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The Independent's Best of Colorado Springs 2010

It’s that time of year again to vote for all your favorite things in the Springs. The Independent’s annual compendium goes far beyond where to go and what to see. Vote for your favorite mechanic, the best brewery, the Springs’ best radio personality, Town Clown. If it’s here in the Springs, it’s in the ballot.  [...]

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Extraordinary Ingredients, Colorado Springs

I went to Extraordinary Ingredients on Tejon today. It’s right around the corner from my house, and I’ve been a couple times before. But I recently bought a “deal of the day” coupon from gazette.com worth $20 so I thought I’d go spend it.

I got all this stuff for $20.

Extraordinary Ingredients

A small bottle of vanilla extract, [...]

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Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs

We like to ride our bikes in Monument Valley Park in the morning before Mike goes to work. He likes to shoot hoops while I read magazines.

Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs

Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs

Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs

The other day the weather didn’t know if it wanted to be hot and [...]

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Nosh and La'au's, Colorado Springs

We went to Nosh again for happy hour last week. Of course it was fab. I had a glass of malbec and Mike had some Jim Beam and a beer. We both had cheeseburgers and shared some sweet potato fries. Delish!

Nosh, Colorado Springs

Check out this hair. Sheesh, I spent like an hour washing it, [...]

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greek salad, pizza, white beans, and soup

A few things I’ve made lately:

This was easy and good.  One small onion, chopped.  A couple of cloves of garlic, minced.  A cup of dried white beans, rinsed but not soaked. 14 oz of canned tomatoes.  A handful of chopped fresh basil. One bay leaf. Cover by an inch and cook overnight. I cooked it on [...]

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