**This post is possibly the longest one ever, mostly since Friday was a busy day**
Friday morning was more splitting. JB, Kathy, Eilbroun, Colleen, and I went to the
this is how they make ribbon candy!
this lightens the color, all you do is add air!
Colleen went to the Celestial Tea Tour, and the rest of us went to meet the other groups for lunch at Mr. Sushi in
JB's chicken teriyaki and sunomono salad
Kathy and I split from the group, as they were headed to the Coors Brewery for a tour; she had been before and since I don’t drink beer I didn’t really care for a brewery tour (plus I’ve toured a microbrewery before). Kathy and I were planning to drive up to
We asked about other area attractions, & were directed to the local US Corp of Army Engineers building. So we trekked over there to find a friendly park ranger. Since the station was on a big lake, we asked about renting canoes or something, which he said was pretty much prohibitively expensive. He recommended
at the Army place, they had a mammoth skull!
So we spent the next couple hours seeing the amphitheater and hiking one of the trails. We were both in shorts and sandals, so we couldn't do anything too rough. We were able to see some great sites, and I'm glad that we ended up there in the end. It was really hot, so we stopped for ice cream on the way out of that area at Blue Cow Eatery, a very local place with friendly servers. I had a vanilla milkshake and Kathy has a chocolate malt. Both were prety good, and the menu looked pretty neat too, if anyone is every up in Morrison, CO, hehe.
we ran into a wedding taking place!
this is the Sinking Titanic rock
The amphitheater and the view!
A view of the city from the top of Red Rocks Amphitheater
We met up with all but one of the other groups for dinner at the Hard Rock Café. JB and I split a The Big Cheese (burger) and fries. Delicious. From there we went to the Denver Museum of Art, since it’s open until 10pm on Friday nights. There are two buildings, and one was already closed (at 5pm), but we were able to complete the other building (4 floors), so that was cool. I was pretty bummed that the Sculpture Deck was closed, since I enjoy their uniqueness.
this is a hygrothermagraph, it measures the humidity in the museum
Jim Dine's "Wheat Fields"
I forgot to mark down what this work is
this was a creepy face that screamed weird things
Sandy Skoglund's "Fox Games" - a large installation piece
there was a video running in one room, the voices didn't match the characters
Rachel Lachowicz's "One Month Late" is made of lipstick and wax, and shows the obstacles women must overcome
This piece fascinates me. "Four Purple Velvet Bathrobes" by Beverly Semmes illustrates the concept that :a woman can never be too thin, too tall, or too rich." At the same time, it shows flowing and puddled water.
another fascinating idea. Mona Hatoum's "Untitled (Wheelchair II)" marks the idea of one trapped person forced to depend upon yet injure another.
My jaw dropped at this one. Fred Wilsons's "Untitled (Atlas)" has the weight of the classics (European and American only...) on his shoulders, while he stands on top of an African volume.
Who knew Andy Warhol did Native American works?
um, wow. Daniel Sprick's "Release Your Plans"
Karen E. Kitchel's "American Grasslands: Crop, Lawn, Pasture, and Prairie"
William Acheff's "Pueblo Trilogy"
Vanessa and Emmanuel just bought a house, so they had a housewarming party on Saturday. The house itself is fairly big, a 3/2.5 that’s two stories with a basement. They also have a ton of closets and a decent-sized fenced backyard. The theme of the party was Olympics, and each of eight teams had four players for six different events. I was one of two or three referees, and JB played for a team with Jim, Vivian, and Eilbroun. I had a great time, as I got to explain how to play Battleship eight times and make sure that nobody was cheating. I was amazed at how many people had never played the game, since I think of it as a staple along with Monopoly, Life, and CandyLand. Overall, Olympics took like five hours and was a great time. We went for Chick-Fil-A after that and then just hung out.
Eilbroun learning ladder golf, Vivian learning washers
JB practicing washers (it's like tossing a beanbag in a hole but harder)
Eilbroun and Vivian playing Battleship
Kathy and Steve playing Battleship
Andy and Tony playing Battleship
We had a 1:40pm flight back to
more Denver pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2646069&id=5201298&l=bbdfecbdce
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