11:37 am, Apr 15, 2009
On Sunday night I did a little in vitro fertilization that involved teeny cilantro seeds and peat pellets. I pushed seed after seed into the feathery dirt, stretching the peat back over them like a blanket. I did this again with the tomato and onion seeds, and watched them anxiously, as if they might start growing immediately.
My boyfriend Patrick and I had just sketched a plan of our garden on...
10:09 am, Apr 14, 2009
I have an aversion to throwing out my old clothes. My mother is the same way, and when someone would comment on a shirt she was wearing, she'd say something like, "Oh, I've had this since college." I now hear myself saying, "Oh, I wore this in high school." Which, considering I just went to my 10-year reunion, is officially not okay.
The clothes under the most scrutiny these days are my workout...
9:48 am, Apr 13, 2009
Last week I embarked on the no-'poo lifestyle, trading my shampoo for baking soda.
This week I took the natural beauty routine to a new level and exchanged my goopy conditioner for a vinegar rinse. Putting my curls to my nose now, my hair doesn't smell like a loaf of bread or a tart acid rinse. In fact, my hair looks and feels the best it ever has.
I gradually worked up to the no-poo regiment....
12:39 pm, Apr 10, 2009
I am an unlikely fan of baseball. With zero sports background and a severe peanut allergy, I could see the ballpark as a confusing trap of people yelling rules I don't understand and shelling peanuts that are tiny death stars of salty doom.
But I don't feel that way at all. I love the sunburns, the push of the crowds, and the confusing mid-game antics like Rockies workers hauling arse across the...
2:31 pm, Apr 9, 2009
A few weeks ago, a friend and I were shivering in line outside the Mayan Theatre. The woman in the front of the line carried a big messenger bag, and as she dug for her wallet to pay, a beer dumped out and exploded on the concrete. We all dodged the spray of the can as she turned around, faced the line, and said boldly, "Well, it's a recession!" We couldn't argue with that. Nationally, movie...
1:07 pm, Apr 8, 2009
It's nearly time to plant my herb garden, and this year I decided to actually plan ahead. While Simon and Garfunkel sing beautifully about parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, I actually rarely use any of those herbs in my cooking. I am planning to do basil, mint, cilantro, and chives, which also happily fit the syllabic structure of the song, so I can go around humming the chorus in anticipation...
6:50 pm, Apr 7, 2009
Just days shy of the Colorado Rockies home opener this Friday, Cory Quakenbush and the Coors Field grounds crew decorate the stadium entrance with team colors.View a larger image.
1:49 pm, Apr 7, 2009
I was doing my typical searches for cheap beers, free events, and discounted food specials when I came across something a bit atypical--a free house. It turns out I could really use a house at this juncture in my life, seeing as my landlord has started setting up innocuous meetings with a realtor that lead me to believe my wee rental may be on the market. The free house, currently in Loveland,...
11:35 am, Apr 6, 2009
Last week the gauntlet was thrown: I launched this blog, and a reader wrote in, "Hey, have you heard of this 'No Poo' movement?" She linked to a story of a woman swearing that her hair was at its very best now that she did not use shampoo. I had heard of people doing this, but I invented a multitude of reasons not to join in. First, I have a white-girl 'fro. I can barely keep these curls tamed...
