Whirlwind Tour

Vacation! Weee, I just got back from a vacation to Colorado, sadly without Mister Matt, but his absence was somehow appropriate as I was revisiting a pre-Matt time in my life. The main reason for the trip was that one of my college roommates got married. I hadn't seen anyone from college since I graduated five and half years ago, so the visit was long overdue. It's strange how a change of scenery and the company of some friends from the dorms can revert you back to 19 years old.

I would post pictures but I was a moron and forgot to pack my camera. Here are some highlights of the trip. You'll have to use your imaginations to make up the images:

• Seeing Harold, Mar, Crazy Andy, Alley, Woolfe, and The Greek for the first time in over five years.


• Taking one name off my People From College Who Don't Talk To Me Anymore list. Sadly, it's a bit of a long list.


• Eating Mexican food (made by real Mexicans!) and drinking margaritas.


• An absolutely gorgeous drive from Denver to Pagosa Springs (and back again). More beautiful than should be allowed.


• My first ever dip in natural hot springs. Mmmmm hot springs.


• Einstein's Bagels and Target.


• Hanging out with Mar for an action-packed 48 hours.


• Wine with Harold and Quinn the plumber.


• Eating at Watercourse, my sister's favorite veggie resto in D-town.


• Off-roading in an Impala along a muddy ridge overlooking a rushing creek in the San Juan Mountains... and then reversing back out at high speed. Without dying.


• Seeing that The Breakfast Palace is still there... whew!


• Visiting Alley's coffee shop.


• A trip to the Dikeou Collection.


• Drinking American microbrew beer.


• Driving around the DU campus, marveling at all the new buildings and laughing that the library building still sounds and smells the same. And I sat in the (now cleaned and reupholstered) egg chair.


• Oh yeah, and a wedding in a beautiful aspen grove!