when you’re not dead and instead might be freezing your ass off on this fine December evening and you’re developing a serious case of cabin fever:
1) laundry
2) watch local weather and gnash your teeth because you’re supposed to pick up a hottie from the airport tomorrow and Denver International sits practically on the plains of [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Andi
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And how is everyone as we’re two days from the first major family melt-down of the holiday season? I have yet to talk to anyone who says: “YEAH! THANKSGIVING IS THE BOMB!” Most dig the food, but when I ask about family, most kinda mumble something and look furtive.
We’ll get to that in a moment. [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Andi
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We’re headed for the midst of encroaching holiday madness–though I must say, the vibe is a bit less hectic this year. Maybe lots of people are feeling stressed in the economy or maybe they’re feeling grateful for what they DO have and they’re cutting back quite a bit. Or maybe a bit of all of [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Andi
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I wonder if James Carville realized, when he took on President Clinton’s campaign in 1992, the staying power that phrase would have. Because I’ve been hearing it during this most recent election season, and that’s 16 years after Carville started using it as a slogan.
At any rate, we made it through November 4th here in [...]
Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Andi
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And howdy, amigas/os!
I just spent a week in New York City. Can I just say: WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! Here’s the way to do NYC. Know people. That way, you have a place to stay. Because NYC can get a little pricey, especially in terms of lodging. Which is why I consider myself ultra-lucky. I have a [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Andi
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I’m a culture geek.
By that, I mean that I really enjoy exploring new places and seeing how people in different parts of the world (heck, even right here in the U.S.) do things. With that in mind, a couple of friends of mine recently attended the Pride celebration in Johannesburg, South Africa. For obvious reasons–they’re [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2008 by Andi
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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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