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Travel

Road Trip to Mesa Verde National Park and Canyons of the Ancients

A few years ago I was flipping through 5280 and I noticed a small picture of people climbing down ladders into a mysterious sand-colored ancient dwelling. From that moment onward, it was a dream of mine to go to Mesa Verde National Park in the southwest corner of Colorado in the Four Corners area. Because […]

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Travel

Austin City Guide: Perfect Weekend for Foodies and Art Lovers

Austin is a great cheap weekend getaway from Denver. It’s only a 2 hour and 15-minute flight from DIA and an ideal spot for travelers looking to make a warm(er) weather escape during the fall and winter (temperatures in Austin can be in the 80s, even in December). You’ll find beautiful outdoor public spaces, great […]

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Food Travel

Where to Eat in NYC: Chinatown and Lower East Side

UPDATED: 12/1/2019 A lot of people visit New York City and are completely overwhelmed with finding a great place to eat. After all, NYC is a special place in the culinary world and you don’t want to waste a meal by just going to an “ok” restaurant. So many readers and Instagram followers have asked […]

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Food Life

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival & Sampling Yuan Wonton

It’s official – the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is my new favorite free Denver summertime event. This weekend I got on my bike and pedaled over to Sloan’s Lake to see what this free festival had to offer. Although the main attraction are the dragon boat races that occur throughout the two day festival, it’s […]

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Food

Live Fire Cooking at Acreage at Stem Ciders – Heritage Fire

The brief for this July shoot was to capture the spirit of whole-animal, live-fire cooking in a beautiful Colorado setting in order to promote Cochon555’s Heritage Fire Acreage Farms event on my @newdenizen Instagram page. I was approached by the PR firm working with Heritage Fire to run a giveaway for the event. However, it […]