Two great days in Denver

Apologies to our loyal followers for not posting in the past few days! We've been doing a lot and hopefully we can post a few entries today that will catch you up on our activities. Since the last time we posted something of substance, we have driven from Chicago to Denver, spent two days in Denver, and driven from Denver to the Napa Valley in California (via Salt Lake City), and celebrated my grandmother's 80th birthday with my grandparents, parents, and Uncle Steven! This blog post, though, will mostly focus on our visit in Denver... and then Amit, for the first time since we started this blog, will actually author a post about our funny driving adventures! We got to Denver very late on Tuesday night and were greeted by Shawn Li, my friend Valerie's boyfriend, at their very cute house right outside the city. We went right to bed, and woke up early the next morning to meet Owen, Shawn and Valerie's amazing little boy, who turned 1 on Sunday (see the picture to the right)! We had a great time with Valerie, Shawn, and Owen on Thursday, and on Wednesday, we hung out with Talia Davis, one of my best friends from childhood/high school. Both days were great... we had lunch at Ted's Montana Grill, where Amit ate bison, and then we had dinner at Lola Mexican Restaurant, where the waiter made guacamole by hand at our table! Both great restaurants and great company! On Wednesday, we met up with Valerie for lunch, and then went out to dinner at a downtown sushi bar with Valerie and Owen. Owen, at the very least, had a terrific time... with a bowl of sticky white rice, he terrorized all of the waitresses and guests, and then immediately after bombing the restaurant with rice grenades, he broke out his HUGE smile, and everyone melted and forgave him for his horrendous behavior! Man... it's a good life being a toddler. In between hanging out with friends, we visited the huge flagship REI sporting goods store and took the guided tour of the Coors Brewery. Before we left on Friday morning, we had a wonderful visit to Denver Health Center to get our first of three Japaneses Encephalitis vaccines to prep for our trip to southeast Asia. Overall, Denver was terrific!!! Great to see Valerie (and family) and Talia, and two wonderfully relaxing days. Hopefully these pictures give you a glimpse into this stop... Love, Dena & Amit