Here we are again. In the US the slide of summer is sinking, the cooler temperatures are coming, and the misogyny with jokes about pumpkin spice lattes is abundant. The arrival of this fall is a bit different though as life is TENSE! I challenge you with how you approach this season because we can […]
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Denver Zoo – COVID re-open beta
Guess who got to go to the zoo today? I got to go to the zoo today! And I brought back some tips for your trip.
Neighborhood Toy Store Day at Beyond the Blackboard
Saturday November 9th is Neighborhood Toy Store Day and I hope you know if your favorite retailers are doing anything for the occasion. My family and I have been Beyond the Blackboard fans for years with the types of toys that we actively search for. This store, in Arvada and Southlands, is great for those […]
Ancestors, Diaspora, and Belonging
Growing up I did not have much family. My mother’s Black family disowned her when she married my father from Panama. My grandmother called me “the brown one” until I was 19 when she realized I was sticking with the college thing but she still wasn’t necessarily nice to me. My father’s adoptive White family […]
Denver Coffee Love
National Coffee Day was this past week and I realize that even though I do not need to have coffee everyday, I do love coffee and the coffee culture I see in my area. This is not a definitive list of the best x, y, z but what I can personally recommend based on where […]
I Feel Pretty As I Am (with no help from THAT movie)
Oh boy, perhaps not watching TV bit me in the butt recently. I saw one trailer, one fun trailer for I Feel Pretty and that apparently was the only good cut of the trailer. I missed the others. I missed the controversy. I was intrigued from the one trailer I saw. I know a number […]