update?

been a busy bee lately...or just too damn lazy to post ;)

here's a quick rundown of my last week:

monday night, i did end up going to Tommy's Thai for some takeout (Pad Thai, Phad Prik King, and Tom Yum Gai)...Argonaut for a bottle of champagne...and gave Lois that ring that I posted the picture of. although we really wanted to go out that night, it was still a very nice 13th anniversary...even if the food was a bit too salty.

tuesday night, we did go to the Argentine restaurant. in fact, we even sat at the table in the middle of this picture! this meal was much more wonderful than the previous night's takeout. of course, it was also 5x the price ;) we started with two appetizers: mushrooms stuffed w/ spinach and boursin cheese and grilled provolone w/ oregano, garlic, and tomatoes - heavenly! they were followed by a salad, a 14 oz. rib eye w/ sweet potato fries and roasted veggies, and an excellent flan accompanied w/ an out of this world dulce de leche (think of really intense caramel). we downed a fine bottle of Malbec from the Mendoza region of Argentina and topped our meal off w/ some coffee. to celebrate our anniversary over two days was definitely an exercise of indulgence heh.

on wednesday, i went to lunch w/ this blogger. he and i have been friends for more than twenty years (since 8th grade). we share similar political views and a penchant for pizza and mexican food. it's funny...although he and i weren't best friends in high school, we have stayed in touch better than the rest of our circle (of friends), who seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth. anyway, we went to NY Pizzeria and Dairy Queen and spent three hours catching up. if he's not too busy editing/writing and i'm not traveling, we attempt to get together at least twice a year.

thursday...lois and i went downtown to see this man. he was in town to accept the John Cassavettes filmmaker award from the Denver Film Society. it was at Temple Buell...well attended...and a lot of fun. there was a retrospective of his film career, both as actor and director/writer, spanning the last twenty years. watching each snippet of his films made me want to add to our netflixx queue or pop in Shawshank; he's such a talented (and level-headed) filmmaker. robert denerstein, the film critic for the rocky mountain news, interviewed him for at least 45 minutes before he was presented with the award. the night wasn't over though. after the gala at Temple Buell, there was a jam-packed reception at the Cruise Room in the Oxford Hotel....w/ a crapload of beer, wine, and bombay sapphire gin! unfortunately, we only stayed for a couple martinis before bolting to eat somewhere; the promised food for the reception didn't come out until 40 minutes AFTER we left...we just didn't want to stay until midnight among 400 pushy lushes w/ just a handful of tables to place your drinks and food.


friday. like suckers, we joined the throngs of people who wanted the ride the new SE corridor light rail. lois and i thought it would be a good time to see our friend at PF Changs. after all, we could leave the car at the Colorado/I-25 stop (where lois works) and head to Park Meadows.

big freakin' mistake

we had no idea that the Park Meadows stop has NO direct access to the mall!!! you stop RIGHT across from Nordstrom's...but have to take a pedestrian bridge in the opposite direction and catch the 402 LTD (which only comes every 30 min.) to the mall.

wtf?!?

i guess it's all good if you have a paid ticket or transfer but we didn't have any small bills/change since we thought our free train ride would get us TO the mall w/o any hassle!

ugh

don't believe the reports about everything being SO rosy. in yesterday's paper, some official who lives in Washington D.C., gushed about how he LOVED the system and wanted to move here.

why?

the subway system in D.C. is WAY better than our skimpy 32 mile system that's too expensive and too DAMN slow. i've been on subway systems in chicago, dc, mexico city, and madrid and can honestly say that our dinky light rail can't even compare. i'm sure that the new routes will ease the traffic load during rush hours, but it's not as GREAT as everyone thinks. damn, with the fools that were riding on friday, you'd think that the majority of them had never taken public transportation in their entire lives...

you can guess that we didn't go to PF Chang's for dinner then, eh? nope. instead, we hopped on a northbound train and headed for downtown, where sixteen year-old kids shout about how they're gonna get drunk and then ravage Virgin Records.

shu-uut up! i so wanted to stick my foot up that loudmouth's ass...

we ended up having dinner at the newly remodeled Little India on 15th and Champa. the food was great as usual but the decor resembles a hip sushi bar (dark wood, italian lighting) and the atmosphere is now cold since all the carpeting was removed. it kinda reminded me of a Chipotle restaurant. oh well. at least the vindaloo was super hot and the kabli naan, chewy and sweet.

a simple observation: little india has perpetually won a best of denver award (Westword, 5280 Magazine, etc.) since it opened its doors in 1998, compiling at least 15-20 awards. well, tell me why they chose to decorate the men's bathroom w/ three of them then.

really...there's one above the urinal and two next to the commode. is it cultural? or have they just run out of room? talk about bee-zarre...

saturday we chose not to go out. the house was a mess and we needed some down time. i went to the cemetery w/ my sisters to visit dad and my eldest sister's late husband, donald. afterwards, we hung out at mom's...putting on window coverings and chowing down on chinese sausage, boiled chicken, and mom's wonderful stir fry bean sprouts.

sunday was relatively quiet too. i spent the afternoon w/ mom, watching football games. later, lois and i had dinner and went to the store. woohoo...

and that, my friends, was my week. 'nite