Tuesday, June 11, 2013

game night


started out the day at the farmer's mkt - stoked to find gmo free tamales!

went to nooch and met this guy... so stoked on the shirt!

waffleganger showed up

open for business

this is the "NAWLINS" red beans/rice burger w/ waffle bun
went to PIPER's int'l school's bazaar where she performed
game night feast prep; I handled the guacamole

Milo chased me around
Rori, Summer, & Piper made the veg spring rolls
Rori mixes up the peanut sauce

Hannah showed up first
a few more participants showed up...but somehow I took no photos of playing games
I can't remember the name of the game we played but it was pretty racy and my time playing it. I went to bed early.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

mittens

I went to NOOCH in hopes of getting SWEET ACTION, but left w/ this
My first few days in Denver  - the Memorial day weekend - I was chicken sitting for the Miller's in Capitol Hill. The first two days were busy with the March on Monsanto, King of Snake, & LZ suitcase action. Tuesday morning Rori, Piper, & Milo returned from Honkeyville.

Little Milo is the BIG news at the Millers
Rori & I checked out a new place called PARSLEY
I met Mittens in the alley over the weekend.

She walks right into the house when the door is open. Piper knows her well
the Denver Capitol building has 3 problems - here are two of them
here you can see all three.
which step is actually 1 mile high? no one can agree
Beet Box Bakery has a storefront now!

denver's finest and only vegan donuts~!
apple spice deliciousness
Pete and his 4 dogs who had just been in Costa Rica in their Sprinter
Met LG for the cruiser bike ride / the theme was cardboard /duct tape

Zoltar from Tom Hank's BIG was the best dressed in my opinion

I love old signage & vintage theaters

went to the source of SWEET ACTION

and chose double choco cookies w/ PB ice cream
Rori took me for PHO, but they all had beef broth, so we ate noodles
stoked to go to the 303 video premiere - saw Keith from Fallen out front
right as I sat down FUZZ was skating to Fugazi in what I found out was Who Cares
Stoots was up next.. they played all 6 of their vids from the last 13 years

stoots blurry action shot from the Boulder park
caught up with BABA's Falafel outside Nooch

I tried the falafeldilla / the mexican fusion was amazing
more to come......

LZ's suitcase


 Lindsay's last name actually begins with an "S" but early on in our friendship, {before I'd seen it spelled}, I figured it must begin with a "Z". At that time I started calling her LZ and now I stick to it, somewhat out of habit plus I feel it sounds better {rolls off the tongue smoother} than LS. I hated it when she moved from one block away from me out to Boulder. Hate is a strong word and maybe that's a bit harsh or too broad. Thinking about it now, if she had to move, I'm glad it was Boulder, and not somewhere farther east. I'm in Colorado at least once a year so she is at the top of my MUST VISIT list when in the state. 

I reached out to her when I arrived in Denver only to learn that she was leaving for two weeks the next day.... AH CRAPPERS... She mentioned we could probably link up near the bus station the next morning. Later that evening I get a text asking me if I know any place she could sleep in Denver and still get to the bus station by 6am.  Long story short, she ends up taking up my couch offer at the house where I'm chicken sitting. On the phone she warns me about this massive suitcase she'll have with her.

I arrived at the bus station early as per my usual. Soon after, I see LZ walking out the station with this monstrosity in tow. I gave her some shit about it. And she explained how she'd received it for free and didn't really have an in between bag. Once back at the Miller's, she handed me my ass in farkel and we had some in depth conversation on a seemingly taboo subject.... a topic I'd like to delve into again soon. 

Somehow the only photos I shot are from the morning with the suitcase.
getting it down the stairs was problematic and slightly painful
everything's OK now....nothing to see here.. move along folks
she managed to lug it up into the van
only interesting characters are lurking downtown at 6am on a holiday

doing the funky chicken

ok, time to go...hope to see you soon, LZ!

King of the Snake


arrived at the DAVE TUCK benefit snake run contest @2:30
Glen Charnoski won the OLD MAN division
Glen tosses up a hot egg in front of the judges
Blood Wizard Chris Gregson flips to disaster

Josh Borden back Smith

Dalton Dern grabbed frontside and pulled this in

Joe Storm killer frontside invert

this gal thought Rhino was Rodney Mullen - awkward moment

Robbie Russo - straight out of Pedro - close up Smithers

Ft.Collins made the finals!!!  Xavier fsa


Gregson grabs a rail for a Smith Grind as Peacock films
in the end Josh Borden walked away as King of the Snake


a keen sunset to end a full day of sun. I hear $11k was raised!