What on Earth is a "Tootle?"

Tootling in Yellowstone National Park

Read my latest piece in Outside Bozeman to find out. http://www.outsidebozeman.com/magazine/archives/winter-2019-20/tootle-loo

The A-List Eats: Bozeman’s El Camino

Wonders from the 1970s

I may have made some progress with the travel/restaurant review writing that has been eluding me. 

Update 1.25.23 - El Camino and the Kitty Warren Social Club are for sale. You can snap up both establishments for a cool $400K, which just just a bit above the average price for a starter condo in Bozeman. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/business/two-downtown-bozeman-bars-to-be-put-up-for-sale/article_13836684-9c39-11ed-82cc-ffdeba8a512f.html

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The Sky was Magic

Here's a post from last March. I discovered

Some days just sparkle

  it the drafts folder - somehow I never got around to posting it. A quick story about a stunning ski in one of my favorite go-to locations last March.

Summer Activity Stats

I've been working on this for a while. Between a busy few weeks at work and the need to consult maps before writing this up, I kept getting put it off. Before everything gets "lost in the mists of time," I've decided to document a few notable summer outings - a really quick summary to remember names but very lacking in details. 

A Bozeman Sunday & Lifestyle Alert

Sunday Morning at Rockford Coffee

Sunday morning coffee and lifestyle alert.

For the First Time - Discovering the Wild East

During a long run this morning I found my thoughts drifting to the city of Prague. Still thinking about it upon my return, I took a few moments to jot down these recollections of my first visit there in 2000. This is a work in progress. 

On (Not) Becoming a Travel Writer

I originally wrote this as a poem (http://annvinciguerra.blogspot.com/2018/11/travel-writer.html), and have now expanded it into an essay.

Public Reading at Bozeman's Country Bookshelf - August 21, 2019

I'll be reading one of my pieces at a public reading this month.

Lifestyle Alert: Louis Vuitton Chalk Bag & New Gear Shop Coming to Bozeman

Interesting news in the gear world. The latest piece of absurd lifestyle apparel has been identified, and it appears is if a new gear shop may open in Bozeman this fall. Read on...

Some days you just bounce

A perky image from my job at the library

#MontanaStateUniversity

Hungry & Tired & Cold

My Three Day Juice Fast

I have always felt most alive when I’m active and pushing my body. I was a competitive gymnast for ten years, and am now an avid backcountry skier, mountain biker and backpacker. Careful to give my body enough fuel for these physical pursuits, I have eaten healthy, conscientiously, and often. Between constant activity, a petite frame, and good genetics, the first time I think about restricting food doesn’t come until I’m in my late 30s. Rather than going on a diet, becoming a vegan or eliminating gluten, I try a juice fast.