hogfly

This Mish is amazing. My wife and I got married then moved to Fort Collins. We spent a lot of time up the canyon and at the Mish. Best story I have was that we went on our honeymoon to Jamaica (delayed honeymoon after we'd already moved to FoCo). Got back from Jamaica to find out that Toots and the Maytals were playing at the Mish that night. After 10 days of Jamaican music, why not another night once we get back Stateside? :dude:

Around halfway through Parade of Horribles. I really wish I would have reread the last few books, because there are just so many characters that I'm having a hard time remembering specifics on a lot of them, which does detract from the reading a bit... as each of the characters have such great history and idiosyncracies that really only land when you're remembering those things about them. At the 50% point, I feel like I'm finally immersed back in the world.

On another note... I (in a moment of inebriation) recommended the audiobooks to a friend. Now, this friend group that I was with are somewhat high-brow and successful (lawyers, dcotors and such). I'd formerly recommended books like The Names, The Correspondent, etc.. so I issues the DCC recommendation with some regrets (what the hell is this guy going to think of me when he starts this series? He's not a gamer or nerdy or fantasy type guy at all. What was I thinking?).

I haven't really talked to him about it sense, so I was flabbergasted when he came to my son's graduation party this week and said, "Have you started parade of Horribles, yet? Oh my god, this series... I can't thank you enough. It's been so great." Then we talked for a while and I found out that he's got half HIS famly reading/istening to it now as well as several OTHER friends from similar backgrounds. His son-in-law's dad (Walmart exec, I believe... some kind of exec) was recently at his daughter's graduation and didn't take his airpods out the whole time because he was listening to dCC. :lol:

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- do a guided food tour.

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This has become one of our goto moves when visiting a new location where we're unfamiliar with the food. We did one in Nice as well, and it was fantastic. Went through the Farmer's Market, with our guide procuring us samples of all kinds of things and assembling little bites for us. Then went to a few of her favorite cheese, wine, socca and gelateria locations. The guide also offered to host us at her house outside of town in the mountains because a music festival was going on (we weren't able to do that because we were switching locations). It's just a really nice way to get more familiar with the culture and the food. Did the same in Oaxaca City, which was even more "useful" as so much of the food there can be intimidating.

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Copper Mountain can be a lot of fun, hauling mountain bikes up on the chair lift, then riding back down.

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I will say that if you're really wanting to do lift-access mountain biking, making the drive to Winter Park (called Trestle Downhill Park in the summer) is well worth it. They have amazing trails at a variety of skill levels and their infrastructure is top notch. If you're truly a beginner on the bike, then probably any of the resorts that have lift-access will be fine, as you're really just rolling down the mountain taking in the views. If you want to learn to jump and get faster on the bike, then Trestle is fantastic.

Back to Copper Mountain: it also has a Woodward facility which would be pretty awesome for teenage boys with their trampolines, foam pits, ramps, etc..

Book board is pretty active, especially for sci-fi and fantasy. We were talking about PHM there way before it was even rumored to become a movie.

I’m on the last 20% of the last book in the Daevabad series. I’m toying with quitting and starting the new DCC.

You won't want to go to Durango as that's too far from Denver for that short of a trip. Salida and Buena Vista area are both great and not TOO far from Denver. It's definitely a different vibe to Breckenridge and the other Summit County towns as they're not big ski resort towns in the same way as Breck/Frisco/etc..

Even worse is the delay between me telling her to watch or look at something and when she actually looks up. Also a major issue in the car when we’ve inevitably passed whatever I was pointing out by the time she actually looks up.

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No thanks. I'll prefer the higher protein, less sugar, and no lactose. Thanks for your concern though.

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No doubt. If I'm going to drink udder pus, I'll take the one that is high protein and doesn't make me shite my pants. :lol:

I had followed Dean for years as a climber and reading Outside mag and such back whenever print magazines were a real thing. When he got super into wingsuiting and such, I didn't really follow him that closely, so I didn't really know much about his personal life toward the end.

All that to say: damn! I didn't expect them to go full redemption arc with him seeming to find some sense of family and happiness. Made the death that much more gut-wrenching. I always just sort of thought that the latter part of his life matched the earlier, where he was an insatiable thrill seeker always pushing the limits and just ended up paying the consequences. I didn't really know that he'd entered into a solid relationship and become a lot more stable.

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Wife thinks it’s too slow.

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Having similar issues with my wife. It would help if she'd get off her damned phone when she's watching. This show really requires paying attention, because there are so many little moments of great dialog and character interaction that you miss if you're not actually focused.