Denver Gorilla Run!

The moment I've been waiting for since I made the decision to move to Denver finally arrived - the Denver Gorilla Run! Dawn and I were "beauty pagent" gorillas complete with tiaras and sashes. The race was 3.5 miles and over 700 gorillas participated. Gorillas were dressed up as basketball players, Hawaiian girls, businessmen, etc... Good times all around! We fast jogged it for most of the way - I definitely slowed Dawn down but kudos to her, she stayed with me. Not to be a pansy but my wrist was aching near the end so that's what I'm going to blame for us not getting under 30 minutes. Which by the way, I get the cast off Nov. 6th. Can't wait! I've had to cover it with duct tape from all the crap I've spilled on it! I know - gross.

So, next up - Halloween! I'll probably go as my stand-by, the Magic 8-ball, but there's a possibility I'll go as a roll of paper towels - long story and will explain if it happens. Saturday will be spent trying to forget another Clemson loss I'm sure and Sunday I'm hitting the Broncos game.

Hope everyone has a great week and talk to you later!

Great American Beer Festival!

Hey peeps! Sorry it's been a while. It's just been work, work, work for me (someone forward this to C-Sak please...). However, I did manage to make it out to the Great American Beer Festival. And yes, it's listed in the book "1000 Things To Do Before You Die".
After waiting in a 30-minute line that wrapped around the convention center in the freezing cold, we entered beer paradise. The breakdown is below:

Beer Vendors: 1800
Beer that was sampled that literally tasted like urine: 3
Awesome stouts sampled: couldn't keep track
Guys dressed in literal kegs held up by suspenders: 3
Time of seeing first guy get carried out by the cops: 7:18pm (it started at 5:30)
Hilarious guys in pink leisure suits that I talked to while waiting for bathroom: 2
Times we heard "OH-H-H-H-H" whenever someone dropped their "sampling" glass: 276
Philly cheesesteaks that I demolished afterwards: 1

Good times fo' sure! It's happening all over again on September 24th, 2009 - go ahead and mark it on the calendar now.

On another note, one of the ski mountains is opening up tomorrow - they make their own snow although it almost snowed here Saturday night. Crazy! I have NO clothes. I need to go shopping asap. My flip-flops are not going to cut it anymore.

So, this week is Avs game Thursday night and an 80s ski party Friday night - check it out! http://www.80sskiparty.com/. I just need some leg warmers and an 80s headband to wear - any suggestions for me are welcome!

So, here is a picture of my cast at the beer festival. We all know I'm no Tyra Banks in the photography world and this picture was taken well into the night so I just cropped my head out :) but wanted to put up a pic of my awesome manilla vanilla cast. Take care everyone and have a great week.
C-Lo

2nd Boring Post...

Hi guys! Not much is going on but wanted to touch base. The wrist is still broken. I would like everyone to start appreciating all your appendages every day. I have to put bottles between my feet to twist off the cap and don't even get me started on trying to tie my shoes - at least it's still flip-flop weather - for today any way. The cast comes off in about 4 weeks or so, the same time it will start snowing here - crazy! I'll try to get some pictures uploaded soon.

Last weekend I ran down to a town about 2.5 hours southwest of here called Salieda. It's right on the Arkansas River and people chain up kayaks on the street just like they were mountain bikes. It's a cool, small river town.

Then had some friends come into town and had to show them the cool roof bars to watch college football. (All I 'm going to say is that I'm glad I was in a car when Clemson was playing...)

Not much going on this weekend except the Broncos game on Sunday. Definitely looking forward to the game - they play Tampa Bay.


Then NEXT weekend will be a good one - Jim Gaffigan is in town (Hot Pockets!!) and Saturday is the Great American Beer Festival.

Ok - will sign off but will upload pictures next week of the cast and GameDay pics from Invesco.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!