Last Sunday morning, at the urging of co-workers and bosses, around 4:30 am we left Denver, CO (and like millions of other Americans) with a car packed with camping gear and some eclipse glasses and headed towards the path of totality for the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017! Our caravan of friends didn’t have […]
A few months ago the hubs and I took a long weekend in Arizona, doing a mini-road trip around the southern part of the state. (Flights from Denver to Phoenix are always SO CHEAP so they are perfect for a last-minute getaway!) One of the places we stopped at during our travels was the beautiful […]
UPDATE 12/31/2019: Sticky Fingers Cafe is now closed. 🙁 This weekend we headed out and revisited one of my favorite hikes from last year, the Missouri Lakes Trail in the Holy Cross Wilderness. This place is so gorgeous, I almost don’t want to tell you about it. If only all camping was as beautiful and […]
Had a very busy weekend away from Denver. I hit Yoga on the Rocks on Saturday morning and then we drove down to Buena Vista in the afternoon to go white-water rafting for the very first time. Our tour took us down the Arkansas River through Browns Canyon for about two hours and even though I was […]
The other day a friend asked to name a great steak or Italian restaurant in Denver that would be great for a special occasion dinner. I immediately replied, “Quality Italian — it has both steak AND Italian food!” and then went on to describe some of the most memorable dishes I’ve sampled there. This reminded me […]
Last Thursday was the stuff dreams were made of, the 4th annual Top Taco in Denver, located at the RiNo Festival Grounds. With over 50 participating restaurants and bars, there was so much food and drinks to be had. My brain was on stuff-your-face overload – my eyes and lizard brain told me to keep eating, overriding […]
UPDATED: 10/6/2017 For foodies who travel to NYC and find themselves hungry in Midtown Manhattan do not despair! Avoid the tourist traps and terrible food and head to one of these fantastic cheap eats from Times Square restaurants and food kiosks worthy of your decerning palate. As a native New Yorker I used to avoid Times […]
For the last year or so, whenever I meet someone for the first time there’s inevitably one question that gets asked: “So, why did you leave New York City?” Although there are many different things that went into my decision to move out of NYC, ultimately it boils down to one idea: I needed to […]
Believe it or not, I’m not always shoving my face full of deliciously decadent food. (Even if my Instagram feed leads you to believe otherwise.) Sometimes a girl’s gotta get her “healthy” on. The awesome thing is that in recent years eating healthy is no longer synonymous with eating food that tastes like sawdust. I’ve […]
I only need three words to describe Quality Italian‘s new brunch menu for you: PASTA. FOR. BREAKFAST. Thank you, Jesus. Last weekend marked the first time the Denver offshoot of Quality Italian started offering their brunch menu and as soon as I saw breakfast pastas on the menu, I nearly lost my mind. Lucky for me, instead […]