The Walnut Room - Denver, CO - (Day 3)

Our first meal on day 3 in Denver was phenomenal. (If you can't tell by now, we're big fans of food.) It was at Snooze, a brunch eatery that conjures up some truly magical breakfast ideas and executes them to perfection. My French toast sticks, for example, were not your ordinary French toast sticks with maple syrup; they were stuffed with bacon, Nutella, and peanut butter cream cheese. I also devoured a half order of bacon-jalapeno spoon bread topped with honey smoked salmon, poached eggs, cream cheese hollandaise, and chives. And while Tricia was closing her eyes and rubbing her tummy in pure culinary reverie, I managed to steal a couple bites of her over-sized blueberry lemon bar pancake.

Unfortunately, we don't have any photos to document the deliciousness, but if you don't trust our judgment, I hope you can trust Keegan Gerhard's. We spotted the award-winning pastry chef and Food Network host/judge leaving the restaurant just as we were sitting down. No joke.

That afternoon, Caroline took us to Boulder, which was a strange blend of hippie and commerce; it was alright, but I preferred Denver... After walking through a market there and dodging some heavy rain, we ate at a restaurant called Foolish Craig's in honor of my brother.






We returned to Denver in the early evening to participate in a much-anticipated kickball game. (Caroline is in a weekly summer league, and it's kind of intense.) I was fairly confident going into the game, but our team ended up getting pummeled by some huge bros who seemed to be aware of way too many technicalities in the kickball handbook.

The good (and funny) news is that Tricia's name will be appearing in the next edition of the league's e-mail newsletter, even though she's not on the team. She did make a couple of stellar plays.




After the game, we headed to an establishment called Three Dogs and gave the bros a run for their money in a series of other games.

We left Denver the next morning, and Tricia and I stopped briefly at the New Belgium brewery during our drive through Fort Collins. Their brewery tours are already booked through the rest of the summer, so we didn't get to go on one, but it was still neat to stop by and see the massive influx of bikers pulling in to the lot.




Next stop: Laramie, WY!

Driving Music:
Dawes - Nothing is Wrong
Benjamin Riley - I Can See Glory
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Bjork - Medulla
Buena Vista Social Club - Live at Carnegie Hall - Discs 1 & 2
The Daredevil Christopher Wright - In Deference to a Broken Back
Dosh - Tommy
Nathaniel Ratelifff & the Wheel - Desire and Dissolving Men