swoop & swap

Following in the theme of graduating, michelle & theresa threw a great bash on friday. Some wisdom I took with me: dead plants should be left to die, especially the big ones in hard to reach places.

Busted out into grill mode on saturday at Milo. We feasted on chicken/feta/spinach brats with great sides, including italian sausage, while calling in our bets for the 131st kentucky derby. My horses did not fair so well, I thought I had a lock with Spanish Chesnut from the starting gates, but his steam pretty much fizzled on the last leg and he came in 17th once the mud cleared. A quick round of the oc game later, we were denver bound.

Our denver agenda was based around catching joaquin's new band play later that evening at the 15th street tavern. We had several hours to kill before hand, so we haphazardly pulled onto market street around happy hour and picked the Double Daughter, which proved to be quite a neat spot for a start to our travels. Jen met up with us there, and Soon after she split for boulder, we went to Mynt, which proved to be a cocaine-fueled, barbie & ken hangout, complete with lousy drinks, and really awkward security. Of course, I left my cell phone there and had to go back. The pinacle of the evening was upon us when Slickpigs Lie took the stage and blistered through their set of melvins-esque sounding material. Joaquin absolutely tore up the drums - nice one!

Vegged out sunday with the stack of burninated dvd's jay sent me, until evening when it was time to celebrate with the fam for mother's day dinner at Il Forneo - yum!

-the good son, neph-