So you think you can cook a real Madras curry just because you ordered one from that sad little curry house wedged between the vape shop and the Subway in a strip mall in Boise? How hard could it be bro? Google a Madras curry powder recipe, buy some chicken thighs and I’m pretty sure …
On today’s early morning snowshoe hike, I had to make up for forty-five days of absolutely no snow. Did I change my gently thrifted outdoor outfit three times? Maybe. In my defense, my snow pants eventually got soaked after wrestling in the snow with what I can only describe as my Catahoula Snow Monster. By …
Even in the winter months, I can always go for a delicious Caesar Chicken Salad, the more keto and gluten-free, the better. Hello, Air Fryer Caesar Chicken, you beautiful Chicken-flavored beast! By the time the Ides of March roll around, I’ve already logged more miles snowshoeing tourists through Big Bear than Julius Caesar logged betrayals. …
Sixty-five degrees in late February — is this a ski town in Big Bear Lake, California, or am I checking into Season 3 of The White Lotus in Phuket? Is that Sidney Sweeney or a local mountain snowshoe guide in short shorts? The energetic backcountry snowshoer in me is yelling “PHUKET!” at the sun as …
As Big Bear Lake’s premier outdoor hiking guide, I spend basically every daylight hour outside from January through March. And when I say outside, I mean really outside, snowshoes strapped on, Adventure Dog by my side. I’m talking 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts, snow flying sideways, and frozen crystals slapping my face like nature’s version of microneedling. …