I spent the first three days of this week in Kansas on assignment visiting two nature preserves – one a native tallgrass prairie in eastern KS, and the other a restored prairie that was once a working ranch in western KS. Driving between the two, I passed acres upon acres of field crops…plenty of irrigated […]
Teachable Moments
Teachable moments are those occurences in daily life when we have an of-the-moment opportunity to seize a situation and impart a lesson or knowledge to someone else. President Obama recently brought the phrase onto the radar screen of the national lexicon when he attempted to pounce upon the race-infused debate about the Massachusetts cop and […]
Race Recap: Xterra BOLT, NE
It feels like lately every other post is a race recap. It’s not actually quite that bad, but it’s getting close. That’s because I’m deep in the midst of the summer race season, which is particularly intense this year (thanks to a book project I’m working on). I’m basically racing every two weeks – race, […]
Friday Foto: Country-Style Ribs with Homemade BBQ Sauce
The U.S. is often described as a melting pot. My family background (Belgian, Sicilian and Polish) is certainly a testament to that fact. One result is that much of the food we eat is borrowed (and often, Americanized) from other cultures’ cuisines – think chicken pad thai, lasagna, croissants, and a very long list of […]
Recipe: Salsa Verde
Do you always drive the same way to work each morning, never deviating from your route? Do you always order the same dish at a certain restaurant, because it’s your favorite? Do you always maintain the same morning routine (shower, shave, floss, brush, etc.)? We’re all, to greater and lesser degrees, creatures of habit, myself […]
Friday Foto: Carnitas
In my post about the Xterra Mountain Cup race at Beaver Creek, I wrote about how my dinner the night before the race included carnitas. “Carnitas” literally means “little meats” in Spanish, and most often refers to some form of spicy shredded pork, which is how we like to make it. It’s a versatile dish […]
Race Recap: Redemption at the Cayuga Lake Triathlon, NY
Coming into transition at the end of the 40k bike at the 2009 Cayuga Lake Triathlon The rumble of thunder woke me from my sleep around 5:30am on Sunday morning, August 2. My alarm was set to go off in a few minutes anyway, but all I could think was, Great, there goes the swim […]
How big is your backyard?
A recent issue of the Boulder Weekly, an independent, weekly newspaper here in Boulder, Colorado ran a very interesting and thought provoking article titled “The Corporate Co-opt of Local.” It’s a broad-reaching piece whose central thrust is that Big Name Corporations and franchises/chains are jumping on the local bandwagon, but doing so by using marketing […]
Friday Foto: Mango-Pineapple Salsa
Now that we’re in the heart (and the heat) of summer, the season gets me thinking about fresh salsas. And while a fresh tomato salsa is our tried and true stand by, we also love branching out with others types of salsas, such as this mango-pineapple salsa. It’s a sweet and refreshing salsa that pairs […]
Race Recap: Xterra Mountain Cup at Beaver Creek 2009
At Nottingham Lake in Avon, CO before the start of the one mile swim Saturday morning, July 18, dawned cold – about 45 degrees or so – but the clear, sunny day quickly warmed once the sun rose over the mountains and illuminated the valley. I was feeling good, and had high hopes for the […]
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