Adventures of a well-rounded geek
BBQ pork dumplings Yesterday Sidney turned 30 years old!! We had to celebrate, of course, so we took her to Superstar Asian Cuisine, a dumpling restaurant that Elisabeth found. The staff cart around plates of food , stopping at each table to see what guests want to eat. A variety of dumplings, noodles, vegetables, and…
Lydia at Pacific Asian Marketplace Sunday morning, Lydia and I biked to the community garden to help unload straw bales. When we got there, however, we learned that the man delivering the bales had a flooded basement so the bales weren't at the garden. Boo. We wandered the garden a bit instead and then biked…
Poppies at the Botanic Gardens Sidney and I went to a bee class at the Botanic Gardens on Saturday. I learned there are 20,000 species of bees, almost 1,000 of which live in Colorado. There are more bee species than plant species, how mind blowing is that?! A few specific species were highlighted in the…
EG's card Guess what absolutely wonderful thing I received yesterday? A card from EG! Kaitlin and EG surprised me with an adorable handmade card in the mail. There was even a "snail mail" sticker sealing the envelope. I love it. EG's little fingerprints create flowers for the outside of the card and the inside is…
FelFel I finally went back to FelFel, the Mediterranean restaurant that my parents and I ate at years and years ago. Wow the place has changed, and for the better! What was a Chipotle-like ordering system became a menu and cash register. The decor was upgraded to clean lines and warm colors. The restaurant looks…
Just got out of the theater and feeling great Because so much happened in the movie and because I am in love with the Marvel universe right now, I re-watched Avengers: End Game last night with a coworker. We went to the movie theater off of 16th Street. I had never been there before so…
Gene and I went on a date to Ocean Prime last night. A high end restaurant, neither of us had been but I had a gift card from a year ago so we figured we better get to using it. It was an absolutely lovely evening. Gene even surprised me by wearing one of my…
