Earlier this month we all enjoyed another summer “Gramp Camp.” The kids packed up for 10 days in Grand Junction, sharing time between both grandparents. It looks like they had a great time! Lots of swimming and lots of video games. Lots of spoiling by doting family with late bedtimes and many sweets. A very good week for kids by any standard.
After delivery the kids, Ben and I eagerly planned out a relaxing week of quiet at home. Ben took time off work to make it true vacation. We went to two movies at the Alamo – In the Heights and Black Widow. I took a fun daytime hip hop dance class that I usually can’t attend. We made many day trips to parts of the Front Range to see friends and eat good food. I also ate ice cream almost every day!
Korean Fried Chicken in Aurora. Also, our first time eating at a restaurant indoors in over a year. We asked for a distant table and got one in the far corner all alone. The honey sauce and chicken and fries were amazing 
Ebisu, a weird Japanese Import Store. A little disappointing. They had very limited stock of weird things, but not in a very fun way. Maybe they will expand in the future. 
Ebisu has a One Piece character in the lobby 
Taiwanese shaved ice at Meet Fresh in Cherry Creek. Tasty, but I like Snowl better. 
Enjoying sidewalk seating at the Boulder Sandwich Company. 
Pearl Street always has gorgeous flowers. 
Gelato after a long walk along Pearl Street 
Lunch in Fort Collins . . . 
. . . with Mavi and Jeff! 
We went to a super weird art park 
It was so hot and draped in cottonwood. 
Very weird metallurgical zoo. 
After sandwiches at Subculture in Denver, Ben found some new music at Wax Trax. 
Yarn at Fancy Tiger, then Sweet Action ice cream. Perfect. 
Authentic Japanese dinner at Osaka’s in Boulder 
Ben was in heaven with his okonomiyaki 🙂 My yakiniku was great too.
Thank you to all my family for taking care of the kids and driving them back. We had an amazing, relaxing week to explore locally and rejuvenate our minds.
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