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Ginger Makela Riker

Ginger Makela Riker

Minnesota native. Currently a Denverite. My mind frequently wanders. I like observing details and finding stuff.
Holy humidity. Denver is turning into Seattle or Minneapolis. Someone alert the press!
We had San Francisco Weather today; cool and drizzly, but Ohio weather triumphed by the time the fireworks came - RAPatton
How does it compare to Houston? - Ha3rvey via fftogo
There's a big difference between "is" and "is, like".
Happy 4th FFers! Here's my gift to you: Summer Strawberry Lemonade - Ingredients: Vodka, Lemon juice, Simple syrup, Club soda, Strawberries, Ice - http://www.extratasty.com/recipe...
Here's my Fourth of July drink I concocted for ya'll. "In a tall glass, squeeze half a lemon, add 2 sliced fresh organic strawberries, and muddle with ~2 tablespoons of simple syrup (or to taste) made from turbinado sugar. Add 2 oz. of vodka (I prefer Tito's) and pour the mixture into a martini shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour, ice and all, back into your tall glass. Top glass with club soda. Garnish with a sliced strawberry." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
@epjohnson AWESOME. Glad the storm passed quickly. Enjoy!
seychelles shoes are comfy and cute and affordable, and I found a trove of them on sale... - http://www.6pm.com/search...
seychelles shoes are comfy and cute and affordable, and I found a trove of them on sale...
seychelles shoes are comfy and cute and affordable, and I found a trove of them on sale...
seychelles shoes are comfy and cute and affordable, and I found a trove of them on sale...
at 6pm.com. We're talking $34 - $40 per pair, gals. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
I love, love, love the first one! - Michelle Martinez
i like the second. :) - edythe
I'm late! But, cute! - Kamilah Gill
Playlist for Running, Dancing, and Fast Walking - June 2009
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You have some good tracks in there, Ginger - RAPatton
It makes me (almost) not hate running. - Ginger Makela Riker
Do you mix it up? I use the Genius feature to get some variety. For instance, you have Heads Will Roll in there, here is a list I generated for one of my workouts using Heads will Roll as the seed: http://friendfeed.com/genius-... - RAPatton
Yes, I'll genius a track that I really like to find stuff in my catalog that I've forgotten about or never really listened to. - Ginger Makela Riker
Citrusy Rhubarb Sauce for Breakfast, Dessert - http://mommustwrite.wordpress.com/2009...
Citrusy Rhubarb Sauce for Breakfast, Dessert
Made with rhubarb, honey, a clementine, cinnamon and cloves. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
Artificial cherry flavor (Popcicles, Mister Misties) tastes nothing like real cherries. Bummer I tasted the artificial before the real.
The A&W and Dr Pepper popsicles taste just like the real thing - RAPatton
Ha RAP -- so true.;-) - Ginger Makela Riker
#3 top searched term right now: "michael jackson dying jokes". Stay classy, America. - http://www.google.com/trends...
Thinking back to the summer of 1984.
Crop Calendar for Denver Farmers Markets - http://coloradofreshmarkets.com/crop_ca...
Crop Calendar for Denver Farmers Markets
That's great Ginger! - τorƍue
Ooh, I want a chart like this for Albuquerque! - Michael R. Bernstein
someone should produce this for all regions - Geer
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
Get a Life, Holden Caulfield - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
Get a Life, Holden Caulfield
"“The Catcher in the Rye,” published in 1951, is still a staple of the high school curriculum, beloved by many teachers who read and reread it in their own youth. The trouble is today’s teenagers. Teachers say young readers just don’t like Holden as much as they used to. What once seemed like courageous truth-telling now strikes many of them as “weird,” “whiny” and “immature.”" - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
I had to read this book and didn't like it, but I was and am a Christian. Didn't like the language. - Judy Jones
Summer Reading Challenge - http://www.authorsnow.com/connect...
"Read 10 books by Sept. 21. (I hope to read many more, but 10 is a nice, reasonable, summery goal.) Of the 10, I suggest: 1 classic you’ve never read but always meant to (I think mine will be The Grapes of Wrath) 1 book you’ve read and always wanted to reread but haven’t yet (mine will be Rules by Cynthia Lord) 1 book featured here on AuthorsNow! (I will probably pick several) 1 book outside the genres you usually read (I’m thinking of Tammi Sauer’s Chicken Dance; I don’t usually read picture books but this one looks like a lot of fun) 1 “impulse” book that catches your eye during the summer 5 others of your choosing" - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
Dear Entertainment Weekly, "Alice" (#32) is below "Scoop"(#31) in your list of the best Woody Allen films? How could you NOT like Mia Farrow smoking Chinese herbs and Alec Baldwin appearing as a hot ghost ex-boyfriend?
1:31pm. Brain already fried. No energy for verbs.
Homemade grilled top sirloin steak fajitas + oj/honey/lime/patron/chambord margaritas + finally awesome patio weather = BIG WIN
Inside the Photographer - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Inside the Photographer
Hope there wasn't any film anyone cared about in that camera! In related news, look ma, I got a third eyeball! :) - Ken Gidley
@jgoh This is going to be my new best friend.
Gluten Free Recipes, baby! - RAPatton
@cbs4denver Your coverage of all these Denver storms has been the best -- beating websites and TV by far. Thank you.
Hemmed my jeans, made grilled asparagus to accompany my bowl of hollandaise sauce, and finished my ironing. Time to relax.
wow. you hemmed *jeans*? i didn't even know one could do that. - edythe
Yes! Here's a good tutorial: http://www.daciaray.com/?p=38 for all the shorties out there. - Ginger Makela Riker
good things come in small packages - RAPatton
You do more before 9am then i plan on doing all weekend. - Steve C
ooh, thanks for the link. me and a friend were just talking about this whole issue the other day and she said the guy in town who is supposed to be the best was trashed over and over and over on Yelp. - edythe
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science: Atul Gawande: Books - http://www.amazon.com/Complic...
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science: Atul Gawande: Books
Reading this and totally loving it. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
You will definitely enjoy his next book "Better" http://www.gawande.com/better... - Shakeel Mahate
Sweet! Something to real next, thanks @shakeel - Ginger Makela Riker
oh, wow. i bet i'd like this, too. i love his pieces in the new yorker. - edythe
THE MARTIN PAPERS: MY LIFE WITH MARTIN AMIS - http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story...
THE MARTIN PAPERS: MY LIFE WITH MARTIN AMIS
THE MARTIN PAPERS: MY LIFE WITH MARTIN AMIS
"Martin Amis says his next novel will be “blindingly autobiographical”. Julie Kavanagh gets in first and writes a memoir of their life together in the 1970s, with a little help from her friends—and Amis himself." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
he didn't look like that at his reading in chicago in 1994... - edythe
edythe, that's so cool that you got to see him in person. - Ginger Makela Riker
i think it was wasted on me -- at the time, anyway. - edythe
The New Girls of Summer Surfing Shoot | vanityfair.com - http://www.vanityfair.com/culture...
The New Girls of Summer Surfing Shoot | vanityfair.com
"With the sun setting on an older generation of women surfers, underscored by the recent retirement of seven-time world champ Layne Beachley, 37, the next tide of young women is ready to rise. Some of these female surfing prodigies came together in Crystal Cove State Park, in Newport Coast, California, to be photographed by iconic surf photographer Michael Halsband for Vanity Fair’s July issue." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
Great photo stretch, getting the July issue. Seriously missing SoCal now - even more than usual ;) - Mustafa K. Isik
Thanks for the concern, Grandma, but I stand a better chance of falling down & dying (1-in-246) than a tornado killing me (1-in-60,000).
Wheedle on the Needle (reissue) (Serendipity) - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
Wheedle on the Needle (reissue) (Serendipity)
:) - edythe
Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? - http://chronicle.com/free...
"Consumers who have questioned whether it is worth spending $1,000 a square foot for a home are now asking whether it is worth spending $1,000 a week to send their kids to college. There is a growing sense among the public that higher education might be overpriced and under-delivering." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
How to Grill the Perfect Steak - http://nymag.com/nymetro...
"David Walzog knows meat. As executive chef at Michael Jordan's Steak House N.Y.C. and Tapika, he always gets that elusive steakhouse char. His secret: dipping the steak in a combination of butter and oil, coating it with a generous layer of kosher salt and cracked black pepper, and searing it over the hottest possible fire." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet
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