Tuesday Night, Ladies Night

Tuesday night Jill, Ivory, Suzie, Sarah, Laura, Tanya and I all met at Steuben's for our sort of quarterly meet up and catch up. I'd had a very late lunch so I only had the butterscotch pudding for dinner, but man was it good. The conversation included, but was in no way limited to, Tanya's honeymoon, Suzie's wedding, Laura's daughter and (6 year!) anniversary, Ivory's new house and baby, Sarah's new home and subsequent renovation, Jill's job search, and my impending relocation. It's so amazing, spending a great night with great friends who are all in such different places in life. It certainly illustrates what a rich and colorful tapestry life can be.

Photo Essay Tuesday (Tanya's Wedding Edition)

This weekend I had the honor of being a guest at the wedding of my friend Tanya to the luckiest guy I know, Nick. I was the most beautiful wedding I've ever attended. Tanya has graciously consented to my sharing with you some of my favorite pictures from the celebration. The wedding party walked this path into a clearing where the ceremony was held. This was definitely not the kind of wedding where you could arrive late and sneak in the back. It is too bad that Tanya's eyes are closed here (forgive me Tanya!) but I couldn't resist posting this picture of the look on her father's face. A picture could never do justice to the awesome setting they chose for the ceremony, but I tried. Seriously, how gorgeous is Colorado in the spring? I wanted to include this picture of their officiant heading away; I love that he's carrying his nalgene, it's just ubiquitously Colorado. I think I snapped twenty pictures of Tanya and they were all absolutely stunning. Kate was my date to the wedding. What a babe, no? We were sitting at the "Golden City" table with Laura, Ivory and Jamie. Sarah had on a gorgeous blue dress, but I didn't get any pictures of it. If this picture of Suzie doesn't say "get that camera out of my face," I don't know what does.... The music was wonderful, On Second Thought reunited for a couple of songs, Tanya and Nick danced the night away. As the evening went on there were lots of opportunities for pictures, like this great one of Tanya and her father... And even a few with our old sorority sisters. Every time I look at this picture I breathe a very heavy sigh of relief that I didn't spill that glass of red wine on Tanya's beautiful dress.

Happy 30th Birthday Ivory and Tanya!

Worst. Picture. Ever.

I almost deleted this terrible picture, but Suzie and I laughed so long and so hard at it, that she convinced me to keep it. The unfortunate effect of the most unflattering lighting ever is, as Suz put it, that she looks like she got hit upside the head with a shovel. We've been cracking up all day long.

A Little Ladies Night Action

I don't have a lot of friends, but the friends I do have are fantastic. Right now is such a crazy time for everyone that I was pleasantly surprised that 6 of us were able to get together for dinner.

Brunette Barbie

After waking up Saturday morning feeling 110% better and after working for a while I got ready for the evening and headed to Denver. I did my hair and make-up and packed my costume so I could change and go after dinner. Met the Ladies (and Nick)at Solera for a World Series Baseball special, 2-for-1 glasses of wine and a selected bar menu during the game. Ivory was able to join us (Jamie was obviously at the game) and now I totally get what people mean when they say that the expecting glow. Pregnancy definitely suits her. Tanya looked great with her new specs and dramatic bangs. Suzie joked that with my over-the-top hair and make-up (we were going to a Halloween party later) and my excellent cleavage (if I do say so myself) that I looked like Brunette Barbie. I was kind of tickled. This might be the best picture of Jill I have ever taken. I wish I had a solo shot of Suzie, her new hair color photographs really well. See! It looks great, in fact, this is a really great photo of everyone. Mmm, great big glasses of 2-for-1 wine. I had the really great 2006 Ferrari-Carano Fumé Blanc (OK actually I ended up having several) that our server suggested. It was a little sweet, but not overly so, with really crisp pear notes. I am not even going to mention the little altercation we had with the bitchy woman who was breast-feeding her baby at the bar (not just in the bar, actually sitting at the bar). OK, I mentioned it, but that is not getting anymore of my attention. I will say that the wine was good, but I was disappointed with the food, as well as the managers attitude during the "incident", I certainly won't be returning. it was awesome to get together with everyone, I wish we could do it more often, but I'll settle for every once in a while, when thing work out just so.