Hotel: Boulder Marriott (http://www.marriott.com/) / Sheraton Denver Tech (http://www.sheratondtc.com/)
Dates: 11.10-11.13.08
So I'm playing a little catch up here and wanted to post my Boulder info!
Carl and I got to Boulder late Monday night and checked into our hotel. Very nice place, great bed!
After working Carl and I drove out to the Coors Plant to do the tour and tasting, but alas they were closed on Tuesdays for tours :( ... So we did the next thing on our fun things list...
The Butterfly Pavillion! (http://www.butterflies.org/)
This place was awesome! First off it wasn't just butterflies. There were many different bugs, fish, ect and we had a blast. Both of us got brave and held Rosie the Tarantula, she was soft and kinda cute in a very scary spidery way! I took lots of pics of all the beautiful butterflies and just really enjoyed watching them flutter around. Like I said, we had a blast!
Carl and I got to Boulder late Monday night and checked into our hotel. Very nice place, great bed!
After working Carl and I drove out to the Coors Plant to do the tour and tasting, but alas they were closed on Tuesdays for tours :( ... So we did the next thing on our fun things list...
The Butterfly Pavillion! (http://www.butterflies.org/)
This place was awesome! First off it wasn't just butterflies. There were many different bugs, fish, ect and we had a blast. Both of us got brave and held Rosie the Tarantula, she was soft and kinda cute in a very scary spidery way! I took lots of pics of all the beautiful butterflies and just really enjoyed watching them flutter around. Like I said, we had a blast!
Next up was dinner, since we didn't eat lunch we were quite hungry!
OLD CHICAGO (http://www.oldchicago.com/)
Carl and I each tried a flight of beers, had a sandwich and over-stuffed ourselves with all around deliciousness. I had a great chicken parmagean sandwich and it was seriously good. A+ to this restaurant!
After this we were pretty much done for the day!
After this we were pretty much done for the day!
On the next day, I worked, we checked out of the hotel and drove up to the
STANLEY HOTEL (http://www.stanleyhotel.com/)
This was probably my favorite part of the trip. I had wanted to visit the Stanley for a very long time and was finally able to take the oppurtunity to do so.
For those who don't know, the Stanley was the hotel that inspired Stephen King's 'The Shining'.
What most people don't know is that this is not where the movie was filmed as the producers looked at the hotel and then built sets in London to film on.
Still, this place was amazing. It was built in 1909 and still had lots of the same stuff, beams, looks, etc. I took lots of pics and loved our little Ghost Tour that we took part of. The stories were great and fun to hear about. We didn't see any ghosts, but the experience still put a huge smile on my face!
Still, this place was amazing. It was built in 1909 and still had lots of the same stuff, beams, looks, etc. I took lots of pics and loved our little Ghost Tour that we took part of. The stories were great and fun to hear about. We didn't see any ghosts, but the experience still put a huge smile on my face!
We got to meet up with my old friend Giselle and her dad and mom who I've known since I was born as they are friends with my parents, and we had an amazing dinner at Nono's Cafe (http://nonoscafe.com/). This is an amazing little place that was started by a guy actually from New Orleans (like me!) and the food is great New Orlean's style stuff. Carl and I split the Crawfish Pasta dish and loved it. Oh, and the crab au gratin... I only had a little cuz it was waaaaay rich. Delicious!
That night we checked into the Denver Sheraton Tech, which unfortunatley wasn't very great. The bed was comfy enough, but the chairs were a little scary and stained, the bathroom was tiny and blah. However the drinks and chocolate cake at the bar were quite delicious.
The next day was spent driving to Boulder and back to Denver for work, then to the airport.
The next day was spent driving to Boulder and back to Denver for work, then to the airport.
We did manage to fit in dinner at BRIO (http://www.brioitalian.com/). We had some really great brushetta and then split the mediterrain pasta dish and a tiny tiramisu. I loved this place so much I found one in Phoenix to have lunch at! Try it out.
So that was pretty much it for Denver and Boulder. It was amazing to have Carl come along and keep me company. I know he had a great time too and I hope we get to visit again soon.
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