Raise you hands if you have ever been in any of following situations: • A blind date that went south in a hurry • Shades of "Bridget Jones's Diary," dressed totally inappropriately for a major event • Disappointment with a spouse • Suspicious of a spouse's real intentions with...
Yesterday Susan and I spent our second full (emphasis on "full") day in the Ovalle area of El Norte Chile. In a sense the day was a continuation of the day before. Our first stop was at the Tabali Vineyards, which not only share a road...
Here comes the bride. But not yet. The punch line is The Wedding. Tomas Correa marries Fernanda Sanchez at an intimate gathering of 500 of their closest friends and family on Friday, March 23. We met the Correas, a founding colonial family, six years ago on...
In my last post, I explained that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the application for the commercialization of AquAdvantage salmon -- genetically modified salmon. Although the public at large finds confidence in “FDA approved” products, I discussed why perhaps this...
Spring is in the air, and unmet New Year’s resolutions are nagging in the back of many of our minds. What better time to walk more? We’re not just talking about walking for the sake of exercise. No, we mean actually walking to get somewhere....
It’s not the snow or the basketball that makes March Madness. Denver’s sweet list of social to-dos is sure to put a - ahem - Spring in your step. We start the month out right with a First Friday Art Walk through the Santa Fe Arts...
Every time I go to Mexico City, it seems that a fun new restaurant has opened in my favorite neighborhood, Colonia Roma. This time, acting on a hot tip, I showed up at Maximo Bistrot a few minutes before opening time at 1pm. “Espera” the...
Facing a fast foot of snow, February’s First Friday found us in front of the fireplace. Now Denver’s 20 minutes of cabin fever has worn off and the rest of the month looks fast and furious. Dance and multi-media collide in Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s latest, “Love...
One of Salvador Dali's signature images, "Persistence of Memory, " 1931, inspired three of the nine sculptures currently on display throughout Megeve: "Persistence of Memory," "Profile of Time," and "Dance of Time II." All three works of art feature melting clocks. And "melting" became a...
Late morning, on a Colorado blue sky day in Megeve, we headed up the mountain to meet friends who had traveled by snow shoe up 2,000 gnarly (read, "icy in spots") vertical feet to our rendezvous spot. To get there, the rest of our party drove...
