Best of 2010- Year in Review

2010 will be remembered for:

• an early january powder day in holy bowl.
• homemade funfetti frosting for my 26th birthday.
• the excitement of the olympics! particularly celebrating steamboat olympians.
• the passing of grandmommy in march. a sad thing in itself, but early 2010 was filled with wonderful conversations, cards, netflix & notes between us.
• blustery beach walks with gran in april & september.
• my first viewing of the boston marathon! and my dearest college friend.
• a new found love for brussel sprouts and kale.
• nights on bicycles. days on bicycles.
• a rainy trip to nyc full of pedis, cheesy movies, amazing food, and my very best friend.
• reconnecting with my yoga practice, and loving it.
• celebrating the union of v & mort in vermont in may. being reunited with my loves.
• camping & hiking to gilpin lake with kate waite.
• ongoing explorations in the culinary world.
• the end of the alpaca era.
• boys. after years of my closest friends primarily being girls, my steamboat world is full of boys. really wonderful. appreciate boys.
• surprising my mother at the doorstep for her 60th birthday.
• mambo's happy hours.
• five round-trip flights, comprising of sixteen separate airplanes.
• a smattering of delightful concerts: five free concerts at howelsen, bearfoot bluegrass, yonder mtn string band, michael franti & spearhead, patty larkin & lucy kaplansky, many a missed the boat show.
• 2010 has been the year of the local. i finally feel known in this community, and it feels like i have friends everywhere i go!

Best Books I read in 2010:

• Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Best Movies I saw in 2010:

• 500 Days of Summer
• Whip It
• Crazy Heart
• Precious

Best Music I was introduced to in 2010:

• Bearfoot Bluegrass
• Mumford & Sons
• Zac Brown Band

And looking ahead to 2011:

• Continued exploration with cooking & yoga.
• A long weekend with my five in Boulder.
• A whole week with  my parents in Steamboat.
• Martin Sexton concert in Steamboat.
• My Steamboat Dance Theatre Debut!
• Many a powder day, and perhaps new skis?
• The opportunity for tremendous change.