My Adventure Birthday

Brian took me on an adventure for my birthday this year. He planned a whole day of events and I was just along for the ride!

First, we had lunch at Annie's Cafe and then we explored downtown Denver -- Larimer Square, 16th Street Mall and the like. Then we went for a stroll to our next destination: The House of Commons Tearoom for a tea tasting.
We tasted 6 or 7 teas side by side so that we (ok, I) could learn how the teas were different. The woman who runs the shop was tickled to be able to host us for this event! She's this wonderfully authentic English lady named Jessica and she really made us feel welcome. We had a great time! Two doors down from the tearoom is my new favorite spice shop called The Savory Spice. I had been to the spice shop before and I remembered when I was leaving that I wanted to check out the tearoom sometime.
After tea, we checked into the Magnolia Hotel, freshened up and went to dinner at Tables, a foodie restaurant in the Park City neighborhood. We had a delicious dinner and then went to the independent theater company Buntport for their production of "Contrived Ending."
That pretty much was it for the evening. Both of us were pretty tired from walking a lot and having so many fun things to do!
The next day, we woke up to a gray, snowy day (which was a huge contrast to the record 74 degrees the day before), had breakfast at the hotel and then went to REI and played around with tents. We then drove to Boulder (after almost getting into an accident!!) and had brunch with Brian's mom and the boys at Turley's.



We all came home and took turns taking naps. I did, however, run out for a quick visit to my "brother" Paul's party, since we share our birthday. It was so good to see him and to visit a lot of our mutual friends.


And as if that wasn't enough, Charlie and Brian made me homemade macaroni and cheese for dinner. What a day to remember! I feel so loved, so cherished and somewhat rested.