They start them young in Steamboat.

My favorite little girl gets her first Ski Pass. Go get 'em Em! Better watch your heels little Brother!

Il Poggiolo.

Nora and I went tonight. I love this restaurant. We split the cheese plate and started with one bleu cheese-stuffed, super-chilled Grey Goose dirty martini ($9 on special) and then split a bottle of Barbera for $38. This cheese plate was fantastic: a non-bleu bleu, hard parmesan, and some other third delish cheese, honey, quince, and something else on top... Three shaved meats including proscuitto, a spicy "C" salami* and ___,* melon, pear, figs, dates, grapes, grapefruit. Fresh capers and olives. And a basket of 2 types of fresh bread, a plate of olive oil and cheese. Amazing. Loved. Smells coming from the open kitchen – unbelievable.

*I know these... need to commit them to memory though!

Photo Credit: Nora.

Autumn.

We had a beautiful fall here weather-wise but for some reason I just didn't ever get around to getting outside and snapping some shots. Saturday was a wet and grey day, but as I drove around on errands, I was thinking how beautiful everything looked. Reds and hot pinks and bright yellows seemed to be exploding on every front lawn. I even noticed it on my own.


So I thought, Tomorrow's supposed to be sunny. I'll take a bunch of pictures then. Literally overnight, all the leaves seemed fallen. It kind of made me laugh. But I am also bummed. It's over. These were the few left clinging on, keeping things pretty for hopefully one more day.