Last Friday, C and I had a much-needed date night. With him balancing playing with a new band and his ever-changing work schedule,the last couple of months have been a big transition for us, time-wise. We both felt like we kept missing each other, as I would come home from work at 5 only to catch him…
Happy Monday! I’m back from a wonderful, restful, and energizing weekend in New Mexico with my parents. They leave the US tomorrow, and since I work full-time, I didn’t really get to spend all that much time with them. When they invited me to join them for an impromptu road trip to Taos and Santa…
Sunscreen. Freshly-cut grass. Barbecues. Peach cobbler. Don’t those things just scream summer? We are in full ‘the-weather-is-beautiful-and-we-cannot-get-enough-of-it’ mode over here, and after seeing peaches on sale at the grocery store, I didn’t want to do anything else besides go home and make a peach cobbler to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon. I used a slightly…
I love farmer’s markets (honestly, who doesn’t? Free samples are pretty much my idea of heaven), but, embarrassingly, have never been to one in Fort Collins! Ridiculous, I know. I attribute it to the fact that in grad school I was almost always up late on Friday nights (usually writing a paper, no fun stuff),…
Hi friends! With the long weekend, this week pretty much flew by for me (no problem there). However, a shorter work week inevitably translates into squeezing more work into less time, so I’m pretty wiped out despite having Monday off. Tonight C and I are seeing Turandot (thanks for the tickets, mom!), and then our…
If Friday is my favorite day, then happy hour is BY FAR my favorite time of day! Last week Laura, Aisha and I decided to meet at Jax Fish House for after-work drinks, seafood, and some much-needed girl talk. Laura started with the Graprfruit Ginger Sling, which I think is my favorite drink on their HH…