The Casualties Of Summer

I had a wild weekend, and I've got lots to share. Right now, however, I can only think on one thing. My remarkable sunburn. Thank goodness for Aloe Vera. I've been slathering it on all day. Last week Sarah and I met at GCB for a beer and she invited me to join her at the pool on Sunday. Tonight I'm joining her again to watch a little baseball, my third game this week. Hopefully we'll have seats in the shade.

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!

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.

Tuesday With Jill and Sarah

On Tuesday night I actually made it up to Boulder. Sarah volunteered her much more winter in Colorado appropriate SUV and drove us up. The drive up was a little treacherous, but by the time dinner was over the roads were fine. Sarah and I met Jill at The Kitchen [Upstairs], a comfortable space in what used to be a small book store, we had some wine and snacks. We all started with a glass of the red Vin du Jour ($5) Tuesdays wine was a palatable Shiraz-Grenache blend, and shared House Cut garlic Fries ($3) and Macaroni and Cheese ($4) and The Kitchen Tomato Soup with olive oil ($3). The fries were perfect, thick cut and piping hot topped with shaved garlic, the mac and cheese left a lot to be desired, the soup was silky and tangy. We talked about boys and work and made eyes at good looking college boys at the next table. The Bartender joined us after a bit and was charming and funny and friendly. The four of us shared three entrees for supper. Flat Bread – with la quercia prosciutto & burrata cheese ($15) So good, the flat bread was really light and crisp, the prosciutto nicely salty, and the cheese creamy and fresh. Red Snapper – with parsnip puree, baby spinach & preserved lemon tapanade ($26) The snapper was replaced with some gorgeous tuna, grilled medium rare, it was good, but the potatoes with tapenade stole the show. I'd never considered this flavor combo before, but I just may throw some lemon zest and kalamata olives in nest time I make mashers. Coleman Ranch Hanger Steak – with french fries & greens ($24) I was french fried out at this point, but the marinated hanger steak was so good that I actually moaned aloud when I took my first bite. I wish I had the recipe. I have certainly been enjoying The Bartender's company lately. He is fun and funny and thoughtful. But the thing is, and I was the same way when I was in the industry, he's just a little too... "I'm the guy" if you know what I mean. We go out and he knows everybody and has to schmooze, and a lot of these everybodies are hot young women. I'm not jealous, because we're just getting to know each other, and he is so obviously interested in me, and so cute about it. We said good night and he kissed me on the cheek, then later sent me a text asking if that was OK. Cute.

Crawl for Cancer '07

Woohoo! Pictures from the '07 Crawl for Cancer can be seen here. So the weekend was awesome. I had a blast and I was in bed by 10 pm both Friday and Saturday nights. Sorry guys! No new boys to blog about, but there was some serious quality bonding time with great friends and my awesome parents. Today was a great day, I haven't had a Sunday to myself in ages. I woke up in my own bed, cleaned my apartment, and spent the rest of the day playing with the picture from this weekend and watching T.V., maybe lazy, but also very relaxing. I opened a bottle of champers and ordered a pizza for the Bronco game. Might be the perfect Sunday night too. Here are a couple of highlights