A Thousand Times and Your Sisters Too - A Thousand Times, a Girl Like You

This is my sister.
My baby sister that I've just been given the blessing of knowing in recent years.

She came to visit earlier in the summer and stayed with me.

The funny thing about the two of us is...we're both, essentially, only children.
But we want to be sisters...always wanted to have a sister.
Now we do...

Miriam gets it.
She's a tight lady friend and she has a sister...
She's a blast too - so, I drug her along on a sisterly adventure.

We brunched at Parallel 17 and flirted with the adorable waiter...

Borrowed a bike from the Denver Bike Share...
And by borrowed, I mean my sister ALMOST paid $130 to have one of these things.

Totally not worth it, but that's a discussion for another day!

Our bike ride took us down Broadway to Barry's on Broadway where they have a new skeeball game!

Miriam kicked our asses repeatedly!



Cute!

Yes. They DO give you a free shot when you get over 30,000 points!

I was on a mission.

We tore up the place...

We're sisters!

Later, we headed over to Governor's Park for some food and camaraderie!
LeVar joined us...
He's a dreamboat.

I told ya...

And spirit animal forever, Tim was there too!

Even good old Marcelo showed up!

And Dustin with his awesome t-shirt that I covet.

We snacked...

laughed...

and just generally looked good.
HOW WE DO.

Told ya.

And I realized something...
I love my people and when I'm surrounded by them I feel safe and comfortable.
What better an environment to introduce my sister!

When all the people you love are in one place...it makes it hard to imagine being anywhere else.

And I'm lucky as hell.
Lucky times a bazillion.
For all of it.

Let's Be Friends

So, the sweet, gorgeous people over at Talk Thirty to Me did me the distinct honor of posting a little article I did on female friendships.

And by the sweet, gorgeous people, I mean LeVar and Sara!
They both maintain blogs, respectively, that are a joy to read...giving you insight into the their worlds and how truly brilliant and special they are!

Check out Straighten My Tie and Meanest Look and support them and their efforts!
DO IT BECAUSE I SAID SO.

Do it because knowing that there are smart and sincere people working as hard as you are to eek out as happy a life as possible in this world is a comfort and pleasure!

AND READ MY ARTICLE! I'm cute and smart, for heaven's sake!

You Say Look Up, Look Up!

If you've never been to Denver...it's a rockin' good time.
I've managed to fall in love with it.

If you do live here, you probably love it like I do...or you're, at least, a little fond of it.
But your familiarity should never convince you that you've seen it all.

Because you haven't.
There are nooks, crannies, secrets, and little pockets of awesome just waiting and wanting to be seen.

Um, a robot with a taco for a head?
Yes, thank you.

So, in an effort to further explore my city...I decided, on the suggestion of Steph, to go on a nighttime photo walk with Illuminate Workshops.

Check out their website because it's filled with cool classes, interesting instructors, and all around kind talented people working to encourage photographers to explore their skills and their environment.

I am, by no means, a photographer.
I like to document my adventures...and if I capture of cool pic or two...I figure I got lucky.

Steph, however, is a photographer and she learned some new tricks and renewed her enthusiasm about photography!

And basically, we just wandered, we took pictures, and we commiserated on good spots, unique patterns of light, and spread out all over the city to capture it.

If you don't know where these places are...I suggest you go find them.

Fall in love with where you're at because you here right now...and it's pretty.

Be a tourist. Try to see it all with different eyes.



Find the secret hearts.


Find the not so secret hearts.









It was the day of the St. Patrick's Day parade...and LoDo was sort of a shit show.

Still, the city can be pretty quiet and austere if you give it a chance to be.





I always look for the crumbly parts of the city.

Lucky number 23.




And when you're done exploring...Go to Steuben's!

I love this place so much!
Their menu consists entirely of comfort food...of the very best variety!

Their cocktails are brilliant.

And honestly, it doesn't hurt that the bartender is a dreamy handsome, bearded, tattooed, smart (he schooled us on some bartender history), and seriously killer mixologist.

The fried cheese doesn't hurt a thing either.

Steph and I split a fried chicken dinner...and still had leftovers to take home!

Little Miss Broken Wrist.

And little ole me...
Drinking a Dark & Stormy!


Keepin' it cute...as per uzje!