Here's where we are
The trees are bright, the sky is blue. It's supposed to snow on Wednesday, but if there's one thing the weather people here love, it's predicting snow that may or may not happen.
We went up to the mountains over the weekend to visit with some family friends who have a condo in a ski town. J loves these kinds of towns because they look like what he always envisioned Denver looking like before he got here: nestled in the mountains with little wooden structures and lots of shops selling fudge and southwestern art. (He found the real Denver to be more like New Jersey than anything else. "There are so many strip malls!") We stopped into one store because I couldn't believe my eyes from the street. It looked like they were selling a cookie that consisted of chocolate chip cookie dough sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies. I saw it and my head exploded. The description alone has you saying the word "cookie" three times and "chocolate" twice. Fried coke, I'd recently discovered, tested my outermost limit for comprehending the real definition of decadence, but I think we have a new winner. (This Rachael Ray recipe is up there, too. Butter, oil, cream, blue cheese, and bacon. Served with steak.)
Also this weekend, I discovered what might be the ultimate irony. Like irony squared. Okay, you know those "Mr. Bubble" and "Thumb Wrestling Champion" type shirts that Urban Outfitter sells? It turns out when they have an overstock on merchandise, a lot of clothing and accessories get donated to Good Will. So a hipster could technically really buy a "Ithaca is Gorges" shirt at a thrift store and think they hit the mother lode.
Also, I'm loving television. What did I ever do in my life without this fall lineup? Heroes? Studio 60? 30 Rock? And I'm dying a little in anticipation of the Project Runway finale. Where are you weighing in about the alleged cheating? I actually think I believe him.
Wow. I just read all the Denver posts in one bunch. Very eventful. It sounds like everything is going really well! I can't wait to come out for Christmas... your posts are making me Denver sick.
P.S. I don't think it did it either. Jeffrey's my boy.
i have to know what town and shop you got that cookie from!
Congrats on your move! It must be an insane change, but a welcome one, I am sure.
I am loving television as well, though I think you know that. I am honestly a little angry when each episode of Heroes ends because I DON'T WANT IT TO.
As for the cheating scandal on PR--I think Jeffrey's shifty, but not that shifty.
I don't know what I think about all this. Jeffrey's collection is beautiful and beautifully made...Why does he NOT have anything to do during these last few days?
Every other contestant I've seen always has SOMETHING to do...It's fishy. I think he had help, but I don't think they'll be able to prove it. So I think we'll be seeing his collection on the runway.
We shall have to see on the finale!
Hubs, the cookie shop is in Breckenridge. I'm not sure what it's called, but you'll see the giant cookies on display from the street.
Liz - Bless you for not ending the title in the same way that most nincompoops do .. AT!
Sadly, I don't get to watch much fall TV. But I stop everything for Heroes.
Your picture made me homesick :( All I see out here are trees, trees and more trees. The mountains are beautiful!
Mmmm...buttered bacon.
Grumble. I loved Michael, hated his collection. Did not love Jeffrey, liked part of his collection. (Those two dresses they didn't like were truly ick.) Uli's was obviously the most wearable, but I get that she wasn't the most innovative. Laura's collection would have *killed* in 1986. I think it was a process of elimination, myself!
Agreed on those 3 shows. I had all but given up hope in network TV. Also, aren't you loving Blindness? It was one of those books that I bought for a lot of people after reading just so that they would talk about it with me.