Now Here's a Journalist to Look Up

Her name is Lisa Ryckman people, and she rules. For starters, she covered the Jonbenet Ramsey case and Columbine. She even worked for Larry King for a while. Before it shut down, she was one of the top reporters at the Rocky Mountain News.

In February of 2009 Lisa published an article about domestic abuse. Her lead instantly catches any reader's eye as it gets to the point in 12 words. "She left him or tried to. But he wouldn't let her go." It's brilliant. It tells enough to catch the attention of a reader, but leaves enough suspense so that the reader can't help but read on.

Back in 2006, she wrote an article titled "Pretzel logic: Researcher claims food choices reflect people's personalities." Once again, she starts her article with a great lead. Here's a paragraph that I especially enjoyed reading:

"When it comes to compatibility, however, thing's don't always make sense Pretzel people, for example, who are quirky, fun, lively and energetic, are most compatible with other pretzel lovers, ambitious potato-chip people or cheese-curl fans. But it turn out that cheese-curl people are most compatible with either potato-chippers or the perfectionist tortilla-chip types."

I love her writing style. She's formal when she needs to be, but knows how to write in a fun and entertaining manner too.

Lisa currently writes for ColoradoBiz. Earlier this year. she wrote an article about corporate women leaving the corporate world to reinvent themselves. It's quite uplifting and you should most certainly check it out.

Fourmile Canyon Revival!

The Fourmile Benefit Concert this past Saturday was one of the most epic concerts I have ever been to. It was six hours of all-out, funky, energetic music. The musicians were incredible, they were so lively. It was obvious the second the music began that the musicians were truly putting their hearts into it that night. I even experienced my first washboard solo, and it was awesome.

And definite props to the 1st Bank center, it is an awesome venue. The a

coustics during the show were amazing, no echoing whatsoever. What I liked best was the fact that not only was there a massive dance floor, there were also bowl seats. I watched the first two acts from the dance floor and the last two from the seats.

My first taste of Phish! Two members of Phish came out, the lead singer and the keyboardist I believe.

Here is the view from our seats while part of Phish was playing on stage. Incredible right?

I don't think it's fair to say that any one band from Saturday night was better than the rest. String Cheese completely blew me away with their spunk, it was the first time I'd seen them. As always, Yonder was incredible, drawing the crowd in with their lively stage presence. When the two members of Phish came on, they played a more mellow set and they played some beautiful songs. Big Head Todd was more rock than Phish, Cheese and Yonder, but the different styles still blended extremely well.

Finally, I have some videos for you all to enjoy! I've got three clips of Yonder, here they are! I also have a clip from Phish and from String Cheese, enjoy!