There's something about blogging...

... that is just hard in the summer. And it's not even particularly nice outside just now. In fact, it's raining. I honestly do have a ton I could write about. We did just get back from a fantastic trip to Colorado. That was quickly followed by our good friend being in town for Pride, our first condo-shopping experience, the Air Conditioning Debacle of Aught-Nine (tm), and Fourth of July! Not to mention our new iPhones! But then again, I guess that's all why I haven't been blogging. We've been busy!

In any event, here goes:

1. New iPhones -- P and I took the Friday preceding our trip to Colorado off. Originally, I had requested that date because I thought we were leaving for Denver in the morning. Come to find out, no. But, it worked out very well because that was the very day the new iPhone came out! We were there at something like 5:30am, and the store didn't open until 7. It was pouring rain at points, but that made for a pretty short line. The Apple people are so nice -- people waiting were offered umbrellas when it starting raining. We were also given water and apple Izzes. For those who have never been, the Apple store on Michigan Ave is two stories, with a very tall staircase running up through the middle of the store (Also, but completely unrelated, there's an apple-shaped window on the front of the store that tourists just LOVE to have their picture taken in front of. I'll be sure to take one of S, L and Carmen when they come to visit in August). There were Apple employees lining the staircase clapping for all us losers when we were let in the store. I felt like a giant nerd. P got his phone and had it activated in like 15 minutes. But the guy couldn't port my old number to my phone, so I had to get a new number. Which is sad because P's current and my old number were only two digits off! We spent the rest of the afternoon not talking and playing with our phones.

2. Trip to Colorado -- we didn't get in to Denver until late in the evening, and then spent the night at J's. She even let us have her bed (which we never let her do when she visits us). The next morning, we met Kelly for breakfast at a place we'd never been. There was a long wait, so we got shit-faced on the sidewalk drinking mimosas and bloody marys. The only complaint: the breakfast burritos (which I did not have, but several of my tablemates did have) smells like BO. But I think that's the chilis or something. It was really good otherwise.

We then went to Cherry Creek Mall (our old stompin' ground) where Jenn bought this hat:



That night, we went to Benny's (our old stompin' ground). We went with the McDowell sisters, Sun-Young, Brad, Art, Veronica, and Veronica's boyfriend. We went to Binny's (our old stompin' ground [now in a new and improved location]) to get some booze, and headed to Art's for a little par-tay. There, many exciting things happened. Among them are, a human pyramid (which I managed to get not a single picture of) and a delightful show feat. J's ta-tas. I'd load the video to the blog, but I'm pretty sure J would kill me. Hopefully this will suffice:



We went to JRs Bar (and grill -- our old stompin' ground) after, and then the details get fuzzy. But I'm pretty sure Clinton Kelly from "What Not to Wear" was there.

The next morning, we continued our tour of Denver breakfast eateries at some lesser-known and lesser-liked place, which shall remain nameless. It's not even worth this many words. We then got in the car and stayed there for the rest of the weekend.

We stopped in Telluride for the night (really pretty). My heart almost stopped in the free gondola, and we ate at a cute Italian restaurant.











We got back in the car the next morning and headed to Mesa Verde National Park. There, we saw cliff dwellings, met the maddeningly annoying Jo S---k (sp) and stayed at a MV Motor Lodge. From the outside, it's exactly what you're thinking, but from the inside, it wasn't so bad.





I'm going to let J post about Jo since she had the strongest reaction to her, but suffice it to say, we learned a LOT about "Grandfather", Home Depot, and stupid hand gestures.

We also had to do a lot of scary climbing up ladders, which J and I hated.



We also learned about sipapus and kivas, both pictured here.



The next morning, we made our way to Durango. We had coffee, did some souvenir shopping and went to a gallery where P found his new favorite photographer.





Then it was (you guessed it!) back in the car and on our way to Eagle! That's where Jill lives. She's married and pregnant. On the way, I had to use one of the things I do NOT miss about CO -- the mountain death hole toilet.



We were back to Denver the next morning, and off to Chicago that night. It was a lot of fun. And Colorado is so pretty!





See? Well, that's all I can bring myself to type right now. More later!