Composing Residency Colorado 2018

For the third year in a row, we’ve taken time out of our summer performing tour to write music at a “composing residency” in a rustic cabin in Colorado. This year we rented a cabin in the La Garita mountains just outside of the San Luis Valley. The cabin is …

Working Tourists in Colorado

Andy and I spent two days in a cabin we rented in central Colorado preparing for our tango gig in Glenwood Springs. After five years of playing tango together we are finally doing our first milonga entirely from memory–something we should have done sooner! If you ever visit Glenwood, don’t …

Flaming Gorge Salad

Andy and I camped at the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area on our way through Utah yesterday. Our campsite was 30 feet away from a 1300 foot drop off overlooking the red rock canyon walls with the Green River below. Although Ed Abbey would probably want to take down the …

No Temptations in the Backcountry

And now some words of wisdom from Andy B in the Uintah Wilderness…

“It is so nice to be in the backcountry away from things because I feel like there are no temptations, such as:


no place to spend money
no place to go out
no Martha’s Vineyard


no computer …

Lake Superior Provincial Park Trip Report

Andy and I took a three night mind clearing trip to Canada’s Lake Superior Provincial Park, located two hours north of Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

Day 1: When we arrived the lake was like absolute glass! Barely any movement at the shoreline. Sunny. 70 degrees during the day…50 at night.…