UMTravels

By 9:30 when I crawled out of the cave… the basement cave where the spare bedroom is… the house was empty but for me. Julian at school, the other two kids out. I left the pad a little after noon to head to the train station to drop off the bag at the “Metropolitan Room”, [...]

Hueavos Rancheros for breakfast, no photos. But it was Damn Good�— thanks Julian. Especially when you still have two splits of Champagne from the train left to go with the Grapefruit and Orange juice. Photo Day. Photos number one and two… new fabric I bought at Fabric Barn, as it turns out, the first day [...]

Not enough sleep last night. Something about to bed at 2am, and up at 6:30 for a 9:30am train that leaves one a little groggy. Well, it was SUPPOSED to be a 9:30am train�— by the time we left the station, it was 10:30… something about an engine inspection that ran a little longer than [...]

Nice to be home. Not nice that the first load of wash I do results in a flooded floor. Good thing I put that floor drain in. Of course the floor drain doesn’t go anywhere other than the crawl space, but it’s dirt, it will soak in. Paging MoonSong�— help. Luckily he’s available tomorrow or [...]

Slept in a little today, but by 11 was fed and we were on the way to the Boulder Farmer’s Market. It was a total pain to park, the crowds were huge, and it was too early in the season for a ton of stuff (as in vegetables) to be available. There was, however, tons [...]

A Day In Pictures. The 1pm tour of the Stranahan Colorado Whiskey Distillery. Actually it’s in Denver, so it was a 45 minute drive. The wort and wash making area�— from a brewery that moved to the east coast. The stills, a combination of pot and column. Large still for first run, small still for [...]

I tried to put off getting out of bed, and I must have because the rest of the morning was a fairly good clip to get everything packed and ready to go. At least Dan and Lisa cooked breakfast and left some for me to reheat. Out of the condo at noon, the appointed check-out [...]

I had to force myself out of bed this morning, yet another “owner re-eduction camp”, Hey, it $75 for what turned out to be 35 minutes, apparently he’d pulled my file and found I’m a “re-education” junkie, or at least a money junkie. Did learn a few new things, like they have 7 year’s worth [...]

A lovely scramble this morning, but unlike travelling with the boys, no Bloody Marys in the AM. Probably just as well. Today’s search if for martini glasses… our current ones are plastic —� not so nice. Struck out at the first “boutique resale shop” unless I was willing to pay $25 for a set of [...]

Slept in this morning. Now nice. Much puttering around in the morning, loading the contents of the refrigerator into the 12v/110 cooler that goes into the back of the station wagon (a Kona Blue/White two-tone Ford Flex). Dogs to the vets to board, the leasing agent to talk house issues, the hardware store for a [...]

The morning started with a huge breakfast at the Mercury Cafe, this organic place that’s been around in one location or another for years. I had the “Free Peyton Manning” breakfast special, whatever that means�— apparently it means two medium over eggs and organic German link sausage with horseradish cream gravey, with cheesy home fries. [...]