First Weekend

Our second weekend in Denver proved to be a fun one! We started out the weekend by heading out into the city Friday night. It turned out to be a chilly Friday, so Sean and I hit up the Gap for some warmer clothes before we went out. Our first stop was Pour House. I can still the plates of food we ordered that night since we hadn't eaten dinner. The bar reminded me of your typical bar in CT, same music, similar set up. After getting our fill there, we moved on to Sing Sing. I had heard about the bar from Sean and his friend, he has this picture of Sean sitting on a piano in what looks like a meditative state. I know realize he was probably channeling some famous singer, or really concentrating on hitting the notes. Its a dueling piano bar! In the center of the place, on a stage are 2 pianos and surrounding them, cabaret style tables. There was a good group of us and it was our first weekend in Denver so Sean thought it would fun it we all got in the spot light. After seeing the wait staff do their number, and other groups of friends get up to be embarrassed, it was our turn. You write your name on a piece or paper, request a song, attach a few bucks, and hope that you get called. After thinking I hadn't done a good job of delivering our request, with $20 inside, we were finally picked! (I had run up as quickly as I could and dropped off the goods in front on one of the piano players, but I didn't think he saw it) I'll spare you the name Sean gave us, but on his request he wrote there were 5 of us from CT and they were to choose our fate. It was...drum roll please...New York, New York!! So there we were all five of us in line, kicking and dancing to "Start spreading the news...." It was a lot of fun! Our 15 minutes of fame! I think the best part was after Sean and I left to go home, I decided to belt out a few more lines of the song, and someone yelled "Go home @#$&*!" (It really wasn't that bad of name, I promise)

Saturday there was a 5K, Skirt Chase, that my sister told me about. I thought it was a cool concept. The women start first and then 3 minutes later, the men. We decided to give it a shot! For some reason I thought the entry fee was only $10 day of race, turns out it was $40! There we were, paperwork filled out, the race starting in a few minutes and $80 to contemplate paying!! So we did. I felt awful! How could I think it was only $10, a race is never that cheap!! We had a great time though. It was a nice course, out and back, but with a slight incline on the way back but a downhill finish. I just missed my 25 min range, but I was pleased, since it was my first race being in CO and not having run in the higher altitude much.
After the race is was off to a Rockies game! We scalped some tickets and ended up sitting in the first tier by right field. Unfortunately the Rockies lost, but we didn't let that slow us down. We were off to The Tavern, if I have the name right, with Brian and 2 of his friends. It was a cool place, close to the stadium, so you had that in the back drop. We hung around there for a little bit then moved on to another bar, but at that point, we were done. We did meet 2 great girls though!

On Sunday we slept in, so no church for us. It was such a nice day, we decided to drive out to Boulder. It was something else to see! This town in right at the foot of the mountains. It's a college town and a really nice one at that! Lots of shops and places to eat. Kind of like a Westport, but more liberal in the mountains. I'm glad we went on such a nice day.