If you asked me my opinion on Copper Mountain at this time last week I would have said, “Eh it’s not that great.” If you asked me my opinion on Copper Mountain today I would say, “Holy cow it’s an awesome mountain, and I might switch passes next year!” What changed my mind? Well you … Continue reading »
Category Archives: trips
So you want to go to the XGames
My goal every single weekend is basically to not hurt myself. And that was especially my goal this weekend when I headed to Aspen for the XGames. The life of a weekend warrior can be rough, and in “not my finest moment ever” I sort of hurt myself last year during the XGames in Aspen when I … Continue reading »
Frisbee nation
When I tell people that I play ultimate frisbee, I really have no idea what they picture. I sometimes feel a little ridiculous when I have to say no to activities or leave early from places because of frisbee. I am fairly sure people think I blow them off to go lope around Wash Park … Continue reading »
Grounded
I was grounded this past weekend. You might be asking yourself from what was I grounded? I mean I’m almost 25. Was I sneaking out past my non-existent curfew? Not exactly. You see, I wasn’t grounded for doing anything wrong per se, rather I was grounded from doing too many activities. I’m perhaps a little … Continue reading »
DC chilling
“DC really only started becoming cool like five years ago,” my friend Liz explained as we ate red velvet cake at Founding Farmers restaurant in Washington DC this past Saturday. I have no what DC was like pre-2008, but I was definitely impressed with how much fun I had during my brief time in the … Continue reading »
Virginia rocks
Living in Colorado I am pretty spoiled with stunning natural beauty on a regular basis. It’s a hard state to beat. I mean my casual after work runs involve this view: Mount Falcon sunset trail run. Or what I like to call Thursday night. However, I am happy to report that Virginia now ranks highly … Continue reading »
Railroad revival
I think it’s going to take me all summer to recover from May 2012. I’m currently on my third consecutive weekend of travel, and I’m not done yet. This post is currently coming to you from a train leaving Washington, DC heading towards Charlottesville, Virginia. Yes, the train has Wi-Fi, and it’s totally the greatest … Continue reading »
I helped make these shoes
One of my all-time favorite graduate school memories has to be the time that my friends and I flew to New Orleans to go to the Railroad Revival Tour featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and Mumford and Sons. I mean it’s hard to choose my favorite graduate school memory … Continue reading »
Paula and the boys
Somehow I feel like I always end up hanging out with boys. Like this past week, when I spent two days at a condo in Breckenridge with six guys. Good thing I grew up with two older brothers. It all started when my friend Andy mentioned that his band, Digital Beat Down, was planning on … Continue reading »
Owning the Chicago Marathon
I’ll be completely honest – the idea of running a marathon has never appealed to me. I have run half-marathons before and thought at the end, “Wow, I would hate to do this twice.” Yet somehow, I found myself running the Chicago Marathon this past weekend. How did this happen? Peer pressure. All the cool … Continue reading »
