A look through my iPhone photos from my recent visit to Istanbul provides a narrow glimpse into my trip. A few touristy snapshots of ancient monuments and various places of worship reveal the city’s historical and geographical peculiarities—as the gateway between Europe and the Middle East—but say little about my personal time spent there. On […]

Meet Livie!  Livie just graduated from the University of Colorado with a Psychology degree! She currently works as a hostess at the Egg and I and also at a research lab on campus that looks at different things that contribute to psychosis.  The lab focuses on studying youth at risk for developing psychosis (i.e. schizophrenia and […]

Just the other day I overheard an older gentleman talking about somebody he knew who had an impressive college degree from a very prestigious institution who was apparently, “taking the easy way out”. The young man that he spoke of was working a dead-end night job somewhere for very little pay. The job was barely […]

There’s one thing they never tell you about becoming an adult. Making friends is hard. When you become a parent? Making friends is really hard. Here’s an example. I work from home, so it falls upon me to handle school pickup for my kid. I’m one of the lone fathers to collect my kid at the end […]

Douglas Adams wrote: “Space is Big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.” Some of that distance, though, is about to shrink. Enter NASA’s New Horizons mission. Launched in 2006, it’s been hurdling toward the outer reaches of our solar system at 31,000 miles per hour. The destination? Pluto, […]

I recently returned to Boulder from a very extended road trip. During which, I spent nearly three months exploring the Western half of the United States, slept in a different spot every night, and woke up to a new place every morning. I saw each town with a fresh set of eyes, excited for whatever […]

  Meet Matt! Matt is a Colorado native who goes to school in Durango Colorado! He chose Durango because of its adventurous spirit, and all the things to do outside there! Mainly, the skiing. Matt is an avid snowboarder and got more than 70 days in this past season! Whether that meant going out on […]

Rain, rain, go away….come again when it isn’t the beginning of summer! Luckily there is plenty to do in and around Boulder County whether you would like to avoid the summer showers or play in them. Check out the variety of events going on this July weekend! Saturday, July 11 There won’t be a shortage […]

Meet Jerry! Jerry is a 10 1/2 month old Newfoundland puppy originally from Canada!  He’s easily about 100 pounds, but still has 50 more to go before he is considered a “full size” Newfoundland. This handsome guy now lives in Longmont with his loving owner, and is putting his looks to the test being a […]

Hard-working, innovative, and creative entrepreneurs are not your average joes. But in Boulder, they seem to be around every corner. The start-ups I’ve encountered each week have been full of excited, hard-working and inspirational people that will all say the same thing about their business: “We are still a small company, and we have our values”. […]