Pearls, Pedals and Dirty, Old Boatshoes

July 10, 2012

Steamboat I

The other day, JRB and I took the pooches to Steamboat Springs for the day just to do a little exploring. Steamboat is a really cute, main street-centered ski town with hot springs and river flowing through it, which people tube on during the summer.

A lot of the architecture downtown is Victorian with cute, craftsman-style homes mixed in.

After letting the pups explore some of the river,

we headed downtown to check out some of the shops. Most of them have a very Western feel. One of the most popular shops is called FM Light and Sons.

The store has been in Steamboat since 1905 when F.M. Light moved his family from Ohio out west via stagecoach. Today it's still family-owned and has a wonderful assortment of western style clothing.

Including my favorite boots-Frye,

and some more eclectic styles. . .

Down the street is a great, vintage western store called Calamity Pass Trading Co. They have more boots, belt buckles, flowery dresses and more vintage items.

Posting this picture makes me wish I had bought the horse belt buckle shown above!
The next part of our day was definitely the most exciting for JRB-more to come next time!
Best, MCM

July 6, 2012

Last summer I was reading one of my favorite blogs ( EAS's Let the Tide Pull Your Dreams Ashore) when I learned about the Annual Sock Burning party they throw in Annapolis. I loved the idea so much, I introduced the tradition to our local marina on the first Friday afternoon after the equinox.

I adapted the original poem written by Jefferson Holland to fit our little marina and asked our friend Kiki to help me read it aloud. . .

Photo by John Wright

and then asked the youngest member of our 'crew' (you can see him in the foreground in the fun, blue pj's) to throw in the first pair of socks-and soon the fire was a-blazin'.