Weekend in Denver - Part 2
Well, let's see.
Shortly after my last post, Max and I decided to head down the street towards a lovely microbrewery Nick had recommended called Wynkoop's Brewery. The food was very good; unfortunately my fried chicken was a bit cold so I had to send it back. So my luck with Denver food has not been great, but my luck with getting free items has been awesome! For my inconvenience, the manager bought me a beer. I could really get used to this...
Afterwards we headed to a bar called Herb's, where a $5 cover fee gets you a free draught beer. Nice. The place itself was pretty divey and I actually felt a bit like I was back in Grayling at the Red Barn, which made it pretty awesome. The band covered some Janis Joplin songs (can't go wrong there) and in between the sets, the bartender headed to the jukebox and put on some Billy Joel. Um, okay. I love Billy Joel as much as the next girl, but it was a bit strange to hear The Piano Man coming out of the jukebox. The place made for good people watching - I was particularly intrigued by the bouncer with the small head yet enormous body who kept making out with some brunette at the bar.
This morning Nick took us to El Dorado Canyon near Boulder for some hiking. I had warned him beforehand that as I had quit my gym membership several months ago and got out of breath walking up one flight of stairs, I was in no condition to hike but he assured us that it was quite an easy trail. It was truly beautiful and I had a lovely time. I thought I might feel uneasy about running into rodents out in the wild but as it turns out, the place was surprisingly rodent-free. Rodent-free on account of the RATTLESNAKES that live there. There was a park ranger directing traffic away from a rattler who had decided to hang out by the trail and was quite resistant to moving. It was a bit scary, but no where near as scary at the 80 year old woman who was washing her feet in the sink in the bathroom. Yikes.
After our hike, we headed into Boulder for lunch. We were torn between wasting our burnt calories on mojitos and cuban food or beer and burgers, and finally settled on the latter. We each ordered a buffalo burger and a beer at the Boulder Cafe. Now see, you would think that Nick's fancy law degree would help him distinguish between a bottle of Budweiser and a bottle of Heinz ketchup - but it didn't. I had just finished cutting my burger in half when I looked up to find that Nick had doused his burger with beer. Sadly, you can't really send back your burger and get one for free on account of accidentally dousing it with beer...
For dinner, Max took me to a restaurant called Vesta, which specializes in different grilled food with various dipping sauces. Yum. I highly recommend it. Right now, we're watching Zoolander for the umpteenth time and waiting for Nick and his friend Julia to pick us up and head on out to check out some of the Denver bar night life...on a Sunday.
More to come...
Shortly after my last post, Max and I decided to head down the street towards a lovely microbrewery Nick had recommended called Wynkoop's Brewery. The food was very good; unfortunately my fried chicken was a bit cold so I had to send it back. So my luck with Denver food has not been great, but my luck with getting free items has been awesome! For my inconvenience, the manager bought me a beer. I could really get used to this...
Afterwards we headed to a bar called Herb's, where a $5 cover fee gets you a free draught beer. Nice. The place itself was pretty divey and I actually felt a bit like I was back in Grayling at the Red Barn, which made it pretty awesome. The band covered some Janis Joplin songs (can't go wrong there) and in between the sets, the bartender headed to the jukebox and put on some Billy Joel. Um, okay. I love Billy Joel as much as the next girl, but it was a bit strange to hear The Piano Man coming out of the jukebox. The place made for good people watching - I was particularly intrigued by the bouncer with the small head yet enormous body who kept making out with some brunette at the bar.
This morning Nick took us to El Dorado Canyon near Boulder for some hiking. I had warned him beforehand that as I had quit my gym membership several months ago and got out of breath walking up one flight of stairs, I was in no condition to hike but he assured us that it was quite an easy trail. It was truly beautiful and I had a lovely time. I thought I might feel uneasy about running into rodents out in the wild but as it turns out, the place was surprisingly rodent-free. Rodent-free on account of the RATTLESNAKES that live there. There was a park ranger directing traffic away from a rattler who had decided to hang out by the trail and was quite resistant to moving. It was a bit scary, but no where near as scary at the 80 year old woman who was washing her feet in the sink in the bathroom. Yikes.
After our hike, we headed into Boulder for lunch. We were torn between wasting our burnt calories on mojitos and cuban food or beer and burgers, and finally settled on the latter. We each ordered a buffalo burger and a beer at the Boulder Cafe. Now see, you would think that Nick's fancy law degree would help him distinguish between a bottle of Budweiser and a bottle of Heinz ketchup - but it didn't. I had just finished cutting my burger in half when I looked up to find that Nick had doused his burger with beer. Sadly, you can't really send back your burger and get one for free on account of accidentally dousing it with beer...
For dinner, Max took me to a restaurant called Vesta, which specializes in different grilled food with various dipping sauces. Yum. I highly recommend it. Right now, we're watching Zoolander for the umpteenth time and waiting for Nick and his friend Julia to pick us up and head on out to check out some of the Denver bar night life...on a Sunday.
More to come...
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