I worked in a music store in Chicago after college and that led me to working in music stores in Denver, Phoenix, and Portland. My daughter was born in Portland, Oregon but the cloudy weather there brought us back to Colorado. Once again, my BA in English got me a job at a liquor store in Longmont. Wanting to do more than stock liquor I talked my way into an interview at Left Hand Brewing. I worked there for years as a sales representative, driving over eight hundred miles a week. Remember I said I love walking to work. It stems from this experience. From there I worked at RedStone Meadery for a short while and then for another nine years I worked at Valley of the Wind Winery in both Loveland and Estes Park.