by Kelli Donley | Apr 10, 2013 | Colorado, Kitchen Talk
Snow returned to Golden this week; we woke up yesterday morning to inches stacked on the patio furniture, and two prissy dogs who did not want to have to go outside. Chilly weather and heavy foods pair so well. I am trying to use what we have in the pantry so it...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 8, 2013 | Journal
My house is a complete catastrophe; I’m moving again. The sweet house I’ve been renting must be returned to her owner. As such, I’ve been sorting through piles and piles and more piles of stuff. How did this happen? Once upon a time, I prided my...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 5, 2013 | Travel
The last few shots here and there of a city I no longer find overwhelming. Instead, I now understand it is huge, noisy, beautiful, difficult, always changing, complicated and unwilling to be conquered — but not unwilling to be explored. View from a suite on the...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 4, 2013 | Celebrate!, Faith, Travel
Delightfully, we stumbled into the 5th avenue Easter parade after brunch. The street was closed; hundreds of people tumbled out of St. Patrick’s cathedral after morning mass, dressed in their finest. Others — including gorgeous drag queens, families with...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 3, 2013 | Kitchen Talk, Travel
I didn’t really get any good photographs of any of the fancy meals we ate. I was too busy, well, eating. And oh, New York, you are so good with the food. Even the gyro street carts with saffron rice and suspicious meat sources smelled delicious at times. Ess-a...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 2, 2013 | Travel
I’d never been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I’d guess this place is never empty, but what a day we picked to visit. Good Friday — and it was packed with families speaking every language you could imagine. Even though we had all day to wander,...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 29, 2013 | CAOK, Faith
From WNM and staff. (Many thanks to those who participated in CAOK 13. You are generous, wonderful souls!) xo, Kelli
by Kelli Donley | Mar 28, 2013 | Faith
Sisters in Spirit is a series of essays by a group of women who felt a spiritual perspective lacking from the steady stream of daily news. They each agreed to carve space monthly on their blogs for a spiritual conversation. The topic this month is: the new beginning...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 27, 2013 | Travel
I’m packed and leaving for a long weekend in NYC. Theater, long meals, dancing until the wee hours of the morning, walking, walking and more walking. You know. (Do you know? Because I don’t. I’m trying to play it cool, while my suitcase with...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 26, 2013 | CAOK, Domestic Art
This week’s Calculated Act of Kindness: broncos baby hats for a friend expecting her second baby this year. Her 2 year old loved the big brother version. (I need to learn how to make pom poms.) ~K
