A Day in My City

G's cousin is visiting us this weekend. We've known about her trip for a while, and have been planning to show her some of Denver's highlights, and then this past week was so stressful. I joke about being an introvert, but there is a word quota, people. And I reached it by like Tuesday afternoon. As the week wore on and so did my classes and student conferences and workshops, I started to stress out about this weekend because all I really wanted to do - and let's be honest - is sleep.

Then I realized, this is such a great problem to have. Trying to balance work that I love with family that I love? I can do that.

Attitude adjustment. Check.

Death by chocolate is a must for company

Fall is here. We roamed around downtown Denver for a few hours before the Rockies game. We showed her 16th street, focused on Larimer street (food!), and then checked out the renovations to Union Station. After spending a good hour in the Tattered Cover bookstore, of course.

I heart Larimer Street

 

We ate lunch at The Market because I know it's a super popular hang out for some of my students. What a great place for coffee and food! (AR peeps, it's like a bigger version of Arsaga's that also serves all kinds of food.)

And then we checked out the renovations made to Union Station. I think they did such a good job preserving the building but adding in enough shops, restaurants, and stores to make it a bustling part of downtown.

 

 

Then we headed to the game. The Rockies won! And we lucked out because walk-up tickets for club-level seats were half off. Score.

Ok, must double fist the coffee and read a few pages of the next Virginia Woolf book (To the Lighthouse) before everyone wakes up and it's time to head to the mountains.

Enjoy your Sunday, peeps! Fall is here! Laaaaaaaaaaaaaa.