Francophile in the West

Last week was lovely. On Wednesday, I went to the City and Colour concert at the Ogden Theatre here in Denver. Great venue, huge crowd, good seat (again! Hooray for going solo!), and awesome show.  The opening band was called Sleepy Sun. I had never heard of them before, but they were fantastic! They put on a super mellow but rockin' performance. Their sound is almost a grunge / 70s trip-rock throwback, and the lead singer has a great voice.  Now, City and Colour has been one of my favorite singers for a few years (his given name is Dallas Green; see what he did there with the name? Clever!). Just before he and his band came out on stage, the whole place was blacked out and the speakers were blaring Soul II Soul's "Back to Life" ("However do you want me, However do you need me..."). I greatly appreciated the late 80s musical reference. :) You could tell that Green was having so much fun rocking out with his band during the show. It was so much fun t

School is ramping up and fall has definitely arrived. There was a quick snow flurry yesterday (it didn't stick) and it was under 45º all day! I love summer, but fall definitely takes the cake for my favorite season. There's usually so much going on and the weather is fantastic. Last week, I had a cute little squirrel visit me at my doorstep! One of my favorite memories of being a young kid in Washington state was hand-feeding our backyard squirrels. They would come back year after year, and it was always so fun to interact with them. I saw this little guy scurry down the stairs outside my front window and I quickly grabbed a handful of no-salt dry-roasted peanuts from my pantry, opened my door, and started trying to entice him over. He fell for it! I enjoyed about ten minutes of over-the-top adorableness while he was chomping down one-by-one on a couple of dozen peanuts. I hope he comes back around sometime! If he does, I shall call him Peanut. :) In addition to the ab