i heart colorado

i moved to Denver, CO from Oakland, CA back in 2006. It will be 15 years in a month or two. The boys were almost one and almost three, so this really is their home.

i still get wistful about a few things California had to offer:

1. some great friends
2. some great food
3. culture! diversity!
4. the ocean

but at the same time i have really grown quite fond of Colorado:

1. new great friends
2. the food is getting better!
3. a dynamic, accessible cultural scene
4. the mountains; so easy to be outside and be active
5. interesting weather
6. relatively affordable (doesn’t seem like it when this is all you know, but honestly, relative to bay area ridiculousness, it’s for real)

the last two days were just so colorado. literally a blizzard warning on sunday that dropped more than 20 inches in denver to blue skies and sun shiny weather that brings all the neighbors out to shovel.

from this:

to this, the very next day:

i swear to god, it’s never boring.