making it up as i go along
Today we had a great day exploring the city by the bay with our excellent hosts, Eddie and Donna. A full photo journal is here.
I will have to post recipes later as my books are not available this moment, but here's what we made:
1. decorated sugar cookies
2. cranberry oatmeal cookies
3. giant ginger cookies
4. chai crescents (not actually crescent shaped)
5. peppermint bark
6. a huge mess!
7. some great memories
Hope everyone else had a great weekend! 
Well anyhow. We spent our Labor Day weekend in the delightful mountain enclave of Crested Butte. We went there for our friends' wedding. We had never been to Crested Butte before and we both enjoyed it a lot. A lot of CO ski towns have become fairly … ritzy … with art galleries, jewelry stores and high-end boutiques flanking every street. And it's harder when you're on a budget to enjoy a weekend there. But Crested Butte is still a classic ski-town. Kinda hippy, funky. Stuff is still reasonably priced and food isn't covered in foie gras. Dogs are welcome (even big ones, though Loki actually spent the weekend at Doggy Daycare) and everyone rides around on cruisers (is it any wonder I loved it there??).
Saturday we rolled into town in late afternoon. We checked out the town and went to a pre-wedding BBQ. Sunday was outdoorsy … guys biking, girls hiking … I got sunburnt (and I was wearing a hat and 30 SPF, thank you very much), but took some great photos. Then a very enjoyable wedding. It was nice to see two great people joined together in such a beautiful setting.
Monday we had leisurely breakfast and drove home. More photos here.
Well I'm working a normal day, and then I plan to spend the rest of the day getting ready for our trip. Mapquest directions are being printed, along with park maps and confirmation sheets. The car is in the shop today getting a tuneup for the big drive.
I decided to make PBJs and black bean and cheddar quesadillas for road trip food. They'll hold well and have protein and such. We'll also have the usual array of fruit and snacks and beverages.
Loki gets to come along, so we're looking forward to that. It's always a little disappointing to go on vacation without our furry member of the family. I know he's going to have a great time in the great outdoors (for five whole days).
Well I've got loads to do, so best be off. I'll keep the chatter coming while I'm gone thru the magic of the internet.
Well I thought mom might save me on the photo front … she took almost 60 photos this weekend, but alas, after viewing them I have come to the conclusion that her digital camera is broken. Everyone is blurry (even ones taken in full light that have no business being blurry!) … This one, displayed here was one of the only ones that looked decent, unfortunately. It also makes it look like we were on the set of A Perfect Storm all weekend, which really isn't the case. Oh well. It's a cool photo anyhow! : )
Keeping up with my recent trend of photographic laziness, I took exactly 0 photos this weekend. I brought the camera. I intended to use it (even charged the battery), but it somehow never made it out of my backpack. Perhaps I was just having too much fun. Well that's not so bad. It was a great weekend, despite (or perhaps because of) the rain. Lots of rain. Weird for CO in July … but anyhow … just so you don't feel as tho the visit is a total jip, a couple of links:
* another mac 'n' cheese recipe I'm going to have to try
* postcards printed with your images and text, no pens or stamps necessary … think of the possibilities
