Conversely, this is my third time out here in the past three years alone, with five or six other trips dotting my childhood. (There were some VERY harrowing skiing experiences early on in high school that left me fairly sure where I stand on the “professional athlete scale”. The answer is mildly depressing).

But now that I’ve been in Denver for two weeks (which admittedly is different to the People’s Republic of Boulder, where I’ll be living as of next week, so bear with me, or don’t, but I’m allowed to change my mind!!!!), I’ve had a pretty good amount of time to start sussing out my surroundings. The following is a list of my very observant, witty, and often overly generalistic impressions of my new home state.

Continue reading “Colorado: Initial Impressions.” →