Diversions

A way for me to remember what I cooked/hiked/biked/read, way-back-when. If a recipe links to a URL, it was tasty enough to follow again.🤤
  
 
March 2022
Reading: Harlem Shuffle,  
Cooking: Crispy tofu steaks, Tahini cookies, Restorative Ginger Turmeric Soup (replaced noodles with chickpeas), 

 Hiking: North Table Mesa,

Drinking: The Blood of Jove by McKinney Family Vineyards, Diablo Margaritas

Watching: The French Dispatch

February 2022
“If you want to know how poor somebody was growing up, ask them how many windows they had”. – from Breasts and Eggs
 
Reading: Breasts and Eggs, Erosion: essays of undoing, Consider the lobster and other essays
 
Experiment: Intermittent fasting
 
Cooking: Trout, Pan Pizza, homemade brownies
 
Drinking: red wine
 
Physical activity: running
 
Hiking: Mathews Winters Park, Three Sisters, Roxborough, Red Rocks with the niblings
 
Learning: Hiragana & Japanese
 
Watching: The Defenders
 
January 2022

Reading:Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, The Echo Wife, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Running with Scissors, 

Pleasure: Xunantunich, snorkeling with nurse sharks (gatos)

Cooking: Red Pepper pasta sauce, salmon burgers with lemon & caper,  panang curry with tofu, Pad Thai (with tamarind paste), 
 
Experiment: limoncello,
 
Watching: Foundation, The Midnight Sky, Out Of My League, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts, 
 
December 2021

Reading: Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Cooking: Brown Sugar-Cranberry Tart, Okononmiyaki, Tteokbokki,

Hiking: Chavez and Beaver Brook Trail
 
Pleasure: A Very DeVotchKa Holiday, walks at night to see the lights, First Friday Art Walk
 
 

 

November 2021

Reading: Hector and the Search for Happiness, Stories of your life and others by Ted Chiang, 
 
 
Cooking: Whipped Ricotta with honey, pomegranate & roasted rosemary, Caramelized Four-onion dip, Herb roasted cauliflower, beurre blanc bass with salted potatoes,
 
 
Hiking: East Inlet Trail in RMNP, Bear Peak,
 
 
Listening to: KID A MNESIA, Better Man (Taylor’s Version)
 

 

Urban park with blue sky and trees with yellow and brown leaves

October 2021

 

Hiking: Elk Pond Trail at Staunton State Park, Crystal Lakes

Reading: How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, Devil’s Waltz, 

Listening to: Being Kind to Yourself (Hidden Brain), Am I Normal with Mona Chalabi

Activities: Jackson Lake Park project with VOC, landscaping project part #1: planted an Autumn Maple Blaze and a Lilac bush, Detroit Institute of Art,

Annoyances: dealing with sprinkler system

Looking up at Aspen and evergreen trees and a blue sky. The Aspen leaves are golden against a sunny blue sky.

September 2021

 
Intention: Don’t be afraid of change, be only afraid of standing still. – something I noted as a teenager. (Perhaps an interpretation of Confucius)
 
Reading: The Vanishing Half, The Mismatch
 
Watching:Beethoven’s Eroica + Joel Thomson’s World Premiere,
 
Listening to: First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes, camera roll by Kacey Musgraves, happier by Olivia Rodrigo,  
 
Hiking: Dinosaur ridge with niblings, Sniktau Mountain Trail (13er)
 

Cooking: Spring Rolls, spaghetti, gruyère and leek quiche,

Projects: Never rototilling again, prepping for fall, New Start

Activities: Sunnyside Music Fest, Brick workout #2, Sprint Thriathlon,

August 2021

Activity: Extreme dog sitting in Frisco, Cycling around Lake Dillon, Mason Town Trail #9077, Perseid Metor shower viewing at Jackson Lake State Park, Tubing & Camping on the Platte River, harvesting grapes, UMS, SUP at Soda Lakes, 
 
Reading: All the birds in the sky 
 
Watching: Ted Lasso 
 
 

July 2021

Cooking: Quinoa/blk bean/cilantro/mango salad, Posole with Shitake Mushrooms (adapted from Fernandez spice recipe)
 
Activity: SUP, cycling, Free to be Fierce Challenge, Family camping trip, brick workouts, The Samples concert
 
Projects: Making garden boxes,
 
 

June 2021

Hiking: Carpenter Peak @Roxborough State Park, Mayflower Trail

Reading: Gilead
 
Activity: Volunteering for We Don’t Waste, Visiting the MCA, ASL Class, weekend in Dillon,
 
 

May 2021

Cooking: Golden Milk Granola, 

Hiking: Cottonwood Draw Falls

Reading: The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Map and the Territory by Houellebecq , 

Activity: Trail building with VOC

April 2021

Hiking: White Ranch Park, NCAR sunset hike, Awa’awapuhu, Kukui, Kailau Ridge, Heritage Trail,

Cooking: Pan de yuca, deviled eggs, Roasted Cauliflower Chipotle tacos, Swiss Chard-Tahini,

Reading: How to Be an Antiracist, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, One Day in December,

Watching: The Trial of the Chicago 7, In Case Anything Happens I Love You, One Night in Miami…, Two Distant Strangers

Listening to: Under Pressure by Karen O & Willie Nelson, Guard Down by Claud

March 2021

Reading: Moloka’i, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu, The Thing with Feathers : The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,  

Watching: The 40-Year-Old Version, Hidden Figures

Cooking: Miso Brown Butter Oatmeal cookies, Mushroom asada tacos,

Pleasure: Parler Français,

February 2021

Cooking: 3-Bean Tortilla Soup, Lentil & Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie, Homemade corn tortillas, Kabocha Squash with pepian sauce, Arroz con leche, Roasted broccoli and garbanzo beans with spicy peanut sauce, Chocolate Cream Pie with Merengue, Mexican Hamburgers

Hiking: Bandalier National Monument, Sand Dunes, RMNP, Boulder Valley Ranch,

Reading: Educated, Shark Dialogues,

Watching: Mank, Atlantics, Ma Rainy’s Black Bottom, The One I Love, Nothing to Hide

January 2021

“The question in each and everything, ‘Do you want this again and innumerable times again?’ would lie on your actions as the heaviest weight! Or how well disposed would you have to become to yourself and to life to long for nothing more fervently than for this ultimate eternal confirmation and seal?” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Hiking: Long Lake Trail, Snowy Flatirons Hike, North Tabletop Mountain

Watching: Bridgerton, PBS NewsHour

Reading: Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are, Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning, Shape Up

Pleasure: Blossoms of Light, Santa Fe

Projects: Refinish chairs

Milestone: 600th class at Fierce45

 
 

December 2020

Reading: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, When Breath Becomes air, Notes From An Apocalypse,

Cooking: Crispy Sesame Baked Tofu, Quick Mole, Latkes, Empanadas mendocinas, Albondigas, 

Hiking: Eldorado Springs, Waterton Canyon
 
Pleasure: Tree trimming, Distinguished Artists Presents: Beethoven’s 250th Celebration, Park walks, Backyard Drinks
 
Watching: This Christmas, Home for the Holidays, Holidate, Mandalorian Season II,
 

November 2020

Physical Activity: F45 x 5, 20m bike ride on Bear Creek Greenbelt x 2, hiking in Divide

Reading: All About Love by Bell Hooks, Stray, Autumn by Knausgaard,

Cooking: Butternut Squash Al Pastor Tacos, Rhubarb Crisp, Apple Pie, Chipotle Deviled Eggs,

Pleasure: Learning to ride a horse bareback, in-person connections, learning to refinish furniture

October 2020

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

Reading: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, I Don’t Want to Die Poor,

Pleasure: Volunteering with VOC, Picnic dates, hikes,

Physical Activity: F45 x 5 days a week, cycling in Garden of the Gods, Hiking in Pike,

Cooking: Pan de muerto, Cherry Crisp, Apple Crumble, Apple Coffee Cake, Pumpkin pasta, Spicy Szechuan Green Beans, Stuffed Portabello mushrooms,

Watching: My Octopus Teacher, The Social Dilemma, Umbrella Academy

 

September 2020

“People who are around us are modeling the potential for our lives. If we are surrounded by uninspiring people we will live uninspiring lives.”

Pleasure: Vacation in the Tetons, Aspen peeping, Canada Jay friends,

Reading: Gods of Jade and Shadow

 

August 2020

Physical Activity: Fierce45 WWP, Running in Wash Park, 40m Bike ride in Dillon

Watching: Cooper’s Hawks, Umbrella Academy

Pleasure: Stargazing, connecting with old friends, evolving

Reading: White Fragility, Becoming, Peace is Every Step

Cooking: Nothing – fasting is a great way to shed pounds

Activity: Purging of material possessions, Virtual Speed Dating,

July 2020

Reading: Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?,

Physical Activity: F45, hiking, SUP at Boulder Reservoir, 32 mile bike ride in Dillon

Watching: 13th, Patriot Act

Cooking: Overnight Oats, Spring Rolls

June 2020

Reading: The Circle
 
Physical Activity: F45, hiking,
 
Pleasure: camping
 

May 2020

Watching: Fast Color, The Last Dance

Cooking: Homemade Tomato Sauce, Swiss Chard Dip, Birthday Dinner: Carrot Ginger Soup, Snap Pea and Radish Salad

Physical Activity: short runs, long walks, 7 minute workouts, Down Dog,

Pleasure: hiking with friends, family time, brunch, socially distant happy hours

April 2020

Reading: War and Peace, God is Not Great, This is Your Brain on Music, Dare to Lead,

Watching: Je ne suis pas un homme facile, Film socialisme

Learning: Camp Calm,

Cooking: Sweet Potato with Peanut Stew, Kung Pao Edamame, Tofu & Mushroom Enchiladas, Pumpkin bread with chocolate chips, Cauliflower Mac and Cheese (ricotta and quesadilla), Savory Oat bread (needs herbs for flavor),

Physical Activity: short runs, 7 minute workouts, Down Dog, Yin Yoga

Pleasure: staying in touch with Marco Polo, family, long walks

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March 2020

Reading: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, God is Not Great, NYer, This is Your Brain on Music, Chernobyl 01:23:40

Watching: Gentefied, The Fundamentals of Caring, Plan Hookup (Season Two), Modern Love (Amazon series), Captain Marvel, Into the Grand Canyon, Diary of a Future President, Love is Blind (2 episodes)

Projects: Painting, Hanging art, decluttering

Cooking: Pad Thai (do no use forbidden rice next time)

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January 2020

Reading: The Dutch House, Ecstatic Cahoots, Grief is a Thing With Feathers, How Not To Die Alone

Watching: Loving Vincent, Mandalorian, Miss Americana,

Pleasure: Steamboat with ES, Cruise with BG
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December 2019

Reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Dare to Lead, Zero K by Don DeLillo, Furiously Happy, There, There

Watching: Mandalorian, Marriage Story, A Serious Man, Amy, HBO’s The Watchmen

Pleasure: Making Cider & Mulled Cider, La Posada with Noema, DeVotchka NYE show,

Projects: Painting walls, Negative Calorie Diet Cleanse

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November 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Gmorning, Gnight!

Drinking: Awake (Tea)

Learning: Rocky Mountain Product Camp, Women Impact Tech

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week),

Pleasure: Field trip with the kids, making paper flowers, Black Star Gang at the Mission,

Watching: British Interior Design show on Netflix, Peeky Blinders, Hustlers, Parasite,

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October 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,

Drinking: Earl Grey

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Halloween costume

Watching: My Blue Valentine

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September 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,

Drinking: Earl Grey

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Friendship Powwow, SMF 2019, Denver E.A.T.S.S, Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival, spontaneous 10m hike, Buffalo Roundup in South Dakota

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August 2019

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), hiking

Pleasure: Jazz in the Park, Sunset Cinema, Jose Gonzales, Utah CamperVan adventures with Janet

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July 2019

Physical Activity: July 4 hike with friends, Fierce45 (5 days a week), Bilingual Yoga at the Botanic Gardens, volunteering for Slow Food Nations,

Pleasure: SMF House Concert, Beck for Steven’s birthday, UMS,

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June 2019

Reading: My Struggle, Book One

Drinking: Ninga

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Sunnyside Music Fest Backyard Concert featuring Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angels, Cheyenne, WY

Watching: Master of None Season Two (second viewing), The Lives of Others

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May 2019

Reading: The Anna Karenina Fix, The Art of Racing in the Rain

Physical Activity: MaySlay @Fierce45 (4 days a week)

Travel: Salida

Watching: How to Get Over a Breakup, Plan Hookup

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April 2019

Reading: Station Eleven, Norwegian Wood,

Physical Activity: Fierce45,

Drinking: Early Grey,

Travel: Arizona

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March 2019

Reading: The New Yorker

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing

Drinking: Early Grey, British Breakfast,

Cooking: Bean and potato enchiladas

Pleasure: Camping in RMNP, Dior with mom, visitors from Germany

Watching: Sense8

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January 2019

Reading: We Were Eight Years in Power

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking

Drinking: Early Grey, British Breakfast,

Cooking: Zoodles with cashew cream sauce,

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Watching: Mustang, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,

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December 2018

Reading: The Bell Jar, Debussy’s Paris

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking, Skiing,

Drinking: Sherpa Chai Tea, Early Grey, British Breakfast, Wine

Cooking/Baking: Gluten-free Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies, hummus,

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Watching: Roma

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November 2018

Reading: Stoner, Dud Avocado,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Diet: Pescatarian

Watching: 

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October 2018

Reading: The New Yorker, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running,

Drinking: Guatemala Atitlán el Grano, Hot Toddys

Pleasure: Janet’s visit

Diet: Pescatarian

Watching: Daredevil (season 3), Chef’s Kitchen (season 3)

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August 2018

Reading: Modern Romance, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running,

Drinking: 

Watching: Master of None(second viewing)

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July 2018

Reading: 100 Years of Solitude, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45

Drinking: Phantom Limb Blend

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June 2018

Reading: The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Running

Pleasure: Visiting family in Texas

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April 2018

Reading: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Journey, The Evolution of Beauty, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running, Hiking

Pleasure: Europe

Drinking: London Berry

Watching: Jessica Jones

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March 2018

Reading: Norse Mythology, The Evolution of Beauty, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, The New Yorker, Originals

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing, Hiking

Pleasure: Carbondale, Crested Butte,

Drinking: Chai Tea, British Breakfast,

Watching: Black Panther, Dior and I

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February 2018

Reading: Kitchen Confidential, A Book About Love, The New Yorker, You Are a Badass,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing, Hiking

Pleasure: Travel Planning

Drinking: Pearla Negra

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 January 2018

Reading: Certain Dark Things, Paris for One and Other Stories, The New Yorker, Lust and Wonder by Augusten Burroughs

Physical Activity: Hiking, Fierce45,

Pleasure: Yurt Travels in Never Summer Wilderness, Steamboat Springs, Family

Watching: The Shape of Water, A Ghost Story, Carol, La Fille Inconnue,

Drinking: Las Brisas

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December 2017

Reading: The New Yorker, Sapiens, Silver Screen Fiend, The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,

Physical Activity: Fierce45,

Pleasure: Decluttering, Painting, Planning

Drinking: Winter Holiday Blend

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October 2017

Reading: Wake Up to the Joy of You, The Gifts of Imperfection,

Physical Activity: Hiking the Needles

Personal Travel: Solo Road Trip through Utah

Drinking: Blue Orchid Blend

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August 2017

Reading: Men without Women by Hemingway, Life in Code by Ellen Ullman

Physical Activity: Cupping/acupuncture to fix Bicep tendinitis

Personal Travel: Nashville

Guitar: Cranberries’ Zombie, Linger

Drinking: Novo’s Tano Batak, Belekatu

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 July 2017

Reading: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Physical Activity: Fierce45 Challenge: 24 of 21 classes in 31 days

Pleasure: Learning to play guitar

Drinking: Novo’s Four Lefty’s

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 June 2017

Reading: Vanity Fair, Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hammock Yoga

Pleasure: Gardening, SMF Merchandise, new friends

Personal Travel: Las Vegas

Drinking: Novo’s Bambito Estate, Blue Orchid

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May 2017

Reading: Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser

Physical Activity: Running, Yoga

Eating: RX Bars

Drinking: Kayon Natural, Las Lajas

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April 2017

Business Trips: LV

Reading: Run faster from the 5k to the marathon : how to be your own best coach

Physical Activity: Running, Yoga, Barre,

Nourishment: 21-Day EmFit Challenge

Drinking: Barundi Gitwe Washed

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March 2017

Business Trips: NYC

Reading: Better Than Before, The wonder Trail: true stores from Los Angeles to the end of the world,

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre, Bounce

Nourishment: Negative Calorie Diet Cleanse

Drinking: Los Alisos, Irving Farm

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February 2017

Business Trips: Yosemite National Park, San Francisco

Personal Travel: NYC

Drinking: Gin cocktails, beer, wine

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January 2017

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre

Personal Trips: Glenwood Springs

Business Trips: Las Vegas

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December 2016

Reading: White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre

Drinking: Holiday Blend v.15 (Novo)

Watching: Doctor Who Series 9

Personal Trips: Houston, TX

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November 2016

Reading: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, What to Do When You Become The Boss(Bob Selden), Lean UX:Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experiences

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Yoga, Walking

Drinking: Karatina (Huckleberry Roasters)

Business Trips: Northbrook,IL

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October 2016

Reading: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Watching: Luke Cage, The Good Place

Physical Activity: Barre, Orange Theory, Yoga

Drinking: Gersi Kebele (Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters)

Business Trips: Northbrook,IL

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September 2016

Reading: Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug 

Drinking:Kunga Maitu (Intelligentsia Coffee), Phantom Limb Blend (Huckleberry Roasters)

Doing: Sunnyside Music Festival, Colorado Startup Brews, Final Project for Product Management Class

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August 2016

Reading: Fight Club 2, Voices in the Night by Steven Millhauser

Watching: Don’t Think Twice, Mindy Kaling Show, Roadies

Drinking: Resguardo (Huckleberry Roasters), Malice (Stem Ciders), Princess Yum Yum (Denver Beer Company)

Personal Travel: Chicago (Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field)

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June 2016

Reading: The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, Black Panther,

Watching: Dope, Silicon Valley

Drinking: White wine, Moscow mules, Double IPAs, Gluten Free Beer

Business Trips: Atlanta

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May 2016

Reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (Stopped at chapter 3, About the Crimes, before the book was due back at the library)

Drinking: Subpar white wine

Watching: Inside Job, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley

Learning: How to get a good night’s sleep

Personal Travel: Japan!
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April 2016

Reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Drinking: Peanut Butter/Banana Smoothie

Watching: Girls Season 4

Learning: Japanese adjectives

Business Trips: None

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March 2016

Reading: Between the World and Me(Ta-Nahisi Coates)

Drinking: Kale/Berry Smoothie(Costco)

Watching: Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off The Wall

Learning: Japanese(Katakana)

Business Trips: Montreal,QC

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February 2016

Reading: The Dark Night Returns(Frank Miller)

Watching: The Flash, Brooklyn 99, X-Files,

Podcasts: A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment, High Five- Down Lo,

Learning: Japanese(Hiragana)

Business Trips: Sacramento

December 2020
 

Reading: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, When Breath Becomes air, Notes From An Apocalypse, 

Cooking: Crispy Sesame Baked Tofu, Quick Mole, Latkes, Empanadas mendocinas, Albondigas, 

Hiking: Eldorado Springs, Waterton Canyon
 
Pleasure: Tree trimming, Distinguished Artists Presents: Beethoven’s 250th Celebration, Park walks, Backyard Drinks
 
Watching: This Christmas, Home for the Holidays, Holidate, Mandalorian Season II,
 

November 2020

Physical Activity: F45 x 5, 20m bike ride on Bear Creek Greenbelt x 2, hiking in Divide

Reading: All About Love by Bell Hooks, Stray, Autumn by Knausgaard, 

Cooking: Butternut Squash Al Pastor Tacos, Rhubarb Crisp, Apple Pie, Chipotle Deviled Eggs, 

Pleasure: Learning to ride a horse bareback, in-person connections, learning to refinish furniture

October 2020

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

Reading: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, I Don’t Want to Die Poor,

Pleasure: Volunteering with VOC, Picnic dates, hikes,

Physical Activity: F45 x 5 days a week, cycling in Garden of the Gods, Hiking in Pike,

Cooking: Pan de muerto, Cherry Crisp, Apple Crumble, Apple Coffee Cake, Pumpkin pasta, Spicy Szechuan Green Beans, Stuffed Portabello mushrooms,

Watching: My Octopus Teacher, The Social Dilemma, Umbrella Academy

 

September 2020

“People who are around us are modeling the potential for our lives. If we are surrounded by uninspiring people we will live uninspiring lives.”

Pleasure: Vacation in the Tetons, Aspen peeping, Canada Jay friends,

Reading: Gods of Jade and Shadow

 

August 2020

Physical Activity: Fierce45 WWP, Running in Wash Park, 40m Bike ride in Dillon

Watching: Cooper’s Hawks, Umbrella Academy

Pleasure: Stargazing, connecting with old friends, evolving

Reading: White Fragility, Becoming, Peace is Every Step

Cooking: Nothing – fasting is a great way to shed pounds

Activity: Purging of material possessions, Virtual Speed Dating,

July 2020

Reading: Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?,

Physical Activity: F45, hiking, SUP at Boulder Reservoir, 32 mile bike ride in Dillon

Watching: 13th, Patriot Act

Cooking: Overnight Oats, Spring Rolls

June 2020

Reading: The Circle
 
Physical Activity: F45, hiking,
 
Pleasure: camping
 

May 2020

Watching: Fast Color, The Last Dance

Cooking: Homemade Tomato Sauce, Swiss Chard Dip, Birthday Dinner: Carrot Ginger Soup, Snap Pea and Radish Salad

Physical Activity: short runs, long walks, 7 minute workouts, Down Dog,

Pleasure: hiking with friends, family time, brunch, socially distant happy hours

April 2020

Reading: War and Peace, God is Not Great, This is Your Brain on Music, Dare to Lead,

Watching: Je ne suis pas un homme facile, Film socialisme

Learning: Camp Calm,

Cooking: Sweet Potato with Peanut Stew, Kung Pao Edamame, Tofu & Mushroom Enchiladas, Pumpkin bread with chocolate chips, Cauliflower Mac and Cheese (ricotta and quesadilla), Savory Oat bread (needs herbs for flavor),

Physical Activity: short runs, 7 minute workouts, Down Dog, Yin Yoga

Pleasure: staying in touch with Marco Polo, family, long walks

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March 2020

Reading: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, God is Not Great, NYer, This is Your Brain on Music, Chernobyl 01:23:40

Watching: Gentefied, The Fundamentals of Caring, Plan Hookup (Season Two), Modern Love (Amazon series), Captain Marvel, Into the Grand Canyon, Diary of a Future President, Love is Blind (2 episodes)

Projects: Painting, Hanging art, decluttering

Cooking: Pad Thai (do no use forbidden rice next time)

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January 2020

Reading: The Dutch House, Ecstatic Cahoots, Grief is a Thing With Feathers, How Not To Die Alone

Watching: Loving Vincent, Mandalorian, Miss Americana,

Pleasure: Steamboat with ES, Cruise with BG
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December 2019

Reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Dare to Lead, Zero K by Don DeLillo, Furiously Happy, There, There

Watching: Mandalorian, Marriage Story, A Serious Man, Amy, HBO’s The Watchmen

Pleasure: Making Cider & Mulled Cider, La Posada with Noema, DeVotchka NYE show,

Projects: Painting walls, Negative Calorie Diet Cleanse

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November 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Gmorning, Gnight!

Drinking: Awake (Tea)

Learning: Rocky Mountain Product Camp, Women Impact Tech

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week),

Pleasure: Field trip with the kids, making paper flowers, Black Star Gang at the Mission,

Watching: British Interior Design show on Netflix, Peeky Blinders, Hustlers, Parasite,

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October 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,

Drinking: Earl Grey

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Halloween costume

Watching: My Blue Valentine

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September 2019

Reading: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,

Drinking: Earl Grey

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Friendship Powwow, SMF 2019, Denver E.A.T.S.S, Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival, spontaneous 10m hike, Buffalo Roundup in South Dakota

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August 2019

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), hiking

Pleasure: Jazz in the Park, Sunset Cinema, Jose Gonzales, Utah CamperVan adventures with Janet

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July 2019

Physical Activity: July 4 hike with friends, Fierce45 (5 days a week), Bilingual Yoga at the Botanic Gardens, volunteering for Slow Food Nations,

Pleasure: SMF House Concert, Beck for Steven’s birthday, UMS,

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June 2019

Reading: My Struggle, Book One

Drinking: Ninga

Physical Activity: Fierce45 (5 days a week), Running 2 miles a week

Pleasure: Sunnyside Music Fest Backyard Concert featuring Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angels, Cheyenne, WY

Watching: Master of None Season Two (second viewing), The Lives of Others

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May 2019

Reading: The Anna Karenina Fix, The Art of Racing in the Rain

Physical Activity: MaySlay @Fierce45 (4 days a week)

Travel: Salida

Watching: How to Get Over a Breakup, Plan Hookup

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April 2019

Reading: Station Eleven, Norwegian Wood,

Physical Activity: Fierce45,

Drinking: Early Grey,

Travel: Arizona

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March 2019

Reading: The New Yorker

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing

Drinking: Early Grey, British Breakfast,

Cooking: Bean and potato enchiladas

Pleasure: Camping in RMNP, Dior with mom, visitors from Germany

Watching: Sense8

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January 2019

Reading: We Were Eight Years in Power

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking

Drinking: Early Grey, British Breakfast,

Cooking: Zoodles with cashew cream sauce,

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Watching: Mustang, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,

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December 2018

Reading: The Bell Jar, Debussy’s Paris

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking, Skiing,

Drinking: Sherpa Chai Tea, Early Grey, British Breakfast, Wine

Cooking/Baking: Gluten-free Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies, hummus,

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Watching: Roma

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November 2018

Reading: Stoner, Dud Avocado,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hiking

Pleasure: Cousin’s visit

Diet: Pescatarian

Watching: 

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October 2018

Reading: The New Yorker, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running,

Drinking: Guatemala Atitlán el Grano, Hot Toddys

Pleasure: Janet’s visit

Diet: Pescatarian

Watching: Daredevil (season 3), Chef’s Kitchen (season 3)

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August 2018

Reading: Modern Romance, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running,

Drinking: 

Watching: Master of None(second viewing)

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July 2018

Reading: 100 Years of Solitude, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45

Drinking: Phantom Limb Blend

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June 2018

Reading: The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Running

Pleasure: Visiting family in Texas

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April 2018

Reading: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Journey, The Evolution of Beauty, The New Yorker,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Running, Hiking

Pleasure: Europe

Drinking: London Berry

Watching: Jessica Jones

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March 2018

Reading: Norse Mythology, The Evolution of Beauty, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, The New Yorker, Originals

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing, Hiking

Pleasure: Carbondale, Crested Butte,

Drinking: Chai Tea, British Breakfast,

Watching: Black Panther, Dior and I

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February 2018

Reading: Kitchen Confidential, A Book About Love, The New Yorker, You Are a Badass,

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Skiing, Hiking

Pleasure: Travel Planning

Drinking: Pearla Negra

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 January 2018

Reading: Certain Dark Things, Paris for One and Other Stories, The New Yorker, Lust and Wonder by Augusten Burroughs

Physical Activity: Hiking, Fierce45,

Pleasure: Yurt Travels in Never Summer Wilderness, Steamboat Springs, Family

Watching: The Shape of Water, A Ghost Story, Carol, La Fille Inconnue,

Drinking: Las Brisas

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December 2017

Reading: The New Yorker, Sapiens, Silver Screen Fiend, The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,

Physical Activity: Fierce45,

Pleasure: Decluttering, Painting, Planning

Drinking: Winter Holiday Blend

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October 2017

Reading: Wake Up to the Joy of You, The Gifts of Imperfection,

Physical Activity: Hiking the Needles

Personal Travel: Solo Road Trip through Utah

Drinking: Blue Orchid Blend

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August 2017

Reading: Men without Women by Hemingway, Life in Code by Ellen Ullman

Physical Activity: Cupping/acupuncture to fix Bicep tendinitis

Personal Travel: Nashville

Guitar: Cranberries’ Zombie, Linger

Drinking: Novo’s Tano Batak, Belekatu

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 July 2017

Reading: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Physical Activity: Fierce45 Challenge: 24 of 21 classes in 31 days

Pleasure: Learning to play guitar

Drinking: Novo’s Four Lefty’s

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 June 2017

Reading: Vanity Fair, Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times

Physical Activity: Fierce45, Hammock Yoga

Pleasure: Gardening, SMF Merchandise, new friends

Personal Travel: Las Vegas

Drinking: Novo’s Bambito Estate, Blue Orchid

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May 2017

Reading: Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser

Physical Activity: Running, Yoga

Eating: RX Bars

Drinking: Kayon Natural, Las Lajas

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April 2017

Business Trips: LV

Reading: Run faster from the 5k to the marathon : how to be your own best coach

Physical Activity: Running, Yoga, Barre,

Nourishment: 21-Day EmFit Challenge

Drinking: Barundi Gitwe Washed

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March 2017

Business Trips: NYC

Reading: Better Than Before, The wonder Trail: true stores from Los Angeles to the end of the world,

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre, Bounce

Nourishment: Negative Calorie Diet Cleanse

Drinking: Los Alisos, Irving Farm

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February 2017

Business Trips: Yosemite National Park, San Francisco

Personal Travel: NYC

Drinking: Gin cocktails, beer, wine

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January 2017

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre

Personal Trips: Glenwood Springs

Business Trips: Las Vegas

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December 2016

Reading: White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Barre

Drinking: Holiday Blend v.15 (Novo)

Watching: Doctor Who Series 9

Personal Trips: Houston, TX

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November 2016

Reading: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, What to Do When You Become The Boss(Bob Selden), Lean UX:Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experiences

Physical Activity: Orange Theory, Yoga, Walking

Drinking: Karatina (Huckleberry Roasters)

Business Trips: Northbrook,IL

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October 2016

Reading: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Watching: Luke Cage, The Good Place

Physical Activity: Barre, Orange Theory, Yoga

Drinking: Gersi Kebele (Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters)

Business Trips: Northbrook,IL

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September 2016

Reading: Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug 

Drinking:Kunga Maitu (Intelligentsia Coffee), Phantom Limb Blend (Huckleberry Roasters)

Doing: Sunnyside Music Festival, Colorado Startup Brews, Final Project for Product Management Class

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August 2016

Reading: Fight Club 2, Voices in the Night by Steven Millhauser

Watching: Don’t Think Twice, Mindy Kaling Show, Roadies

Drinking: Resguardo (Huckleberry Roasters), Malice (Stem Ciders), Princess Yum Yum (Denver Beer Company)

Personal Travel: Chicago (Pearl Jam @ Wrigley Field)

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June 2016

Reading: The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, Black Panther,

Watching: Dope, Silicon Valley

Drinking: White wine, Moscow mules, Double IPAs, Gluten Free Beer

Business Trips: Atlanta

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May 2016

Reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (Stopped at chapter 3, About the Crimes, before the book was due back at the library)

Drinking: Subpar white wine

Watching: Inside Job, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley

Learning: How to get a good night’s sleep

Personal Travel: Japan!
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April 2016

Reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Drinking: Peanut Butter/Banana Smoothie

Watching: Girls Season 4

Learning: Japanese adjectives

Business Trips: None

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March 2016

Reading: Between the World and Me(Ta-Nahisi Coates)

Drinking: Kale/Berry Smoothie(Costco)

Watching: Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off The Wall

Learning: Japanese(Katakana)

Business Trips: Montreal,QC

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February 2016

Reading: The Dark Night Returns(Frank Miller)

Watching: The Flash, Brooklyn 99, X-Files,

Podcasts: A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment, High Five- Down Lo,

Learning: Japanese(Hiragana)

Business Trips: Sacramento