Award winning food

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ingrid

Last week I focused on the healthy side of life. To counter that I must now focus on the delicious-zero-regard-for-health side of life.

Here in Colorado we’ve had the warmest spring on record in years. And last weekend our neighbors hosted a ‘Fry’ party. The invite let us know there would be two deep fryers going and there would be an award for the best “tastes like chicken” offering. Awesome! I love a good challenge and this is my favorite kind of friendly competition — food focused.

The husband and I talked over all our ideas and came up with three things… Read More

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What’s Your Next at SXSW – Winner Announced!

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Sean Mac

If you missed it, we had quite a giveaway going on during SXSW a few weeks ago. We announced Donald B. from Austin, TX as our winner of $3,000 in photo, video and audio equipment from B&H Online. We asked Donald about his past projects, future projects and a little bit about himself:

What brought you to SXSW? What were you looking forward to this time?

Donald: Since this is my first SXSW with my production company, I was looking forward to filming bands and just being out. As far as shooting (film), we got booked to shoot Chicken Ranch… Read More

Posted in Events, Giveaways, Life, Music, News, Tech Chat, Travel | Tagged announcement, austin, giveaway, spinning shell, sxsw, winner | Leave a comment

Local Music and Festivals are a Great Combination

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Danny

As the weather is getting warmer and the signs of spring and summer approach, my mind turns to one thought; music festivals. In Fort Collins, and in most areas around the country, music festivals and traveling tours are staring to kick off this season, so I wanted to share with you some great local Colorado artists that you can enjoy.

The first of these is a band that has just released their first album, titled Newman’s Open Choir, is from Fort Collins artist Catch Bees.  With a unique… Read More

Posted in Events, Music, News | Tagged ashtree, catch bees, denison witmer, focomx, Fort Collins, local music, meese, Music, you me and appollo | 2 Comments

Cake!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Ingrid

As much as I’d like to stop the counter from adding one more tick, my birthday is almost here. And, despite the growing older part, I really like to make birthday’s a festive occasion and my favorite part of my birthday is cake. Presents, too, of course, but cake is my first priority.

And, because it’s my birthday, all rules and good behaviors don’t exist for the whole day. I could have cake for breakfast, a mid-morning cake snack, cake with lunch, an afternoon cake snack and a massive piece of cake after dinner. If I were to actually eat… Read More

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