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05.31.07
At the airport. Have a good work week suckers.
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Labels: Mobile Posts 05.30.07
Part Four 
 Monday Morning Jill and I had brunch with our other friend Sarah who was in town from Sydney, NE. Then headed back to the pool.05.30.07
Part Three 05.30.07
Part Two  I was taking a picture of Sara at dinner and got Eric in the background, I couldn't help but zoom in and crop this hilarious picture.
 After a long day of fun in the sun, cocktails and a delicious dinner, we headed over to the OTT for several cocktails.
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Aaargh! Just need to vent for a sec... I came in at 7 this morning to get everything I need done before I leave for a week. It is 10:30 and the people I work with aren't here yet, I can't get much done today without them. Who isn't at work yet by 10:30? How hard is it to get up before noon?
Labels: Miscellaneous 05.30.07
Long Weekend- Part One  Jill and I dog sat for Suzie this weekend, and in between hanging with the dogs and chowing down on hot dogs (the Atlanta Slaw Dog: Chile con Carne, Cheese, Cole Slaw... I want one for breakfast everyday) we managed to head south to kick it with our friend Sara at Fritz's pool. Fritz is a great host, and kept our cocktails and bellies full. He also let me laze about in this raft for hours.
 Seriously I don't think I got out all day.
 I got a strange sunburn where I missed the sunscreen, it turned into an itchy pit.
 Mostly just soaked up some (lots) sun.
 05.29.07
I want to tell you guys all about the weekend, but I have too much work to do before I head to NYC (2 days!). Maybe I'll get to it tonight after I do all of my laundry and pack. Or maybe not. I will try to update you guys from the road, but I just may have too much fun to remember that.
Labels: Miscellaneous 05.29.07
Wedding Bells I'd like to congratulate my dear friend Tanya and her new fiance Nick on their engagement. Best wishes!
Labels: Tanya 05.29.07
Rally  I don't know how she did it, but Sameera got Jill and I off the couch at almost midnight to rally and hit up a new bar.
I think we look pretty good considering we had just taken a 4-hour nap.
This blonde boy just might be the neediest boy I have ever met. He had known Jill for all of three minuted when he started whining about not getting enough attention from her.
 Seriously, how cute are we?05.29.07
 I will definitely be back to this bar (even though I can't remember it's name), probably earlier. The patio had these great big couches that were great for lounging and I think would be even greater for lounging in the sunshine.
 I don't remember this meathead's name but he was cracking me up with his prom poses. He was nice enough, but pouted all night when he found out Sameera was married.05.27.07
Labels: Mobile Posts 05.27.07
The Reason I Didn't Make it to Yoga on Saturday  Because Jill and I hit it pretty hard on Friday night. We were on our way to meet a guy Jill has been going out with, when we ran into an old boyfriend of hers and got waylaid.
 
Labels: Jill 05.24.07
Reprimanded Once Again Once again Jill has told me off for planing on having a mellow weekend, so I am going to compromise. I really really really really really need to study for the LSAT a ton this weekend, I have been too busy this weekend to really get anything done besides work. I want to go to several yoga classes, I want to take all the dogs on a nice walk, I want to go on a bike ride, I want to eat either ethiopian or indian food, I want to go to happy hour on Friday and get 75c oysters, and I want to meet some boys who find Jill or me so charming that they invite us to a Memorial day cookout and make us food. OK, that's quite the laundry list of things to do for a mellow weekend, but when I agreed to dog-sit my plans to hide out in Golden went right out the window and I decided to settle for just not going out. But now that I have been harangued into going out too, I'll just have to settle for not getting too drunk, wasting all of my money, and the spending all of the daylight hours on Suzie's couch watching HBO.
It's a compromise. P.S. If anyone wants to join me for any of the aforementioned activities give me a call. Labels: Miscellaneous 05.24.07
Mellow Weekend I am having a mellow weekend. I am not going out all crazy and spending a ton of money. I am long overdue for a haircut and I am spending money on that instead. I am also getting a wax next week. I am terrified. I have been doing my brows myself for ten years, and that doesn't hurt, but I'm a little worried about my bikini area. Ouch.
The other thing I spent a small part of my long awaited tax return on is this guy
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Candlelight  We started at the Candlelight Inn, one of my favorite bars in Wash Park.
Jill let me wear her jeans, I am a little in love with them.
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Shennanigans  So I really liked Jill's and my hair on Saturday night.
See, good hair.
  I am pissed at these guys, if you are married, don't waste my time .
 We all look so bright and shiny.05.23.07
Titibasana Sorry Dudette. I can't believe how busy I am in my new job. Plus I have actually been making the most of my summer, going climbing or to yoga in the evenings, and I am usually too tired when I get home to get down to business, but I will soon, I promise. Think how good it will be after all this anticipation.
In yoga related news I got into titibasana today. It wasn't pretty, but it was awesome. Labels: Miscellaneous 05.22.07
Jeez Buddy.... Sorry I went one day without posting, I was busy and frankly just didn't feel like it. But here's what you can look forward to this week, drum roll please.....
I finally got pics from New Years So, not too exciting, but what were you expecting. Labels: Miscellaneous 05.18.07
Little Pieces Do you guys watch Greys? I still do, and I read Grey Matters each week as well. This week Shonda Rhimes wrote the writer's blog about the season finale. Don't worry I'm not about to spoil it for you, she wrote this line about the Christina story arc this season... "Slowly, over the course of the season, we've watched as hard-nosed Yang sliced off little pieces of herself to accommodate Burke."
I read this line several times before I was able to move on to the rest of the piece. This is something we all do, or we all have done, and to see "it," the idea or whatever it is right there in words kind of struck me. I don't know if the men I have known also sacrificed little pieces of themselves to accommodate me, but something makes me think not. And I'm not alone in this. My girlfriends do it, apparently the Grey's writers and their girlfriends do it, every one's girlfriends do it. After the demise of each relationship I gather those pieces up, and in time bounce back to my whole self, but I think I'd like to find someone for whom I don't have to slice off those little pieces, someone who likes or at least tolerates all of my pieces, me in my entirety. But maybe it isn't about what someone else likes or tolerates at all. It's a blurry line, between compromise and sacrifice. Something I have been working on mastering for years, and I'm not there yet. I'm not close yet. But I'm still trying. Labels: T.V. 05.17.07
Crema de Limoncello I finished making the Crema de Limncello last night, OH MY it's good.
I had the best day ever planned, and little by little it fell apart. First my mom cancelled golf, then my friend cancelled climbing, so now all I have today is work. Blech. And I worked extra-long all week so I could take off most of today. Boo. Labels: Miscellaneous 05.16.07
Work, life is good. Sorry I don't really have anything interesting for you today. I have been working hard, but I love my new job, nice gig if you like being a professional student. If you guys have ever wondered what it is that I do, you are welcome to check out my 2 new "blogs", which aren't really for entertainment at all, but just a new way I thought I'd try keeping track of my research. You can find them by clicking on my profile. But I warn you that you won't care, metallurgy is not really titillating stuff.
Labels: Miscellaneous 05.15.07
I am a genius! I got a 4.0 this semester! (O.K. not that big of a deal in grad school, but it still feels great!)
Labels: Miscellaneous 05.14.07
Made My Day Please, please, please click here HERE.
Labels: Miscellaneous 05.14.07
E-mail? I set it up for e-mail too. Labels: Mobile Posts 05.14.07
I just set up this Blog to post messages via cell phone. If you can read this, it worked. This could be a bad idea.
Labels: Mobile Posts 05.13.07
Happy Mother's Day!  I took my mom to lunch today at NoRTH in Cherry Creek, the food was pretty good, but oh my stars the service was bad. I don't know what we did to our server, and maybe she was just hungover, but it sure felt like contempt. NoRTH is a good restaurant, maybe a little too big for it's britches if you ask me. If you ask them;
Taking its cue from an Italian trattoria, NoRTH offers a contemporary approach to Modern Italian Cuisine. With sleek interiors, a sexy atmosphere, and a menu offering unique antipasti, wood fired pizzas, inventive pasta dishes and many wood roasted and grilled dishes North is the perfect spot for any dining occasion. When it first opened it was hot, but now the service isn't great, their menu hasn't changed since I was last there (in early 2006? 2005?), and the "sexy atmosphere" needs a good cleaning. But, the walls opened up and it reminded my mom of the last time we ate in Little Italy where the restaurant opened up to the street. The day was beautiful, I had a lovely riesling which started out too acidic, but opened up beautifully when it warmed to room temperature. Mom had the short-rib "osso buco"which I've had before, tough stuff to mess up, tasty. I had an "italian-style" benedict with prosciutto, asparagus and sun-dried tomato hollandaise. It was fine, perfunctory benedict, but can I just say what is up with the sun-dried tomatoes everywhere. It's like 1994 came to Denver and never left. There's a whole world of flavors out there, lets try something else once in a while, OK? Labels: Mom, Restaurants 05.13.07
Slow Down There, Ladies  I don't quite know what led to the extreme level of inebriation that possessed Jill, Kate and myself, but it led to what appears to have been quite a wild night, but we can't really remember.
Yeah, I have no idea who this guy is.
Or his buddy.
Or this guy, but for some reason I think his name was Chuy.
Jill doesn't even remember Kate showing up. Labels: Jill, Mak and Kate 05.13.07
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 I also have no idea who took these birds-eye-view pictures of us dancing, Kate is a pretty tall gal.
 These guys we did know. Jill took off to head to a friends house, and Kate and I headed to Golden Bowl, the schiesty bowling alley in Golden to meet her husband and some of our friends from college.
Labels: Jill, Mak and Kate 05.13.07
 And all hell starts to break loose. I think, I don't relly remember, but we sure look like we're having fun.
Labels: Mak and Kate 05.13.07
 Don't ask me why my shoes are off in the bowling alley. Or why my feet are so dirty. Or why they are on his shoulders. Or why everyone is so happy about it.
Labels: Mak and Kate 05.11.07
Iron Chef Golden: Battle Lemon Jill is coming over for dinner, and I have a fridge full of lemons sans peels, so I have come up with a lemon-centric menu for the evening:
Chicken Asparagus and mushroom stuffed crepes with hollandaise Labels: Food 05.11.07
If it's Summer, I Must be Grilling Last night it was brats, mushrooms, asparagus, and fennel. I needed to get those veggies cooking before they went off, and they were tasty. Especially the fennel
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It grilled up crispy and sweet, I grill all veggies the same way, olive oil, coarse salt and cracked pepped. Grilling concentrates the flavors and sugars in the veggies, so I don't like seasonings to interfere.
If you are looking for a great grilling book, I cannot recommend Taming the Flame by Elizabeth Karmel highly enough. it has great recipes for everything from chicken to beef to lamb to seafood to grilled pizza tasty side dishes and desserts. I think its time to break out the old summer standard, white wine spritzers and make to most of this beautiful weather. 05.11.07
Cinco de Mayo I spent Saturday night with my friend Sameera and her husband Saquib, who might be the two most beautiful people I have ever met, not to mention a blast to hangout with.
   
We spent most of the evening at Alto, the new restaurant in the old Sambuca space. It wasn't crowded, but it was a great spot. I will definitely come back. An old friend, Anna, from when Sameera and I worked at The Cheesecake Factory met us out. It was great to see her, it has been a long time.Labels: Sameera 05.10.07
Grillin' As much as I love sitting out on a patio in the summer drinking beer, I love sitting on my patio and grilling or reading a book just as much. Last night was perfect. Murph and I went to Golden City for a beer and some sun, then came home to grill up some dinner. I made these gorgeous salt-crusted shrimp.
Labels: Food 05. 9.07
Champagne Instead of doing anything productive on Saturday, Jill and I hung out a Suzie's place and nursed our hangovers all day.
We eschewed the Cinco de Mayo festivities and opted instead to lay on the couches and drink champagne all day. 
After dinner Suzie and Mike went to a party, and I went to Corridor 44 to have a few drinks while I waited for Sameera and her husband. I have always kind of liked being out by myself, because I always meet new people, and I just don't feel uncomfortable dining or going to a movie or even having a few cocktails alone. Finally, this cocktail, champagne with a splash of Guinness, delicious. Who'd have thought. Labels: Jill, Restaurants 05. 8.07
The Lurker So you see this guy in the blue shirt, lurking somewhere in each of these pictures? Well folks, meet the Lurker. An initially creepy dude who turned out to be actually quite charming.
We showed up at Rock Bar about 11:30 or midnight, and shortly after, this guy started hanging around. (Before you ask I have no idea what Jill and I are doing in this picture.)
05. 8.07
The Demise of the Lean Cuisine Diet The Lean Cuisine diet did not do me wrong. For about a month, I ate Lean Cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was convenient (I was too busy to cook) kept my calories low, and some are even really tasty, I highly recommend hunan beef and meatloaf with whipped potatoes. I lost a considerable amount of weight, well I don't know about weight, but certainly inches. I haven't weighed myself in ages, but clothes I couldn't squeeze into a month ago fit well now. However, i feel I have hit a plateau, and now that I am working out so much, I feel like I need a lot more protein. I don't really find it difficult to eat healthy because I love grilling, and I love vegetables, although I have a tough time not eating tons of butter, but I'll work on that.
Last night on the way home from yoga, I stopped to pick up some groceries. I love to cook, and I hadn't in at least a month. Working out makes me ravenously hungry, and I was in the mood for something spicy, so I decided on a stir fry. My favorite dish when I get Thai takeout is Sriracha beef. One day I wanted to try it at home, so I came up with this slightly bastardized, but no less delicious recipe. Slice lots of onions and tons of garlic (I can't get enough garlic) and get them cooking in a big pan with a little oil.
Labels: Food 05. 7.07
"I Think We're Attention Whores" That is what Jill said to me on Saturday when we were on our way to get carnitas and bean burritos for lunch. I think she's right.
I love this picture of Jilly, very Machiavellian .
Labels: Jill 05. 7.07
05. 7.07
Steuben's / Uptown Tavern Friday night we had a rare girl's night out. We convened for a late dinner, and decided to go to Steuben's. I had never been before, and I was looking forward to checking it out. On their website, they have this to say about themselves:
Steuben's is named after a restaurant in Boston that my Great Uncles, Max and Joe opened in 1945. Steubens became a famous Boston restaurant, nightclub, and hotspot from the 1940's to the 1960's on Boylston Street. The Vienna Room, The Cave, and The Blue Room were all part of the Steubens space and hosted Big Bands, Jazz Bands, Swing Bands, The Rat Pack, Proms and Sweet Sixteens. In its prime, Steuben's was the center of the Boston dining and nightlife scene. I think they are spot on with their vision. It is a great space, that is going to be even better in the summer when the garage door-style windows open up to the street. The patrons were all very young, and hip, and I love the comfort food revival. The cocktails were a little pricey, but the entrees are big enough to share. Jill and I split a monte cristo which was great, crispy and melty, but not greasy. Suz and Sara split an iceberg wedge salad, and order of mac and cheese, and a great looking pan roasted chicken. I am sure we will be back, and hopefully for brunch, because their brunch menu looks great. After dinner we popped across the street to Uptown Tavern to have some drinks. I don't usually love uptown, but the ladies like it. This particular night however, I had a nice time. Not a great time, and I wasn't compelled to stay all night, but it was a good place to get warmed up.
Labels: Jill, Restaurants, Sarah, Suzie 05. 6.07
Maybe the Perfect Thursday 
It started early, I went climbing on North Table with my friend Andy a little before 8. Murph came up and after a nice hike, we did three routes before heading back down around noon so Andy could make his lunch meeting. When I got back into the office I had a message from my advisor. He had an urgent message for me which turned out to be an interesting job offer. Yep, that means I can say goodbye to Hazen this summer. In the afternoon my mom and I went golfing. It took forever to play 18 holes, there was a bit of a bottleneck, and we had to do a lot of waiting, but we enjoyed a truly beautiful afternoon.
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Wild Nights This weekend was a blast, and I have tons of pictures, probably of you, so check back as I'll dole them out periodically throughout the week. Oy-oy-oy. (More on that later)
Labels: Miscellaneous 05. 4.07
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Jill Show, Part Infinity In similar fashion to my signature wink, the gaping mouth is Kate's signature move. I can't tell you how many pictures from college I have of her making just this face.
 A little impromptu singalong.
 I simply wouldn't be Friday night without the Jill Show. But damn girl, that yoga is really paying off!
Labels: Jill, Mak and Kate 05. 2.07
Food on the Brain Second only to seeing my dear bud Heather, the thing I am most excited about doing in New York is eating. A lot. I love the food on the east coast, and not just in New York, in Maryland, in Jersey, any where where the altitude is ea-level-ish the bread seems to taste better, the ingredients are more authentic and of better quality, and the variety is wonderful. Unless you want Mexican, but I can live without it for a week. One thing I have been dreaming about, and my mouth is watering just typing this right now, is lunch at Oyster Bar. I know it is kind of tourist-y, but I'm a tourist, so bite me I can eat wherever I want to. One place I will definitely not be dropping some hard earned cash is Suba, a trendy tapas type place, and if you want to know why, head on over to Daily Dish and read all about it. Even if you don't want to know why you should read it anyway because it cracked me up. I'm all for pretentious arty food, as long as it tastes good. If it makes you gag, what's the point?
Labels: Miscellaneous 05. 1.07
Good Days T-minus 30 days until Jill and little old me hit New York for the weekend. Weeee! I can't wait to get out of town, if only for a little while, and I really can't wait to hang out with my gal-pal Heather!
In other good news, after a year of endless repairs, I finally got the ICP torch working. This is Huge news. It is a little reassurance about my research just when I really needed it. Labels: Miscellaneous 05. 1.07
Big Condor Mak and Kate are some of my favorite people. We all met in college, unfortunately they live about 4 hours away, and I very rarely see them.
 They have talked me into all sorts of crazy thing including one very unpleasant sky diving experience.
 I think they bring out the most fun me when they are around.
 Team Big Condor. That's my darts team name, long story. OK, not that long, just not that interesting.
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