nostalgia Archives

Oma’s Christmas Gift

Posted on December 25, 2018
by Aimee

My family always gathered at Mom's house for Christmas Eve. I think it started from having large sections of my Dad's family to visit on Christmas Day, but the tradition continued my whole life, until even now with our best friends here in Denver. Christmas…

From Bryan to His Dad

Posted on June 19, 2018
by Aimee

Note from Aimee: This year marks the 12th anniversary of my father-in-law's death. I didn't know it, but my husband Bryan has been writing a letter to him for a while. When I read it, I cried. He graciously allowed me to share it here…

Rejection

Posted on March 12, 2018
by Aimee

Rejection is one of my hot buttons. ----- I was about eight or nine years old and I was invited over to a friends house, a girl I really liked, and thought was a good friend. When I got there, we'd been playing for about…

Hall & Oates headline Red Rocks with Trombone Shorty and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Hall and Oates Sing Their Hits at Red Rocks

Posted on October 20, 2016
by Aimee

Hall. And. Oates. You guys! As a teen of the 80s, I could sing along with every song this duo played during their stop at Red Rocks, and most of the crowd was right there with me, even in a torrent of rain. Yeah, it…