Michael Perkins:  

Life I moved to Boulder, CO in 1989 and lived here for about 6 months and then came back to Lakewood and slid right back into my old job and apt building. I met my first wife in Lakewood (Kathleen Chippi from N. Olmstead) and we moved to Boulder together in April 1992 where I have been ever since. I worked in a ski shop here playing in the mountains and being a political/enviornmental and social reform activist (a shameless agitator). Our motto at that time was "If you don't have an FBI file yet, you're not trying hard enouph." Kathleen and I opened a traveling bakery in August of 94 where we would bake cookies in Boulder, package them and travel the country selling them at varoius festivals. After about 2 years of that I quit the business and she and I split. She went on with the business and I got my job in the ski shop back. I usually refer to her as my friend formerly known as my wife. From 1996 to 2001 I spent a lot of time playing music mostly arount Boulder/Denver/Ft. Collins area in a singer/songwriter format. In 1998 I ran for the Colorado State House of Representatives as the Libertarian canidate. I lost but had a blast running,on top of learning a lot. I did really well for a 3rd party canidate, I received 4.2% of the vote (996 votes). The local sheriff even came into the ski shop I worked at to congratulate me on how well I did. I didn't know if I should be excited that he knew who I was or worried. In the spring of 2000 I recorded a CD, "Welcome To My World" under my own record lable Dreamer Music Productions and Ear Candy Records. I picked up the CD's in May and hit the road. I traveled throughout the Mid West, East Coast, Mid Atlantic and New England states playing music. I came back to Boulder in September and started working at the ski shop again. I was kind of wondering what I was gonna do next. Shortly after getting back I ended up re-meeting my now wife. She and I had kind of known each other from around the neighborhood for years but one of her best friends moved into my house so I got the chance to get to know her better. We started dating around Christmas 2000 and were married on June 2nd, 2001. She had a 6 year old son Jake at the time and now we have a 1 year old son, Simon. We had already set the date to be married for June 2nd and then found out she was pregnant in May. Luckily she still fit into the dress she bought. We got married on the deck of a friends house in the mountains. Besides playing the wedding myself we had 3 other local singer/songwriter musicians play and a big barbeque! So now that I was gonna be the sole income for a family of 4, I quit the ski shop after a 9 year on/off relationship and got a job as a delivery driver with a...Expand for more