another busy weekend hosting visitors comes to an end. J&G flew out thursday afternoon for a long weekend visit. yea, the first of our friends to visit! the only things we know to do here is go boarding and eat! hahaha...and that's what we did!
thursday we went to this japanese place that W's coworker (who lived in japan) recommended called kiki's for some japanese home-style cooking. it was very good, and i definitely want to go back. they had some really neat dishes with kimchee!!
friday J, W and i went snowboarding at breckenridge. i've heard great things about this resort, so we were excited. unfortunately, we haven't had much snow in the mountains in a couple weeks (only about an inch the last week) so the conditions were far from ideal. we didn't have any discount lift tix, but this guy approached us with $50 discount tix he bought from the military base. i was a bit unsure but he said he'd go up the first lift with us to make sure there were no problems. and luckily there were no problems. i had a crappy start tho, mostly plowing down icey/packed powder. then by mid afternoon, i was gaining confidence, maybe a little too much, and fell on my tailbone really hard. you know, the kind of fall that knocks the wind right out of you and you just have to lay there for like 15 seconds to recover. yeah, not so good. but aside from the fall, it was still fun (altho i'm still in much pain, and still have trouble sitting). i'd love to go back after a fresh snowstorm. the more i see skiers, the more i want to try skiing. it seems you don't spend as much time on your ass. hmm...
that night we tried another new place that we had heard was really good, this time for soul food/bbq at M&D's cafe. the portions are huge and the ribs are the fall-off-the-bone type, and they had some really great desserts. YUM!!! as W said, it's a good thing this place isn't any closer to our house, or else we'd be in biiiig trouble...
saturday we decided to be tourists and went to golden where we toured the coors brewery. it was actually really interesting, and in the end, everyone gets 3 free beers!! i had no idea coors made so many different drinks (including zima!). but i had a weird reaction after i drank a hard punch zima ice (basically things got all fuzzy and dark and i felt like i was about to pass out). i know i know, you're all laughing at me cuz i'm such a feather-weight drinker. but i remembered something similar happening to me a few years back, when i was at a bar with some coworkers and got that same fuzzy, dizzy, passing out feeling. it was really scary then, and just as scary now. so, i think i should not drink, ever. well, maybe just my itty-bitty drinks that W makes me at home. at least if i pass out, i'll be at home. :) after the coors tour, we drove over to downtown denver, visited the capitol building and walked around the 16th street mall (i told you we were being tourists!). we had dinner at the wynkoop brewery (yes, more beer!). the food was very good, and it definitely was a popular place to be cuz it was packed!
today was our lazy day, we just went to lunch at heidi's brooklyn deli (actually our 2nd time, we ate there on thursday too, but G really liked it, so we went back which is fine with us cuz we love heidi's!), looked at new cell phones for me, did some "window shopping," had hawaiian shave ice with freshly made frozen custard at CJ's (sooooo good!!) and came back to our house to karaoke. :D
and now J&G are gone (we had a great time, hope you guys did too!!), the academy awards are over, and it's so quiet. i don't want to go to work tomorrow. :( doesn't it suck that i have a temp job, but i can't just quit?? i mean, i guess i can, but that will make me look really bad, and the agency look really bad too. i really wish this stupid project would be done already. *sigh*
thursday we went to this japanese place that W's coworker (who lived in japan) recommended called kiki's for some japanese home-style cooking. it was very good, and i definitely want to go back. they had some really neat dishes with kimchee!!
friday J, W and i went snowboarding at breckenridge. i've heard great things about this resort, so we were excited. unfortunately, we haven't had much snow in the mountains in a couple weeks (only about an inch the last week) so the conditions were far from ideal. we didn't have any discount lift tix, but this guy approached us with $50 discount tix he bought from the military base. i was a bit unsure but he said he'd go up the first lift with us to make sure there were no problems. and luckily there were no problems. i had a crappy start tho, mostly plowing down icey/packed powder. then by mid afternoon, i was gaining confidence, maybe a little too much, and fell on my tailbone really hard. you know, the kind of fall that knocks the wind right out of you and you just have to lay there for like 15 seconds to recover. yeah, not so good. but aside from the fall, it was still fun (altho i'm still in much pain, and still have trouble sitting). i'd love to go back after a fresh snowstorm. the more i see skiers, the more i want to try skiing. it seems you don't spend as much time on your ass. hmm...
that night we tried another new place that we had heard was really good, this time for soul food/bbq at M&D's cafe. the portions are huge and the ribs are the fall-off-the-bone type, and they had some really great desserts. YUM!!! as W said, it's a good thing this place isn't any closer to our house, or else we'd be in biiiig trouble...
saturday we decided to be tourists and went to golden where we toured the coors brewery. it was actually really interesting, and in the end, everyone gets 3 free beers!! i had no idea coors made so many different drinks (including zima!). but i had a weird reaction after i drank a hard punch zima ice (basically things got all fuzzy and dark and i felt like i was about to pass out). i know i know, you're all laughing at me cuz i'm such a feather-weight drinker. but i remembered something similar happening to me a few years back, when i was at a bar with some coworkers and got that same fuzzy, dizzy, passing out feeling. it was really scary then, and just as scary now. so, i think i should not drink, ever. well, maybe just my itty-bitty drinks that W makes me at home. at least if i pass out, i'll be at home. :) after the coors tour, we drove over to downtown denver, visited the capitol building and walked around the 16th street mall (i told you we were being tourists!). we had dinner at the wynkoop brewery (yes, more beer!). the food was very good, and it definitely was a popular place to be cuz it was packed!
today was our lazy day, we just went to lunch at heidi's brooklyn deli (actually our 2nd time, we ate there on thursday too, but G really liked it, so we went back which is fine with us cuz we love heidi's!), looked at new cell phones for me, did some "window shopping," had hawaiian shave ice with freshly made frozen custard at CJ's (sooooo good!!) and came back to our house to karaoke. :D
and now J&G are gone (we had a great time, hope you guys did too!!), the academy awards are over, and it's so quiet. i don't want to go to work tomorrow. :( doesn't it suck that i have a temp job, but i can't just quit?? i mean, i guess i can, but that will make me look really bad, and the agency look really bad too. i really wish this stupid project would be done already. *sigh*
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