So last weekend while Aaron was taking artsy pictures, I got to fly to Denver and visit with Nat and Erin. This visit was prompted by an excellent suggestion from Martha that we try to meet up while she was at a conference in Denver. Luckily Nat and Erin had a few days off for President’s Weekend, so it worked out perfectly.
When I flew in on Friday I got to see the Rockies. They are pretty impressive.
Nat picked me up at the airport with the faithful Oliver dog, Jethro. Then we got to pick-up M from her hotel in downtown Denver. Nat and Erin live in an ‘up-in-coming’ neighborhood not far from the downtown. It has some amazing Mexican restaurants. One of the best treats of Denver was Nat’s breakfast burritos made with green chili and insanely good flour tortillas. The tortillas were so good that I had to bring some back for Aaron.
As for green chili, if you are a east-coaster like me, you may think of chili as something made in a Crockpot with meat, beans, and tomatoes. But green chili is more of a sauce that goes on anything and everything from eggs to french fries. Here’s a website I found with more info. for the curious foodies out there: http://denvergreenchili.com/default.aspx
After lunch with Nat and M we got a quick tour of Nat and Erin’s house before going to pick up the lady of the house from work.
Nat is a woodworker, so they have converted the garage into a shop for him.
Besides being awesome friends and green chili eaters. Nat and Erin have the whole outdoorsy, gardening, composing, good life going for them. Erin made sure that we at least went on a walk every day, so we balanced the delicious Denver food and beer.
On Saturday, sadly Erin had to go to class, but Nat took us to Red Rock for a little hike.
It’s a beautiful place and we were lucky enough to have beautiful weather too.
On Saturday night, Mom and Dad Page treated us all to a belated birthday dinner for M. We went to Jonesy’s Eat Bar in downtown Denver. They have amazing fries and sliders. We got thai chili fries, mac and chese fries, buffalo fries, and truffle parmesean fries. As for the sliders: shrimp po boys, falafel, lamby joes, and traditional blue cheese and bacon. DELICIOUS!
After dinner we played pool. Because every classy restaurant should have a pool table.
That night a giant snow storm hit Minneapolis, so lucky for us, Martha got stuck in Denver for an extra day. We spent Sunday lounging around and since Nat and Erin didn’t have school on Monday, we got to play a bar quiz game, Geeks who Drink. I definitely recommend.
So those are some of the highlights of the trip. We also watched a lot of Buffy and gave Jethro lots of love and attention. I have to say, Denver was a pretty fabulous place and I’m looking forward to hopefully seeing Martha, Nat, and Erin again sometime soon.
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