Okay, two things about that phrase crack me up. One, that a song lyric/title entered the popular lexicon to the extent that while I was getting my hair cut and highlighted last week the salon owner nudged me in the chair and said: “Girl! You bringin’ sexy back or WHAT?” And two, that any one [...]

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Andi
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Okay, so I went running yesterday at this really awesome park here in Denver, where I’m hangin’ for a few days doing some family stuff. This park is about 165 acres and on a map, it’s long and narrow, kind of like New York City’s Central Park.
Washington Park (”Wash Park”) has two nice little lakes, [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Andi
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Maybe you’ve heard the term already. This whole concept of “staycations,” or “staying home” or “close to home” rather than going anywhere to “get away from it all.” I found “staycation” listed on “Urban Dictionary.” “A vacation that is spent at one’s home enjoying all that home and one’s home environs have to offer.”
Well, gol’ [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Andi
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I’m driving westbound from Palisade, Colorado toward Rifle. This is a part of the state that’s called the “Western Slope” because it’s located–strangely enough–on the western slope of the Rockies. Crazy, I know, naming things in such a way. It’s early September and the fruit and vegetable harvests are coming in from the surrounding farms. [...]

Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Andi
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