Long weekend in pictures, words

Ah, Memorial Day weekend. The phrase just brims with happiness, doesn't it?

Now, for the rundown.

On Friday night, Beau and I and four friends went to the Rockies/Cardinals game downtown. We got out of work early, so we sat at this bar for a couple of hours.

Nice view of the stadium and the back of my friend's head.

It was at this bar that we heard the saddest, dumbest douchebag pickup line of the day.
Drunken patron to waitress: How do you hide your wings under that jacket???
Gross.

We had good seats (I didn't really watch the game anyway, but it's nice to be close).

Yes, I know it's a picture of the outfield, but isn't the grass pretty?

Sitting in front of us were a couple I nicknamed the bracelet twins.
First, the woman. She put down a footlong with ALL of the fixins inside of a minute.
She's as dainty as this tattoo implies.

Her hubby, not to be outdone, was also braceleted.
Only, I'm not sure that those livestrong bracelets are supposed to be tight.

Cards won the game (we were rooting for them); fun was had by all.

On Saturday, I had The Best Burger on the Planet at the Best Burger Joint on the Planet.
Avocados, smoked cheddar, and Dijon, OH MY!

If you've never been, your life is not complete.

Then my family and I ventured down to a street fair in a beautiful old Denver neighborhood. Real estate is pricey, but the livin' is good. For everyone. :)

I'm pretty sure that compartment on the back is for treats.

When I got home that afternoon, it seemed that someone'd left the neighborhood in a hurry.

I'm sure as hell not pickin' 'em up!

While I was out and about on Saturday, Beau was out with friends. They went to The Buckhorn Exchange, where they enjoyed a meat festival of rattlesnake, buffalo testicles (I have yet to meet a woman who eats these; it's always the menfolk), and lord knows what else. He sent me this picture. You eat the meat while the head of the beast stares down at you.

Beau says that's a whale penis hanging above the bear. Everybody eat!

The rest of the weekend was full of bookstore visits (maybe a shoe store visit in the mix--can't go back there until the end of the summer), trying new recipes, and emergency doctor visits. None of which were particularly photoworthy.

Twas a good, well-rounded weekend.

Hope yours was too!