Remember how I said I was learning new things this summer, and they were working with horses and getting awesome at sand volleyball? Well, add dirt biking and rock climbing to the list. I’m embracing the Colorado lifestyle and turning all adventurer-crunchy …
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Spicy Summer Cocktails
No, I haven’t already this summer gone through an entire handle of tequila infused with jalapenos for making spicy ‘ritas—yet! I have been brining the heat to Aspen, so to speak (we’re experiencing a way-early summer anyway regardless of my cocktail-making), but I’m always looking for more spicy-delicious cocktails. Just in time for Memorial Day,…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! First Woody Creek Tavern experience was a most excellent one, culminating in the entire town of Aspen at Regal … Learning to dirt bike!…
Casablanca, a facebook screening
Yeah, you read that correctly: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution is screening the legendary film “Casablanca” – which critic Leonard Maltin calls “the best Hollywood movie of all time,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and winner of three Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (1944)—directly on facebook.com/CasablancaTheMovie on Wednesday, May 16 at 7p ET and 7p PT. Watching the…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Two Ute hikes (one at sunset!) in four days … one of my Aspen faves. View from the top: Biking with Nali every morning…
Share Your Heart … I love my mom
This Mother’s Day, I’m working with Clever Girls in support of Macy’s Heart of Haiti to shine a light on the “trade, not aid” program, which provides sustainable income to Haitian artisans struggling to rebuild their lives and support their families after the 2010 earthquake. Happy early Mother’s Day, Mom! Here’s a story we know…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! A surprise, lucrative contract working with one of my besties … plus hello gym membership again! ’80s pub crawl, just another excuse to wear…
Dine Out for Charity Month
May 2012 is the first ever National Dine-Out-for-Charity month. It’s super easy, and you get to painlessly donate money to a charity of your choice just by doing something you’re already doing! You register on GoodDining.com, which has a list of 10,000+ restaurants across the country that will donate 3.5% or 6% (depending on how often you…
Spring cleaning
I wish I was talking about power cleaning, but I still haven’t found a new gym home … Nope, instead, a DailyHap-inspired mental spring cleaning about my athletic identity. I mentioned in my last post that I’ve always been an athlete (which isn’t true, as I didn’t really become an athlete until late junior high…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! A perfect Sunday spent lounging by the pool and beheading (or is is de-tailing?) crawfish. [#bastian] The horses. Equine therapy is real. Sand volleyball.…