I promise I will update my page after I unpack my bags. It’s been a crazy two weeks and there’s no rest for the weary! I’ve been going nonstop and I’m back to work today, setting up my classroom, reorganizing, and planning.
While in Cincinnati, I took tons of photos, indulged in wonderful cocktails, watched the Reds W and L, ate lots of yummy food, and partied hard with friends and family!
Hope you have enjoyed the last moments of summer! I know I have Thanks, Cincinnati!
I love a Friday night baseball game! Can you believe we are wearing sweaters and rain jackets in late July? I love Colorado!
Above: Joseph, Jon, and Jeff. Below: A pretzel for Kari (with Funacho from Cincinnati), me eating the wonderful pretzel and cheese, Seth’s big dog. It’s all about the food, baby!
I don’t know what’s on your list for a hot lazy summer afternoon, but I’m taking it easy while I can. I don’t own these pretty Penguin Classics, but I’d love to sit in the garden and tuck into Cranford (one of my favorite Brit classics!) or Little Women, which reminds me of my dear sister-like cousins! Did you watch Freaks and Geeks when it was on TV? I’m revisiting this classic with some of my new favorite actors – hello James Franco!
Joseph has decided to make his own limoncello with the extra lemons hanging around the house. I’m looking forward to an ice cold cocktail in our courtyard before the summer ends. I can close my eyes and pretend I’m sitting under a lemon tree in Italy!
Summer is a great time to slow down, skip e-emails, and write a personal letter. Who was the last person you got a letter from? Have you sent an old friend a little hello via snail mail? Now is the perfect time to pick up some cool stamps at the post office and remember the good old days of hand-written salutations.
I love the moment when Joseph comes home from work swinging two large bags of fresh fruit and veg through the door. This week in our house we have lemons and nectarines. Although the best way to eat fruit is right off the branch, I like to enjoy my summer fruit in various ways. Sometimes it is simple, like berries with cream. If we want really decadent complicated desserts, we’ll just hop over to Jaren’s house!
Tonight I’m making nectarine cupcakes! They turned out perfectly! The only catch is that I got the recipe from Living August Issue, and it isn’t posted on the web yet. Like Jaren, I too am obsessed with culinary websites like Oh Joy Eats, Mark Bittman, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, and our favorite, Smitten Kitchen! You can read some of SK’s nectarine recipes here! Happy baking!
I feel that summer has officially made itself known by scorching our cosmopolitan concrete jungle. With temperatures exceeding 100*, Denverites just want to kick back and enjoy the splendours of living close to the cool mountains. I’ve been too busy to enjoy the luxury of Aspen or Breck, so I’ve been playing it cool in the city.
Here we are outside the Rio – a Crew tradition! As Alexandra (far left) would say, “Any night we start at the Rio is a good night.”
And many margaritas later at Pat’s – a hot hot hot dance floor! Pictured: Alexandra and Natalie
I’m loving these images from LIFE of vintage* European beaches. I’m mad for surf and sand today consider our high temp of 101* – you scorch me, man! I dig the classy style of the Euro bathing beauties and the effortlessness of the hot sun and the lapping waves.
If you want to search outside the wanderlust in you, there are plenty of interesting photos galleries, including newly released pictures of The King of CoolSteve McQueen. If you ask me, that sounds like a good way to spend a Tuesday night.
*take some time to sift through the entire “vintage” collection, including Italy, Greece, England, Scandinavia, and Croatia.
Thanks, Kelly, for joining me in a girls night out at Coors Field! The rain was kept at bay while we indulged in gourmet dogs and local brews at It’s Brother’s in Lodo, and cheered on the Rockies in our J.Crew purple & grey ensembles. It turned out to be a beautiful cool night, with the threat of thunderstorms constantly moving around us. The Rockies didn’t look too good last night, but little did we know, they would turn it around and take the W for the game. Look for yourself! I told Kelly, it is rare I feel really patriotic about being American, but when it’s the 7th inning stretch and everyone around you is singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game, I can’t help but feel generations of my family before me singing the same song, enjoying the same traditions… even though when I sign that song I still think of the Reds, my hometown team that I’ll always cheer for!!!
Thanks, Courtnay, Rob, and Hannah for the tickets! I love a good baseball game! Next time, I hope we can all go together! Miss you and see you at dance this week!
If you are in a pinch and need some ideas for the grill this afternoon, look no further! NY Times is featuring The Minimalist’s 101 Fast Recipes for Grilling HERE! Happy grilling and eating!
I love Denver in the summertime. Even though it doesn’t have a beach, I still love all the things happening around town. Joseph and I live in the thick of it all, so we can take a stroll at any moment and find fun things to do (for free)!
The Biennial of the Americas is here in Denver the entire month of July. You can help Denver celebrate anything and everything art related (that means dance and music too) by visiting events throughout the city. You can click on the above link to check out scheduled events.
Joseph and I took these photos of the Biennial opening day location of the recently renovated McNichols building. I think everything in Denver should be covered in pink! It was amazing and oh-so summery!
Who doesn’t have a summer scarf? Okay, so probably everyone, since summertime is sweltering. But if you’re like me, and my mother, who instantly catch a chill when a soft breeze passes by, then a light-weight summer scarf, like mine from J.Crew, is perfect. Plus, mine is Rockies colors – perfect for a night game! Granted, it isn’t as cool as a keffiyeh, but it will do for me!
I’m digging this video on how to tie a scarf – this guy is great! Enjoy!
Photos from the US game (Saturday) and the England game (Sunday). Friends who stuck it out – Anne (from England, poor thing), and daughter Michelle, Emily, Alexandra, and Seth. Joseph would have been there if not for work. This Saturday I’ll be with friends again, this time Shannon, Alexandra, Seth, and Joseph (anyone else want to join?) for the Argentina vs Germany game!!!
What did you do this weekend? Did you watch the World Cup?
What team colors do you wear? What teams are you/were you cheering for now?
Thanks, Cincinnati!
