I went to Colorado Springs in the spring of 2011 to visit Steven and Jenny, good friends who had just made the move from our hometown of Running Springs, California. Two nights in a row we had dinner at Phantom Canyon Brewery, and both nights I ordered these egg rolls, which I then figured …
In a world of grocery store ready pizza dough, there are so many options for the at home cook besides just plain old pepperoni. My favorite thing to do with store bought pizza dough is to make pizza bread sandwiches. This is my favorite recipe but its also good when you use the dough …
I’m sitting on my balcony enjoying the spring time feel in the air in my rural mountain town. In the distance I can hear my neighbors chicken’s making farm like noises. Traffic is whizzing past on the highway below. I’d like to say I got up at five a.m. to watch the sunrise with my …
Maybe I met the man of my dreams in this mornings light? As the sun begun to climb over the deserts hills he smiled at me as he removed the stacks of bread from his towering 18 wheeler. In broken Spanish he asked if he could ask me a question. I expected “Banos?” Instead he said, …
Do people really think I enjoy honking at them for twelve miles straight? Fifteen miles an hour is not a reasonable speed in an area that has a posted speed limit of 55. That Sammy Hagar song? Yeah, some days I feel like those words were written just for me. I’m sorry but my biceps start …