Adventures of a well-rounded geek
Kim-Joy and her book Baking with Kim-Joy Kim-Joy, one of the contestants on my favorite Great British Bake Off season, has become one of my favorite people recently. She is this positive, kind, creative person. She also responded to a comment I made on one of her Instagram posts so she won me over there.…
This morning I met up with my friend, Aeri, at English Tealeaves, a tea shop in Parker. While tea is not generally my thing, scones are, and this place offers them so I was down for giving it a go. For $9 you get two scones with clotted cream and your choice of jam. I…
Yesterday I ran a bunch of errands, mostly to avoid feeling anxious as Elisabeth is gone the next 7 days in Washington. I haven't really been alone since Gene and I separated and I feel a bit nervous that these next 7 days are going to test me. So I've been trying to schedule time…
Yesterday started with Elisabeth and I going to an Iraqi bakery she had read about a few weeks ago - Shahrazad Bakery. She was interested in their flatbread but I was interested in their baklava. I quite love the dessert but find that it's hard to find really good quality baklava. So imagine how thrilled…
On Fourth of July, the housemates and I went over to Kaitlin's house for a few hours to have lunch and spend time with my family. I had an absolute blast. Kaitlin had just purchased a kiddie pool so we got to chill outside and I put my feet in the water as EG and…
Today has been an extremely busy day for me. After breakfast I biked to the community garden to water and weed. The tomato and pepper plants are doing really well from what I can tell. They're growing bigger and the leaves are looking good. My chives and cucumber have still not come up, can I…
What a great day I had on Monday. I got my hair cut at a salon in the Stanley Marketplace, which meant that I stopped by Glazed and Confused donuts on the way out. I got their Samoan donut. Honestly, I don't think they have the best donuts in Denver. They're a little dry and…
