The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body and it endures stress on a daily basis. Our knees absorb force equal to 3.5 times our body weight just walking down stairs. For a person weighing 120lbs, that equates to 420 pounds of force! If you exercise, you probably put […]
Disclaimer: Mainline Alehouse plans to be closing soon The Mainline Alehouse occupies space in Old Town, Fort Collins nestled between two other restaurants, but it holds its own. The inside of The Mainline is a mix a modern clean design with touches of a woodsy/outdoor essence. The tree-like structures lined throughout the restaurants are eye […]
The only way to do something, is to actually do it. Hitting a golf ball requires us to swing a golf club, just as riding a bike, requires us to ride a bike, just as giving a speech requires us to stand up and speak. On the surface, this appears quite obvious, but performing anything […]
It’s my first look at Milk Market, a huge food hall with seating for 350 or more. I can hear the alluring buzz even before the modernized liquor-friendly school yard comes into view. It’s a weeknight around 7pm and the place has a good buzz. I am alone, without a friend, and it’s a bit […]
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to be a speaker about Fitness and Cannabis on the panel at June’s Ellementa event. Ellementa is a Global Cannabis Wellness Network for women. They host monthly gatherings in 35+ cities, bringing together women with experts and brands. The group aims to release the stigma surrounding the plant, […]
In Guatemala a 36-year guerrilla war which formally ended in 1996 and ongoing drug cartel and gang violence has left over 200,000 people dead and created an estimated 1 million refugees in Guatemala. The country struggles with poverty, infant, child, and maternal mortality, malnutrition, proper sanitation, and contraceptive awareness and use. The female literacy rate […]
Something that I think is hard to find in Fort Collins is good, authentic Mexican food. Fort Collins has a small Hispanic and Latin community and you can tell from the food scene. Los Tarascos is one of the few genuine Mexican restaurants in Fort Collins. The first thing your server will do at Los […]
Each of us has dreams, desires, and ambitions. There are races we want to enter, promotions we want to apply for, fitness classes we would like to take, languages we wish to learn, businesses we want to start, and the list goes on. We make plans to get there and oftentimes can even see ourselves […]
The Fort Collins Foodie Walk is a public event taking place on the third Friday of each month. The Foodie Walk features 12 culinary shops with interactive showcases, seasonal flavors, and tasting samples. The Downtown Fort Collins website describes a foodie as someone who loves food for consumption, study, preparation, and recreation, “Foodies wish to […]
Feelings are a human commonality. Each and every one of us has them. Something takes place, or we observe something, and it has the ability to elicit feelings deep within us. We have the ability to feel strongly about something just as easily as we can feel nothing at all about something else. We can […]
