Back in action
Finally. After a week of hacking up a lung, feeling achy all over, and dealing with a constant runny nose, we have finally shakin’ this darn chest cold. Alleluia! We woke up this morning cough free and feeling much more in order. We don’t know about you, but being off our game for a week threw us through a loop. Not being able to attack every task at 100% drives us bananas. And why is it that when you’re sick everyone needs something done right. this. second? Riddle us that Batman. Anyways, it’s good to be back. Besides feeling better, can you believe this spring like weather? When we left Phoenix on Sunday it was 80 degrees. Do wha?!! We would have happily stayed and marinated by the pool because in the back of our mind, we figured it was dumping snow in Denver and we wanted no part of it. But apparently we brought back some of that warm rays of sunshine because it has been seventy and sunny here the past two days. And you know what sunny, warm days mean…. Long runs in the park! We can’t wait for spring running because then we can officially ditch our hat, gloves and long pants. After our run, we quickly headed back home to change because we wanted to stop by Stoney’s Bar and Grill to see Listy. She was there for a networking event for Family Tree. We only had time for a speedy beer, but glad we went because we miss the Denver village. Can’t wait to ski with everyone this weekend! Once happy hour concluded, we dashed home to pick up Mr. B because we had dinner plans with Matt and Elizabeth at Beatrice & Woodsley. This is another restaurant we have been dying to go to. The restaurant is located on south Broadway, which in Denver is considered the “grittier” part of town. It reminds us a lot of downtown Chicago with clothing boutiques, bookstores, and hipster restaurants in historic buildings.
Beatrice and Woodsley is located in one of those historic buildings. We think the only way to describe the ascetic feel of this restaurant is – Nottingham Forest meets NY Chic. There were a million details. From wood tables to Aspen trees to hanging lanterns to chainsaws above the bar, it was definitely a designers dream and chic.
As we waited for our table, we decided to grab a couple of cocktails at the bar. Mr. B and we both were craving a glass of Malbec. We love how they put a tag around your bottle so you can remember what kind of wine you ordered – more details! The bar was just brilliant we tell ya. See the chainsaws? All of the booze sat on these wood planks and the chainsaws were stationed to look like they were cutting into it. Pretty sa-weet. Oh, and we can’t forget about the wine holder. Where are our manners? If you’re a BIG wine drinker and have a variety of bottles open all the time, this is the wine holder for you. Basically it’s a kegerator, but for wine. Genius, right? You pick which wine you want to drink, press down on the nozzle, and in seconds you have fresh tasting wine. Mom, if you’re reading this post, we would like one of these bad boys for Christmas. Amen. Since it was still Denver Restaurant Week there was a set $52.80 menu. Get it? 5280…Mile High City. We started with the crawfish beignet. OH-EM-GEE. Wow. If you’ve never had a beignet, it’s basically a fried doughnut with confectioner’s sugar. We thought it was brilliant to add a savory touch to the doughnut batter. Must. make. again. We forgot to grab a menu before we left so we couldn’t remember exactly what we ate. But we did order the veal for our entree and it was fall-off-the-bone savory. Since we didn’t start dinner until almost 8:45pm, we decided to get dessert to go. We are not going to lie, dessert confused us. The whipped cream tasted bitter, but it paired well with the chocolate mousse. Interesting.
Today was a loooong day, and we are about to face plant into bed.
Night!
