by David Sandel | Jul 7, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Climbing, Reviews
As I sit here eating leftover pizza from Bitter Ester’s Brewhouse in Custer, SD, waiting for Anh to assemble some kind of “fancy” Ramen noodle dish (with fresh tomato and canned sardines — o_O ), I have a chance to write down some highlights of...
by David Sandel | Jun 25, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Random, Reviews
Well, that title is kinda sorta true. 2 weeks ago, Anh and I went on an 8-day Mexican vacation a la isla de Cozumel. I may write about it, but Anh spent SIX days (!!!!) creating this amazing video recap of our trip. 8 days down to 17 minutes is quite impressive. She...
by David Sandel | Jun 1, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Reviews
Ode to my Columbia Compounder Shell O’ Columbia Compounder shell, given to me by the wonderful people at Columbia for the sole purpose of testing and writing this review, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways! 1) Your loud, gaudy neon colors reminiscent of...
by David Sandel | May 10, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Reviews
On Monday, I wrote about having an Itch for Adventure that I just can’t Scratch. It hasn’t gotten any better. In fact, it’s gotten much worse. Anh turned our 200-and-some pictures of our backpacking trip to Cloud Peak into an 11-minute...
by David Sandel | Apr 19, 2012 | Climbing, Reviews
About a month and a hafl ago (already?!?!), Anh and I took an extended weekend trip to go sport climbing at Red Rocks just outside Las Vegas. We left on a Thursday and came back on a Monday. I already wrote about our flying experience and getting 4 bags of climbing...
by David Sandel | Feb 4, 2012 | Food, Lifestyle, Reviews
I have lived in Broomfield, worked in Boulder, and visited Denver since January 2013. I moved from Minneapolis/St. Paul. Minneapolis/St. Paul has a very large Vietnamese population, and on top of that, I’ve been dating a Vietnamese immigrant for 2.5 years. So...
