Tall Tara

My birthday weekend retreat is over…as is my six-week Paleo challenge. Thanks to a thoughtful friend, I didn’t need no stinkin’ cake in order to celebrate my birthday Paleo-style. Just some pomegrante seeds and a candle.
Over the last three days, my birthday celebration has been rejuvenating.  Amazing how spending time with friends old and new, [...]

I’m a baker. Mixing ingredients and turning them into an edible treat…it’s something I’ve always loved doing. And I don’t discriminate. I’ll make cookies, cupcakes or sweet bars of any kind. Just as long as a warm oven is involved.

However, during the past two weeks of my Paleo challenge, I’ve had to deny that part [...]

I agree with Gwen that the way we listen to, discover and acquire music is monumentally different these days.
The fact that my father-in-law knows what Pandora is and streams it on his boat amazes me.
And 2009 is the year that I realized that Gen Y really is good for something: music recommendations. (I kid. Sort [...]

There’s something about heading out on a backpacking trip that is synonymous with peace for me. Maybe it’s because I know I won’t have any chance to log in or maybe it’s because I know that all I have to worry about is when to pump water and how many fish to fry up…

We went [...]

My reading interests are varied, to say the least.
Here are my runners-up for best nonfiction book (that I read) this year…

All really amazing, each in their own way. But there was one book that gave me loads more to think about…a book with plenty to digest…full of potty humor and a topic that no one [...]

I’m married to a foodie. There are many restaurant moments that come right out of my kitchen.
Also? I live in a town recently profiled in the WSJ and called “the best small city for great meals”.
So when I say it’s hard to pick the best restaurant experience of the year, I really mean it. I’m [...]

Oh hai list of goals that I wanted to accomplish for this year. Long time, no see.
Enter snowy day and the perfect time to sit down and revisit said list. After blowing dust off the blog post, I spent some time thinking about what I’ve accomplished. 1
With the hopes of keeping myself accountable, here’s how [...]

This was inspired by our recent 4-day excursion to Portland…and Brooke’s request to have her picture featured in a blog post. Not to mention my desire to drop some rhymes.

Green moss, lush trees and bike lanes, oh my!
‘Tis a beautiful town, you cannot deny.
Tattoos are a plenty and the hoppy beer keeps a’flowin,
Roses are sweeter-all [...]

The Fort Collins Triathlon was the second of the summer. I had so much fun doing the Longmont Tri that it seemed a no-brainer to do another.
However, I did something a little different with this race registration. While filling out the online entry form, I looked to see if they offered an Athena and Clydesdale [...]

I interrupt the lackadaisical posting schedule with a highlight from my time spent at a little gathering of female bloggers that recently occurred. Blame it on the estrogen for a post filled with sex toys. You’ve been warned.
There was some serious swag in the party bags this year. Not Sundance or Academy Award level, but [...]