Adventures of a well-rounded geek
Colorado, as anywhere I imagine, loves their brunch restaurants. And while I'm not a huge fan of pancakes (they're great on occasion but I can't handle them every day) and I don't eat eggs anymore, there are still a couple of breakfast joints that I can, and definitely want to, recommend in Denver: Denver Biscuit…
Yesterday morning Elisabeth and I ate breakfast at Snooze. It's a popular breakfast chain here in Denver and while I've lived here for going on EIGHT years (gasp), I had yet to visit. Honestly, I had thought the love for the restaurant was all just hype and I had no interest in waiting for an…
Yesterday I started my morning with kix cereal, orange juice, and the Hygge book Kaitlin let me borrow. I sat out on the balcony while the air was still cool and I flipped through the book, marking which challenges I wanted to try. I made my list and have added a page to this blog…
Yesterday started with Elisabeth and I going to an Iraqi bakery she had read about a few weeks ago - Shahrazad Bakery. She was interested in their flatbread but I was interested in their baklava. I quite love the dessert but find that it's hard to find really good quality baklava. So imagine how thrilled…
My morning started with eating breakfast outside and then pulling weeds while Pippin wandered the yard. I loved it. I say this all the time but being outside really improves a person’s mood. There’s still more work to do with the yard but just having plants around makes it instantly look nicer. I’ve started letting…
This weekend has been non-stop for me! Saturday morning started with homemade scones, clotted cream, and homemade jam, cause, you know, it's what you gotta do. A fancy grocery store near my work carries clotted cream so I picked it up Friday afternoon as a surprise to Gene. He always likes the idea of having…
I’ve been getting tired of cereal for breakfast so I decided I needed to find another option. I decided to purchase myself a personal blender so I could make smoothies! I really like smoothies but I don’t have them often because either of the cost or because I’m not in places that serve them. Now,…
Last night we made homemade pizzas. Thank you Kaitlin and Kevin for giving us the idea! Elisabeth and I made our favorite ranch and sriracha pizza - it turned out pretty well although we could have put more pineapple and chicken on. Gene made his own personal pan pizza (with one entire pizza crust) and…
Saturday was quite nice. I made homemade muffins for the first time in my life. Chocolate chip muffins. I had found this recipe (it's a youtube video) via reddit (click here for my text version) and since it seemed fairly easy I decided to give it a go. They turned out pretty well, the distribution…
Yesterday I made homemade bagels for the first time ever! I used this recipe and followed the advice from this redditor's post to make my very own bagels. I didn't do great at rolling the dough into balls but that didn't stop the bagels from being tasty. It took about 2 1/2 hours total from start…
