Hey guys!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Glenn is on an “easy” month starting this week so I’ll either get super annoyed or be happy to be spending time after work with him…either way he’s been less grumpy for 3 days in a row! A first in our household in months! It’s gotten to the point where I call him Grumpy Glenn.
Anyways, since I promised myself I’m gonna kick funk in the balls, I was actually social this weekend. Well what do you know…it was fun!
Friday started one of my favorite joints.
Vine Street Pub! Locally brewed beer with a hipster/casual vibe. I met up with Holly, Lynne, Tiffany, and Toni! Honestly, it’s weird to others but it’s “hormal” for us to have all met on the internet.
After that we split into two groups and I met some of Glenn’s friends (Hi Allison’s mom!!!) at Wyman’s No 5.
Where Glenn proceeded to yawn the whole time and I went deaf. I’m too old to go out to bars with crappy service and loud music.
Saturday was a snoozefest. I was tired all day!! My stomach was also upset from chowing down on too many cornnuts the day before…
It took 36 hours from the consumption of said cornnuts (okay…maybe I ate a ton…I got a crap load of them at Costco) to feel normal again. Let’s just say things didn’t digest until Sunday morning….
On a brighter note, on Sunday we met up with a long-time friend of mine. (Me love him long time) What a coincidence that he lives in Denver now…15 years of “friendship” and counting!
They suggested Lucile’s for brunch. Who would pass up creole food? The restaurant is set in this New Orleans “house” where there are community tables all around.
Started out with beignets. I’ve actually never had one…it was delicious cause it tasted like a slightly crispier donut with a pound of powdered sugar.
Then I got my buttermilk biscuit. Oh my heaven. It was warm, soft, and buttery…and huge. Lucile’s also has this homemade strawberry rhubarb marmalade that I slathered on this.
For my meal I got the Creole Omelet spicy sausage and diced ham in creole sauce served with potatoes. It was pretty tasty! The omelet fillings were spicy and the cheese was gooey. The potatoes were soft and peppery. The serving size was huge so of course I was happy.
Weekend didn’t end there…TWO hours later (oh the things I do for free food) I met Lynne and Tiffany again for a YELP ELITE event!
Capital Grille was hosting it. Capital Grille is an upscale restaurant chain specializing in quality steaks and is uber fancy. They invited yelpers to try out their new, more affordable lunch menu items!
Talk about VIP. We got free drinks all night! Peach vodka, champagne, Stoli Dolis the WHOLE time!! And servers kept coming up to us every few minutes to give us more food and drinks!
They were even nice enough to give us SWAG bags!!!
Lobster roll (it was meh)
These babies were perfection! Tenderloin sliders. The meat was juicy and the parmesan cheese and mushrooms on top of it added a zesty and creamy kick! Seriously…still thinking of these.
Parmesean truffle fries. One of the best tasting fries I’ve had in awhile. Had so much peppery and cheesy flavor! Lynne was gonna shank someone for more…
I MAYYYyyy be obsessed with her.
Like a true hobo, we never let our swag bags out of our sights….
Not only did we get the whole restaurant to ourselves during the event, but the executive chef gave us a brief tour of the kitchen and we got to see how they aged their beef!
Just when when you think it couldn’t get better….look at what was in my gift bag…
Macadamian nut cookies (my favorite), chocolate truffles, and steak seasoning rub.
I think I had a great foodie weekend….minus the cornnuts…
It’s so darn cliché but being social has really helped kick this funk. Even if you don’t feel like going out or seeing people…just GET OUT THERE.
Have a great day!
Looks like fun. Glad Glenn is less grumpy. I need to Yelp more. I want to be an elite!
So jealous you got to eat there for free. Oh, and I’d totally forgotten how perfect their strawberry rhubarb jam was…I haven’t gone since my Boulder days.
Man, I need to post on Yelp more…but I need more restaurants to go to first. hah! Dangit for living in a tiny town. Looks like a great weekend! I’m glad you were social!!!
SO MUCH FUN! and SO MUCH FOOD. I said the exact same thing in my Cap Grille post about the lobster rolls – I wasn’t sold on em. Good, but not great.
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Freaking hilarious. That’s all I can say about your blog. I literally laugh at all your phrases and choice of words… you say things I’m thinking, but just can’t put into words!!! LOVE IT! Maybe this weekend I’ll be social too. I don’t know if I can handle it, but it might get me out of my funk. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ha! I read the re-cap on Tiffany’s blog, then on Lynne’s and then yours. Love it! So jealous- I want to be out there with you gals!
Glad you are feeling more like yourself!
Ooooh, gotta love swag bags!!! Glad to hear you had a social weekend
There’s a Lucille’s in Ft Co too. Love it!
Whole Foods/Sprouts sell a version of chili flavored “corn nuts” that are amazing! I lived on those for a week when I was preggo & nauseous.
I’m glad you’re in better spirits, can’t say the same for myself. I was a total grump this morning. Umm, I still haven’t had a beignet and it’s like my dream to consume something so drowned in powdered sugar. My sister went to New Orleans and it’s all they ate for breakfast, jealous doesn’t even halfway describe how I feel.
I live in Boulder, and take people to Lucile’s here whenever I can!
It sounds like you just moved to Denver; how are you liking it? I’m sure it doesn’t snow like this in Texas!!