Day One: Done

Well, since there isn't much political news other than the fact that Joe Biden is an animal and John McCain still can't remember how many houses he owns, I'll focus on the food and the sports.  Before dinner we went on a walk around downtown Denver.  Denver is beautiful, and right in the middle of it is Coors Field.  Now, I hate the Rockies as much as the next Phillies' fan after last year's sweep, but that is one really nice stadium, and it's in the middle of downtown, which is great.  Anyway, basking in the glow of the Phillies' excellent 9-2 drubbing of the Dodgers, I checked mlb.com to see the score of the game.  Cincinnati 5, Colorado 3.  At that moment, the crowd roared so loud we heard it from the street.  Cincinnati 5, Colorado 7.  It was fun to hear.

After that, we went to dinner at Zengo, a great Latin-Asian fusion restaurant in downtown Denver.  I'm not really a fan of fusion, but this was really good.  The best things were the shortribs and the table-grilled Kobe beef.  They were amazing.

The company was pretty good too.  

After dinner, we went for a walk down the 16th Street Mall.  The Mall is a huge, ten-block-long Promenade-esque street that has tons of stores, restaurants, and horse-drawn carts.  It was a lot of fun.  We saw the MSNBC set up which, in all honesty, really did look like the place for politics.

 

Unfortunately, Rachel Maddow wasn't there and I had to postpone my marriage proposal for another day.

Finally, we met up with some friends (both old and new) and went to the Colorado State capitol.  We wanted to go to the Discobama event, but it turns out that that was reserved for those over the age of 21.  So no luck with that...

Anyway, tomorrow we're going to go to a concert in the Red Rock amphitheater featuring Sheryl Crow, Sugarland, and the Dave Matthew's Band.  Nancy Pelosi is speaking at the show, and we've heard rumors some other cool people will be there.  Stay tuned for an exclusive interview!

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