Last weekend, I hosted a watch party for the Hocus Pocus sequel. Back in September, my friend Elizabeth texted a few of us when we first heard a sequel was coming out, and I said I’d be happy to host a watch party. It had been so long since I’d hosted a party, and as it turns out, my friends really missed them! I had a number of people tell me how excited they were for me to organize events {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Misty Meadow Mountain and Vail Beer Festival
July 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Friday was my company’s annual promotion day, where all the promotions for the year are announced, and we celebrate. This year, we were still obviously not doing an in-person celebration, but our local office arranged for a magician to perform on Zoom (and he was phenomenal, – I wasn’t expecting much over Zoom, but it was awesome!), and the national organization arranged for Keith Urban to perform. I haven’t really listened to much Keith Urban in a while, but I got {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Hiking, Eating, and Drinking My Way Through the Mountains
June 26, 2021 by 2 Comments
My weekend kicked off a little bit early – my date and I headed to Minturn on Thursday night, stopping at Outer Range Brewing for fried chicken sandwiches on the way up, and then worked from there on Friday. I had a really light day of meetings, and it was nice to get a change of scenery while digging into some deep work! My original plan on Friday morning was to do an early morning run of Meadow Mountain before {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Double Dog Date Weekend
June 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My work day on Friday ended in an excellent way – with a wine tasting! I had a pretty frenetic work day up until then, but it was really nice to know that there was a hard stop to the day. This event had fifty people, and I did a class on the basics of wine tasting, then we tasted a variety of Coppola wines. I had actually visited the Coppola winery when I went to Sonoma years ago, and {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Accidental Long Hike
June 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Friday was a super hot day, so I worked from the basement all day. But in the evening, I had something fun planned – a happy hour on the deck at my friend Chris’ house! It ended up actually being still hot in the evening, and while I had initially thought maybe I’d go over and just have water, I ended up drinking almost an entire bottle of wine… oops! So much for my plan to not drink. But I {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Snake Training, Hiking, and an Unofficial Louisville Drinks Tour
May 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My Friday night kicked off with a happy hour at Sanitas Brewing in Boulder with another Beaver Creek ski instructor. Tacos, quesadillas, and lots of talk about both running and skiing. It makes me excited to live in a place where so many people share my interests :) I was able to get to bed early, which meant I easily woke up at 6am to take Sadie for a quick four mile run, before hustling to shower and get out {Read More}
Weekend Recap: 20 Mile Run and an Unmasking Experiment
May 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My Friday after work kicked off casually – making homemade pizza (using this awesome pizza dough recipe), enjoying it out on the deck, then grabbing Freddy’s Frozen Custard for dessert and savoring it while watching a bit of TV. I really like low-key Friday nights! It was a good thing my Friday wasn’t a big night out – because I woke up at 4am with a nightmare, and ended up not being able to get back to sleep. I stayed {Read More}
Weekend Recap / Race Report: Siete de Mayo and Colorado Women’s Classic
May 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Speaking of returning to “the new normal”… this weekend, I was thrilled to convene my friends for my first “party” in over a year. Normally, Cinco de Mayo is a great excuse for me to host dozens of friends to eat Mexican food and drink margaritas. This year, I scaled it back to a party of eight people instead of eighty, but still made all the same dishes. And it was a lot of fun! I was able to intersperse {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Starting to Return to Normal
May 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My first weekend without my mom! And also, the first weekend it really felt like things were starting to get back to normal post-pandemic. I kicked it off with a Friday night date to Old Town Louisville. We hadn’t made any reservations, which is normally no problem, but on this beautiful summer evening where so many people were vaccinated and mask orders were starting to lift… it was packed! It seemed everyone had the same idea to get out into {Read More}
Weekend Recap: Mom’s Last Weekend in Colorado
May 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My weekend kicked off in a fun but bittersweet way: a farewell dinner for my mom with my friends Chris, Mark, and their kids. We went to Tequila Y Mezchal, a new Mexican restaurant that just opened in Superior, and it was delicious. I got the shrimp quesadilla, which was absolutely fantastic… crispy but not oily. I don’t think I’ve ever had a quesadilla this good! Afterward, Mom and I went home and watched a rom com movie together, Set {Read More}
