Denver

Last week, I was in Denver to visit customers and stayed the weekend. I arrived on Thursday night and luckily got Julie and Jason to accept a last minute invitation to dinner. Jason and Julie are blogger friends from Dallas. They moved to Colorado three years ago. We hadn't seen each other since their wedding two years ago - time goes so fast! We ate at Ted's Montana Grill near their house in Westminster. I caught Julie and Jason at a pretty joyous time. Julie had just received an offer for a new job and had given notice earlier that day. Jason recently received a great review at work and was placed on a special project. They were both glowing from all the positive events occurring in a short time frame. After dinner they took me on a tour of their fabulous new home, which is even better than the pictures!

For the rest of my time in Denver, I stayed with Summer and Greg. Summer is my best friend from high school and Greg, her husband. There's nothing quite like being with your best friends. Summer and I could be on the moon and as long as we're together, we're happy. It's just so perfect to be together. I caught Summer at a pretty exciting time in her life - Friday was her last day at her current job and she was starting a new job on March 1. Friday night we simply stayed home and hung out. We drank cosmos and vodka sodas, listened to music, danced in the living room (while Greg pretended not to be horrified while he watched from the kitchen), and eventually made fun of old music videos on TV. It was just like high school and exactly what I needed.

Saturday morning Summer, Greg, and I had breakfast at a diner near their house. As we were passionately discussing world events, Summer pointed out that she was having the best morning because she was with her two best friends. I whole-heartily agreed. After breakfast, we went on a very specific shopping adventure. We went out to buy digital cameras. I had decided that I had to replace my small point-and-shoot camera. When I lost it on New Years Eve, I thought I'd simply switch over to using my digital SLR. However, the size and weight of the SLR was more than I could adjust to for normal activities and I simply wasn't taking pictures. Summer and Greg had been talking about getting a digital camera for years but never made the purchase. It might have something to do with Greg's attention to detail and there simply being too many choices. So Summer and I decided that we were going to buy cameras and Greg just couldn't bear us taking a trip to look at electronics without him. In the end, we bought the same camera - Nikon Coolpix S3. Saturday night, we had a fantastic dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant in Boulder. Sunday included breakfast by Greg and a trip to the mall. It was so great to spend a weekend with such good friends. Hopefully Summer and Greg will be coming to Phoenix to visit soon!

The picture of the house is Summer and Greg's. My mother wanted to see it so there you go, Mom!

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