over at the powerdriver homestead, we finally feel caught up on life. now if only denver would realize it’s spring and stop dumping snow on us! i see the sun peeking out so it’s looking promising. new days always are. here’s to a productive yet restful weekend!

• i have a breakfast date with this wonderful denver blogger this friday morning and i cannot wait! we’ve done some interwebs chatting and met once in person at the populist. she’s a hoot and a riot and i think we’re gonna have a lot of fun.
• by this point, everyone has seen you are more beautiful than you think, a moving ad campaign by dove. BUT have you seen this terrific and thoughtful response that challenges the ad’s narrowness? or how about how men think about themselves?
• i love these photos of my friend who works at porter road butcher in nashville.
• crass and controversial. i adore jenna marbles.
• a gorgeous food blog w recipes for just about every skill level that i just discovered. and from another food blog: i’ll be making this delicious-looking banana bread.
• my second favorite coffee shop in denver, black eye coffee, is raising money to paint a fabulous mural on the side of their building. take a look at their kickstarter campaign and see if you can donate.
• check out these great yoga mat hangers, made by a gentleman here in denver. i’m definitely guilty of keeping my sweaty mat rolled up in my bag and i blame it on the fact we have no room in our teeny house to lay it out. no excuses now if i get one of these.
• congratulations to the winner of the clyfford still museum membership giveaway!

i’m on a cleanse right now and everything was going swimmingly until i started the juicing phase of it. so i’m tired. here’s to a weekend of green-garbly-drinks and miso soup. yeehaw! i’ll meet you back on monday w a little bit more pep and A LOT more solid foods. i seriously cannot wait.

• the clyfford still museum and i are partnering up! enter to win a membership there in a giveaway sponsored by them.
• the denver bloggers’ association has a meeting on april 10, and i’m speaking! if you’re a local denver blogger, be sure to rsvp for this event and come on down.
• my chef hubby’s interview is up in westword’s chef & tell
• tonight paul michel of mountain vs plains has a show at fancy tiger tonight. check out this hilarious westword interview.
• refinery29’s ten reasons to visit denver.
• i mentioned i am juicing. this 30 day smoothie challenge will help with recipes!

that’s all folks! have a terrific weekend.

this week was more fun in the backyard (teeter totters, drum circles, play dates); time spent at the restaurant (getting the patio ready for the nice weather heading our way!); and a bloggers’ night out (#eatdrinkcreate at west elm) hosted by lexy from the proper pinwheel and erin from artsocial. i’m spending the weekend gearing up for easter (best friends and easter egg hunts and braised lamb and a risen lord anyone?!) as well as prepping for some fun blog posts coming up (new sponsors and a giveaway and, well, blogging is just fun to me oh my!). so in the meantime, i leave you with some links!

• ramona rocking out to a school bus song at her diri and dido’s home.
• we dyed easter eggs this morning using recipes for natural dyes (all stuff found in my kitchen already!). i was surprised how little prep it actually took and i can’t wait to see the rich colors.
• children should be allowed to get bored.
• “children, far from being contrary, are by nature profoundly social. expecting them to be so is what allows them to be so.”
• a very moving piece on taking care of the elderly at end of life. i’ve had secondhand experience with this watching my mother selflessly take care of both of her ailing parents, who have since died.
• the family stories that bind us. the importance of narrative in extended family.
• a good guide for etiquette when dealing w others’ bereavement.
• having lived in 572 sq feet that past 3.5 years, i get that living w less is living w more.