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Catching Up

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Joey and I had plans to go grab breakfast sandwiches together this morning but he’s been sick since Sunday — guess drinking and staying out till 2 AM doesn’t bode well for 28-year olds 😛 — and was not even close to feeling up to it.

I still walked myself over to Huckleberry because having a coffee shop in walking distance and getting in a brisk walk first thing in the morning when the streets are still quiet and the sun is just coming up makes me insanely happy.

Also, because someone stayed up late watching the Rockies game — West Coast games, you are so brutal BUT that Nolan Arenado catch was so worth staying up for! — coffee was needed!

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On the food front…

We went out for a birthday dinner at a new(ish) restaurant called Gozo last week.  I thought the space was so awesome.  It was big and open and filled with white subway tile, wooden tables, Edison pendant lights and quirky things like a speaker shaped like a suitcase over the bar.  The service was so-so but the food… GAH!

We also went out to Tamayo, which is a Mexican restaurant on Larimer, and even though there was BACON GUACAMOLE, there was also $11 margaritas and that even seems steep for a marg addict like me.  I wouldn’t be sad if I never went there again.

Seeing as we were out every night last week (or so it felt!) and dinner-time cooking wasn’t happening, we survived off roasted veggies for lunch.  Transformed into this, this, this and this.  I was a happy (lunch) camper!

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On Wednesday, we saw Motown the Musical.  It was like 30 seconds into the show when the Temptations and the Four Tops were having a music battle that I knew I was going to love it!  There was a guy sitting in front of us who was seriously rocking out and even though we were all laughing at him, I kinda wanted to be doing what he was doing.

I’ve been listening to The Supremes Radio on iHeart ever since.  My mom raised me on Oldies so I probably know these songs better than anything that’s on the radio right now.  I forgot just how much I love “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye.

We’ve made it to Season 3 of The Wire and even though Omar is the coolest (especially when he’s all “Indeed.  Most def.”), I’ve kinda been meh about the show since Season 1.  I think I’m still watching so I can have an opportunity to say “McNutty.”

What’s going on in your life?!

Wednesday Randoms

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Yesterday was National Pancake Day!  Did you celebrate?  Please say yes.  We took ourselves to Snooze for pancake flights, latte art and sugar comas.  I was maybe too excited and dreamt about it the night before.  Totally normal.

Yesterday was also Mardi Gras!  Which means I wore beads to work, listened to a Mardi Gras music station all day just to hear the one song I know, “Carnival Time” and made Red Beans (our best batch yet!) for dinner.  Oh and Joey and I officially decided we’re going to the real Mardi Gras next year.  Ya hear that, Uncle? 🙂

I had all the documents and pictures on my college laptop recovered and I was expecting Throwback Thursday material for days, but it turns out it’s just pictures of food.  Like all of it.  And the more I thought about it, I didn’t even know how I took pictures prior to when I started blogging in 2010 or what I did with those pictures after I took them.

Coming to terms with the fact that the Oscars are this Sunday and I’m probably not going to see all the Best Picture nominees by then.  Think we’ll sneak in American Sniper this weekend but Selma and The Theory of Everything are probably not happening.

Sometimes you show up to the gym and discover it’s closed for President’s Day.  Noooooo!

If you’re wondering about the history of SNL, — Chevy Chase drama, Norm Mcdonald drama, Lorne Michaels drama — I’m your girl.  #SuckedIntoTheBlackHoleOfWikipedia  But please ask in the next 24 hours, because I regularly empty my brain, so as to refill it with other useless knowledge.

They are starting trivia at the pizza place down the street from our house.  This is both the best and most dangerous thing to ever happen.

I recently read an article titled “10 Things You Should Know Before Getting Into a Relationship with Someone Who Loves Food.”  And actually, I couldn’t relate to any of it except this line: “I hope you don’t feel uncomfortable being the third wheel when you go out to eat.  You’ll grow to accept this role in your partner’s life, I promise.”  Joey is totally the third wheel.

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P.S. This happened last night.

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