A Happy New Year’s Eve at (you guessed it) Happy!

When Eric and I heard Happy (which is the new, shortened name of Happy Noodle House) was having a prix fixe dinner and cocktail “social” on New Year’s Eve, it was a foregone conclusion that we’d be celebrating there. And having recently read something about how noodles are an integral part of traditional Japanese New [...]

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Mellow Yellow

Fall does not seem especially conducive to a sense of new beginnings (springtime is a much more likely candidate). Nevertheless, every year I feel a kind of awakening with autumn’s arrival. Maybe because for so long it was a time when you’d have to summon all your energies and head back to school. Or maybe [...]

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Fourth of July, Sans Hot Dog

Every Fourth of July, I get that line from Legally Blonde stuck in my head: “You look like the Fourth of July. Makes me want a hot dog reeeaaal bad.” I’m a vegetarian, so the Fourth doesn’t actually make me want a hot dog, but I sure could’ve gone for a tofu pup this year. [...]

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The Hills Are Alive…

For about four years now, I’ve wanted to photograph the hills southeast of Boulder (near the intersection of McCaslin and Hwy. 128). Particularly in springtime, when grass sprouts and covers the rolling landscape in a fine green fuzz. It takes me back to my time in Scotland, where the hills are like this year round. [...]

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