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Weekend Things

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Confession: Our friends Josh and Fletcher have been in town since Saturday, so the weekend was full of fun dinners out, lots of Mason time, Super Bowl party food, ice cream and me not taking any pictures.  What is wrong with me?!

I started out with good intentions!  Friday, we had dinner at Pizzeria Lui — I deem this the best crust in Denver — then headed over to the Alamo Drafthouse to see Phantom Thread.  Not gonna go into detail about how much popcorn we consumed but I will tell you that we really enjoyed the movie.  The way it’s shot, how the actors say so much by saying nothing at all, the tension throughout and that final twist (which we did not see coming!) was so so interesting.

Mostly though, I AM REYNOLDS WOODCOCK and this is not a good thing.  Joey and I both turned to each other and stifled laughter after Lesley Manville, who plays his sister, said something along the lines of “if breakfast is disturbed, it’s very difficult for him to recover” because that is me to a T…

Saturday started with hot yoga — not my favorite class, but it’s still nice to start your day with a good sweat sesh — then I grabbed a latte on my way home and here’s where my picture taking plans derailed.  We hit the grocery store, watched a billion episodes of The Mindy Project and knocked out laundry before heading into Erie to meet up with Hannah, Fletcher and two Joshes.  From there we hit up The Old Mine for dinner then went next door for dessert.  They serve Little Man Ice Cream and really, you can’t ask for more than getting to eat Little Man without having to stand in the Little Man line.  Space Junkie for the win!

Super Bowl Sunday!  We did normal Sunday things — pancakes, SNL, gym time, salad prep — then headed over to Darron and Karla’s for the game sangria and snacks.  Guys, these Bronco die-hards hate the Patriots just as much as they love the Broncos.  There was a lot of yelling.  More importantly, there were chips and dips and meatball sliders and then shrimp tacos came out at halftime and I died of happiness.  Not messing around with the spread this year.

I wish I could tell you anything about the game, but I cannot.  Instead, I can tell you I was pretty into the Tide, Alexa and Dirty Dancing commercials.  Was that an ad for the NFL??  Not as into JT’s performance.  He’s still got the moves, but I was sort of distracted by how he seemed to be traveling from place to place the entire time and also that hideous outfit.

Had to make it through Monday at work then we headed over to Hannah and Josh’s — I could get used to this seeing Mason every day thing! — then all of us went to Community for dinner.  We ordered a whole slew of stuff but my favorites were the Brussels (gah!), the juiciest roast chicken and the mac n cheese.  If you live in the area, I highly recommend this place!  We’ve been impressed every time.  To top it all off, we ended up at Sweet Cow — had to compare to Little Man, of course — then sadly gave goodbye hugs to Josh and Fletcher, who leave today.  This Tuesday already feels like a Monday but it was fun feeling like we were on vacation for a few days 🙂

Weekend Things

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Sorry to jump the gun right now, but SUMMER!!!

We had the most gloriously warm weather all weekend and I dove headfirst into full on summer mode.  Plus I walked home from a Friday manicure in the sunshine, hit up Little Man, went to a park party, soaked up the rays during Saturday happy hour, hung our porch swing, ran outside, laid in the hammock, frolicked with my sweet niece and nephew and said yes to everything because summer is the best time and I’m my best self when it finally rolls around.

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Got a base coat at Base Coat and it’s official — I’m never not going there.  (Except for when I go to Ella Bliss.)  This color is called Adobe and I’m sort of in love with it.  Like I said, I walked myself home afterwards, feeling all pampered and blissed out by sunshine and weekend happiness.  It was truly the best.  And then I got home and helped Joey plot out our garden box placement.  We didn’t actually get to the actual building this weekend, but those little chalk sketches made me excited, nonetheless.

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We met Bobby and Becca for dinner at The Crafty Fox afterwards — our waitress ignored Joey and only brought out three sets of silverware, so that for a minute I wondered if he was maybe a ghost and the three of us were the only ones who could see him — then headed to Little Man.  Actual ice cream-wise, Little Man isn’t my favorite but you cannot beat a warm summer night on the pavilion, surrounded by fellow ice cream lovers.  Plus, if your friends have never experienced “the line,” it’s your duty to introduce them.  Salted Maple Pecan won for best flavor of the night.

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Saturday morning, we walked to get iced coffee, ate almond butter toast in the backyard and then I hurried off to get a much needed facial.  My skin really needed it and my lovely facialist (that’s not a real word, but it should be!) recommended I really up my healthy fats to speed the healing process.  She listed almond butter, olive oil, coconut oil and I definitely heard her say “make some guacamole and crack a beer.”  Say no more, I’m there!  Afterwards, we headed to a birthday party where, moments after this picture was taken, Jory pushed his nephew’s face into the cake.  Who’s really the adult here, huh?

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We were totally going to be good responsible adults afterwards and go the grocery store/home for dinner but then we dropped by Hannah and Josh’s and they mentioned that they were going to Humboldt for Happy Hour and we were goners.  It felt like 100° in the sun, but I sipped a Mule, ate a slider, trout dip, truffle fries and TEMPURA BROCCOLI and didn’t mind it one bit.  Finally got around to exchanging spring birthday presents and I think we all left happy and full.

Later on, we watched 10 minutes of an awful movie before I vetoed (Slow Learners is a no) then switched to a slightly less horrible movie.  I thought Mark Ruffalo could do no wrong but then I watched Begin Again.  It wasn’t that bad, but it also wasn’t that good.  Then Fred Armisen on SNL!  I feel I never fully appreciated his weird humor until after he left the show so I was so glad to have him back.  To perform a one man show during the monologue, put his foot in a bowl of guac and cause the whole cast to lose it and revive that wacky made up band concept for the last skit of the night.  Also, “Farewell, Mr. Bunting” was the best thing ever.  Go watch!

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Sunday started with a run and pancakes, because I’d been complaining about not making any in weeks and weeks.  They hit the spot!  We spent the afternoon with my niece and nephew, who we don’t spend nearly enough time with and that needed to be remedied ASAP.  We took them to see The Angry Birds Movie and look, it wasn’t even the worst movie I watched this weekend.  Ice cream afterwards, naturally.  My niece is really into her rock collection right now, so her yellow rock accompanied us on our outing.  Love those two crazy kids!

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I ate that summer salad for dinner, but who even cares because HODOR!  Still processing last night’s episode of GoT but how momentous, heartbreaking and delightfully Ramsay-free it was.  In other news, the hammock is hung, our porch swing is back in place, I have a “Summer Bucket List” out and everything feels pretty good right now.

Happy Monday!