Tall Tara

Happy anniversary my love. It’s been a wonderful year…
but can we go on our honeymoon now?
(Not that we’re that excited about it or anything…)

Many thanks to Shane Rich and his oncemany project for this amazing anniversary shoot. I love what he’s doing and if you’d like to find out more, be sure to check out [...]

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 officially met Elaine in 2008. And for the life of me, I can’t remember where we were…probably at some meetup or another. But that doesn’t really matter since it wasn’t until this year that we became good friends.
From my bachelorette party in February…

To my wedding reception in June…

Elaine Eleanor Ellis rocked my world this [...]

I have Micah to thank for this one. In addition to being the #1 douchebag, he also knows art.
For Christmas a few years back, he gave me a gift certificate to 20×200. His present allowed me to purchase a beautiful print for my husband’s new office and more importantly, changed how I viewed buying art.
It [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I saw a disturbing trend forming in my junk folder. And in it…glimpses of humor and the glimmer of a post.
It’s common knowledge that no one actually looks at the contents of their email junk folder so the spammers have to be more clever than ever to get our attention. They must have heard about [...]

Sometimes my husband gets a little carried away with making up abbreviations for things. He still insists that he coined FoCo for Fort Collins years before others started saying it.
I’m not sure why he likes it so much,  but if he can make a word shorter, he will.
The other night, our dinner got completely out [...]