DO THIS NAO.

[lillbet]

Add "molecular gastronomie" to your interests. DO IT. If you don't know what that is, it's a really stunning amalgamation of food and science. The best known source of this stuff is HERE and locally at Jose Andres' Minibar, which I have yet to visit, because it's goddamn expensive.

Wednesday Tav and I had dinner- hadn't seen each other for yonks (and I do mean yonks- it's been at least a year if not more) and after a glass of wine we were back to being thick as thieves. My coworker, on his birthday, brought me the CUTEST lil' linzertorte from the 'strant he went to for his b-day lunch. I shared it with Tav- served with creme fraiche ice cream and strawberry basil sauce. Holy gawd. Tav couldn't finish the cake and asked me to wrap it up so she could take it home, so you know it was good stuff. Must learn how to make a linzer torte.

Last night I saw a high school friend I literally hadn't heard from since 1995, and I think we're seeing a baseball game tonight- if it doesn't rain and I don't pass out from exhaustion (bedtime was 3am, wake-up was 7:30. Guh.)- and probably hanging out at a vineyard a friend of hers owns on Saturday. Kiki is in from Minnesota and that's news, because now I have yet another reason to visit Minnesota, as if a good third of my flist weren't enough. She and I seem to have meandered down the same life paths, but she's a helluva lot cheerier than I've been lately, so clearly she was a good person to reconnect with and Facebook is not the real evol.

Also, Kiki and her hubs are trying to sell a house in Colorado Springs, Colo. For $188,000. Yes, that is a "1" and 2 "8"'s and 3, not 6, "0"'s. It's under contract, but they've gotten to this stage before. While I hope it all works, part of me would kinda... like... to... live in... Colo-fuckin'-rado. Because... COLORADO. MOUNTAIN BIKING. SNOWBOARDING. HIKING. B-B-B-B-BEER. EFFING HIPPYTASTIC LIFESTYLE. AND THE HOUSE IS LESS THAN $200K. Having a job there would be good, but FUCKING HALE. *koff* Sorry. Got carried away there.

Comments

[lupislune.livejournal.com]

I was out there a few years ago. Colorado overall seems to be a great place to live, great scenery, a good amount of jobs, and the climate is quite acceptable. I hear that businesses out there are given better tax credits and other advantages as well. I think my favorite city out there was Fort Collins. It is close to a variety of events, skiing, sports, etc, not to mention some rather sizable companies such as Intel, HP, AMD, and Budweiser make it their home.

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

Aaron went to college in Fort Collins, so I've heard a lot about it. It sounds great, aside from it's being a college town (but then what isn't nowadays). I think my only concern would be finding a job- I'm not a computer geek and I am philosophically opposed to Budweizer just on principle. *lol*

Which reminds me, there's a brewer's festival out that way last weekend of June. Really should book stuff now, I guess.

When you went, did you go for work or for fun? Or were you living there?

[lupislune.livejournal.com]

I had gone out there to take a landscape architecture licensing test in Wyoming, and decided to drive down through Colorado the week after the test.

I hear they have some great micro brews as well which, I agree, lol, are much better than certain "domestic" brands.

I've heard some good things about the brewer's fest out there. It would probably be a great time to visit there, lol.

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

That's really cool. Have you talked about this before? If so, point me toward a link so I can catch up on your adventures.

I think Long Trail Ale and its ilk are from Colorado, but I can't be sure and I'm afraid to look online because I feel kinda yucky right now so thinking about beer isn't... ooh, beer.

I'd like to go. With the move, though, I'm a bit hesitant to make plans, but I will definitley give it some thought.

[lupislune.livejournal.com]

I think that I have a few entries on it, but I think it is before I started using tags, lol. I'll see if I can find them :)

Yeah with the house hunt it, it is difficult to make travel plans like that :)