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Wandering Wednesday: Jo's birthday.

Joanna celebrated her birthday a couple weekends ago, and in good ol' Colorado style, our plans to play in the park all day were ruined by the persistant wind. Determined, we rerouted to Joanna's house and continued the festivities. I left my digital camera at home, and decided that this was a good day for film. I feel like there is a little bit of a 70's vibe to these photos, no? The day was spent eating pie, soaking up the sun and listening to records. The girls were even rushed off to Moondance mid-day for a spa foot treatment (what!), a surprise from Joanna's bf James. We returned pampered, and the celebration persevered into the late evening. It's days like this that put it all into perspective-- these are my people and I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by them. 

Happy Monday!

Last week kind of got away from me and all of the sudden it was Easter. I had plans for some more postings, but never managed to get to them. How was your Easter weekend? It was beautiful here and I was glad to spend some much needed time outdoors playing bocce ball with Rob's family and watching the boys throw the frisbee around. I even got a touch of sun! Saturday we went to a hockey game, which was pretty out of the blue, but really great. Rob's dad got tickets from work and handed them off to us and we couldn't have asked for better seats. Coincidentally, Colorado was playing Nashville so I was rooting for both teams....but pretty psyched to cheer along when Colorado won! And now it's Monday. Sheesh, it all just goes by too fast.

Gems from the world wide web...

WATCH: Oreo separator machine. This guy needs his own TV show.

NEW: find, Organized Wonder - a way to share and discover the best talks and videos around the web. (I particularly like this one)

LIGHTMETER: app. for those manual camera geeks like me out there.

CUTE: notepad. I definitely still write things on my hand. (and more new ETSY faves here and here)

MAKE: wine popsicles. Oh my! (another amazing looking frozen treat here)

SPACE: envy. this studio.

PLAY: dress up. love these looks!

DIY: air fresheners. such a great idea.

DRINK: me. sounds so refreshing.

MANGER: new blog obsession. This woman is beautiful, lives in France, cooks, travels and takes pictures for a living, lives in the country and has 14 dogs (terriers!). I want to be you.

ILLUSTRATIONS: by lizzy stewart.

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Bits of my Instagram...

bringing out the gunne/ spring forward feast/ bunting nook

store window dreamcatcher/ skiing cheers!/ this girl's ready to learn how to ski!

finally bought a bed frame! / making music/ downtown Niwot

Here are some highlights from the past few weeks. The weather has been so fickle lately (ah, Colorado in March), but somewhere in the mix we had some true spring days, and I was excited to be enjoying long walks and skirts without tights again! Of course, that was turned around rather abruptly this weekend with another large snow storm. Good thing most of our friends live walking distance away! We did get one last weekend of skiing in, two weekends ago. Aly joined us this time and did a fabulous job putting on skis for the first time ever (she had snowboarded a handful of times before). Oh, and the best news? I became a real adult this weekend-- I bought a bed frame, a $50 steal I found on craigslist...it seriously changes the whole bedroom.

my user name on Instagram is bits_n_bobs, follow me!

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Wandering Wednesday: Lannie's Clocktower + Greater Than Social Club, BWC.

Two weeks ago, we got all fancy on a Wednesday night, and headed downtown to Lannie's Clocktower to listen to some comedy and hear some good tunes by Bad Weather California. This was the second ever Greater Than Social Club, which is described as, "a monthly cabaret-style night of entertainment and spectacle in a decadent, historic venue featuring comedy, music, and more from mostly-local bands and comedians." How can you turn that down?! It is put on by Open Air radio -- which btw, if you haven't tuned into Open Air yet and you live in Denver, you should immediately give it a listen....turn your radio dial to AM, yes AM and it's 1340. trust me. -- and also put on by Greater Than Collective, which is a local record label that supports some awesome bands like Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Esme Patterson, Ian Cooke and A.Tom Collins. I am so happy someone thought this night up. The comedy was a refreshing change (and actually funny), the venue was gorgeous, and it gave me an excuse to wear my feathered hair piece, order a Manhattan and see one of my favorite Denver bands all in one place! Dreams really do come true.

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this is what equals a good life.