Siem Angkor Wat and Weep

I was headed to Vietnam for work so I decided to make two stops before to Cambodia and Laos. This post is about my visit to Siem Reap. These two stops were heavily influenced by my sister and brother-in-law who had just done a three-week South-East Asia trip about six months before my trip planning….

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Twenty-Something for Twenty-Somethings: To the Wind Is a Breeze

With so many great restaurants to choose from, cash-strapped Denver newcomers — challenged with rising rents and skinny paychecks — are finding it hard to have a fun night out without blowing the bank. Twenty- Something for Twenty-somethings will help you find hot destinations where you can enjoy cutting-edge cuisine in a stylish setting — all within…

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Westword: Twenty-Something for Twenty-Somethings: Low Country Cuisine at a Mile High

With so many great restaurants to choose from, cash-strapped Denver newcomers — challenged with rising rents and skinny paychecks — are finding it hard to have a fun night out without blowing the bank. Twenty- Something for Twenty-somethings will help you find hot destinations where you can enjoy cutting-edge cuisine in a stylish setting — all within…

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NY for a Good Food Time, Not a Long Time

I decided on my way home from Madrid that I hadn’t eaten enough good food so I needed to stop in New York for a quick 15ish hour layover. First stop was to get the newly trending huge soup dumpling from Drunken Dumpling. The real name for this large and in charge dumpling is the…

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Biking Fort Collins

It only took living in Denver for four years for me to branch out and visit Fort Collins.  The college town located a little over an hour from Denver reminded me of Michigan State Universities campus—not just because they also are green. We visited not for football but for the beer. We planned on actually…

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Fall into the Kitchen

The title of this post is meant to be punny, not literal; though those who know me would say I am clumsy. This post is about welcoming fall cooking to the kitchen, since we just welcomed the fall season last week, and with that I bring and you a fall breakfast and appetizer. This past…

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The Post About All the Lobsters

For Labor Day weekend I spent my time in New Hampshire and Maine. This trip was planned to visit family in New Hampshire but I quickly created a separate motive which was to consume at least a lobster a day. In New Hampshire the family enjoyed good ol’ fried stuff at Ray’s Seafood in Rye and and had an amazing…

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Challenge Two: Day Hike to Twin Lakes

We woke refreshed on day two after our night of wine, s’mores, and T Swift singing. I woke especially refreshed because of my new Klymit sleeping bag! This is my first sleeping bag I have ever purchased and I love the shape that gave me more space to move my legs and made me feel…

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Baby is Brewing

On Saturday Kara, Allegra, and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Melissa! I was in my element—I LOVE to host and plan. I get so excited to make all the list; shopping list, mapping out the day by day plan, and hour by hour plan for the morning of the party! I made…

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