Category Archives: Denver
Wally’s Cafe
I got back from Denver late Sunday night, dragged myself into Manhattan for work this morning, and started IMing with Roy as I set up the test environment. Roy: I ran into Harold at Wally’s Cafe this weekend Meg: oh … Continue reading
Love, Honor and Velociraptor
It is the night before Hugo’s wedding. We’re sitting in his living room, with almost twenty-four hours before he’s going to be making a lifetime commitment, as he’s starting to write his vows. I have seen Hugo pull off some … Continue reading
Best Men
I mostly know Hugo’s best man, Samir, through stories of their drunken antics from the year that Hugo and Stick were roommates, and I lived in Yantai, China. So I’ve heard secondhand about the time Samir locked himself in the … Continue reading
Disoriented
Most bridal party and out-of-town guests gather at Hugo and Diana’s before we all climb into cars and head to the chapel for the wedding rehearsal. Stick and I pull out of their complex and immediately make a wrong turn. … Continue reading
Security
As my friends begin to have children, I figure their daydreams about future babies involve the part where their child will appears in their living room, at thirty, asking how to get a bridesmaid dress on a flight to Denver … Continue reading
Cities By Gender
Quick recap of cities I’ve visited in 2011: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Austin, Los Angeles again, Seattle twice, and next up is Denver. And, as these statistics prove, I’ve literally been surrounded by single men everywhere I go. … Continue reading
Augmented Reality
“…and I’ve also been going to the gym here a lot,” Stick said, midway through the backlog of saw-this-and-thought-of-you that makes up our recent phone conversations. “Yeah, I know,” I said. “I saw it on your SCVNGR feed.” “Oh yeah? … Continue reading
Fording The River
Stick called today, partly to catch up and partly as just another step in the hellish process of separating ours into his and mine. I haven’t really known what to say about him here, because I still have a lot … Continue reading
Lollicup
My friends are all big fan of bubble tea, and I was happy to go along to Lollicup, a bubble-tea spot, because wherever there’s boba, there are also delicious crazy juices. Like watermelon. Yum. We’d planned to take our drinks to … Continue reading
The Argonautica
Apparently the oxygen-free heights of Denver city aren’t the real mountains, so we drove out to Idaho Springs, a gorgeous mountain town that made me want to be a pioneer even more than usual. We stopped at an a former … Continue reading
