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A Weekend in Santa Fe

Lauren4 Comments

Girls Trip!

Earlier this year I decided my mom, my sister and I needed a quick girls vacation before things got all kinds of busy this summer and Santa Fe seemed like the perfect destination.  It’s only a six and a half hour drive from Colorado, there’s crazy good food and spending hours browsing jewelry shops and art galleries is really best done with a group of girls.  So, we headed out Friday morning and spent the next few days sipping margaritas, walking till we couldn’t walk no more, ogling over the brightest turquoise jewelry, eating mass amounts of green chile (duh!) and just soaking up some quality girl time in the Land of Enchantment.

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Road trip refreshment (new favorite flavor!)

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Crossing the border

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My two favorite girls before heading into town

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Olive oil & balsamic vinegar tasting — my mom bought a bottle of this one and it was incredible!

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Cheers to the start of vacation — this was my favorite margarita of the trip (jalapeno-infused vodka!) but it was also the most expensive…

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“A Slice of Hefen”

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Blue corn pizza crust!!  When the restaurant you planned on having dinner at doesn’t have a table until 9 PM, you settle for pizza.  For the record, this one was delicious!

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Breakfast at The Pantry never disappoints.  I always order the Buenos Dias with scrambled eggs and red chile.  And then my taste buds die of happiness!

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Marimba concert on our way to the Farmers’ Market.  They were killing it!

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Farmers’ Markets are my happy place ❤

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Why do I not know how to play anything on the piano?

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Don’t ask how I managed to not buy any new jewelry…

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My sister’s response to me telling her we were walking to dinner.

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But the walk was so worth it!  Can’t go to Santa Fe without making a stop at Maria’s.

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Sorry about the poor picture quality here, but are you seeing my mom’s face?!  Perfection!

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Did you know Santa Fe is the second oldest city in the United States and that it has both the oldest church and the oldest house?  Now you know.

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There’s over 100 galleries and art studios on Canyon Road — I think we walked through maybe 20 before art started to burn my eyes.

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Fun spinning yard decorations.

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Another Santa Fe favorite — Kakawa Chocolate House

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Chocolate snack because chocolate > art galleries

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My dear sweet mother.  Who did all the driving and puts up with my sister and I despite all the (loving) jokes we make about her 🙂

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The most amazing table side guac to ever grace my taste buds.  We demolished this plate.

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Except for that one time my sister told me she hated me (sisterly love at its finest :P), it was the perfect vacation and I know I’ll look back on it fondly for the rest of forever 🙂

Weekly Highlights

Lauren6 Comments

Can I just say, for the record, that I really did try to come up with a less vague/more exciting/better themed title for this post. But it’s Friday, I have a stupid little cold that’s sucking out all my energy and I’m leaving on vacation today, so a random list of happenings from the week is all I could muster up.

Sorry.

We had thee weirdest weather on Monday.

Like dumping big wet snowflakes until about 3 PM, when the sun came out and melted everything and then it was like it never even snowed. Truly bizarre.

I love Nuggets games.

And not because I love basketball or can even name 5 people on the team (I could maybe name 3…) but because it’s indoors and the Pepsi Center always smells like delicious popcorn and it only costs us $10 each to enjoy such fun in some pretty good seats. Win!

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I’ve accidentally been on a burger binge.

Red Robin this past weekend, Indian-Spiced Chicken Burgers on Tuesday and Falafel Burgers on Thursday. I am totally fine with this, especially since it simultaneously means I get to be on an English muffin binge.

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We got new workout machines in my apartment complex this week.

A new elliptical and a new treadmill to be exact. I would be more excited but I was not feeling the workout thing this week. I think I went in and half heartedly ellipticalled for 20 minutes a total of two times, never even broke a sweat and called it quits. Like I said, no energy.  I did, however take a glorious post-work walk yesterday.  Walks are the best.

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I am shamelessly addicted to Snapchat.

I only exchange pictures with like 3 people, but for some reason sending embarrassing pictures of myself to those 3 people without the fear of it coming back to haunt me is so fun.

I discovered the “Sweet Sounds of the 60’s” station this week and LOVE it.

I grew up exclusively listening to oldies with my parents. I remember being outed in 4th grade when I didn’t know any of the popular artists. So embarrassing. But now I’m proud of my 60’s music tastes.

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I discovered this week that my lips do not like my egg shaped chapsticks.

All summer my lips felt super dry and had these tiny bumps on them and no amount of chapstick would help. For no reason in particular, I forgot about the egg then I randomly started using it again this week and my lips are dry and bumpy again! Totally sucks, because they are cute and bright, oh and because I have a million.

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We’re leaving for Arizona today and I am so excited!

I’m crossing my fingers for warm weather, sunshine and some good baseball games.

Is it weird that I’m sad to leave our beer all by itself while we’re on vacation?

Don’t answer that.

Happy Friday!