Another attempt at the blog

Hello my friends and possibly strangers,

Quite some time ago I opened this blog in hopes that I would be able to showcase my cooking and awesome restaurants that I have been to. This plan quickly failed when we moved into the "kitchen from tiny town". Our previous apartment had the smallest kitchen and my husband and I couldn't even be in there at the same time. Now that we are in our new digs, I'd like to give this a try again. This time, I'm taking on a different twist. I'm going to be posting about food, wine (and other spirits), and my adventures around Colorado and the world.

I'm so blessed to live in one of the greatest culinary zones in the US. I'm stuffed right in the middle of suburban hell between delicious Denver and divine Boulder. I say suburban hell because I had never lived in the suburbs until after college (its the only place we could afford) and I never realized how invaluable living in the city is when it comes to being able to decide on where you want to eat. The suburbs are filled with the dusty menus of chain restaurants. You can find some variation of the same thing on each restaurant's menu. This being said, my husband and I venture into Denver and Boulder as often as we can to escape the monotony of dining in the suburbs. While there are a few good places to eat around here (Proto's Pizza, Original Pizza, and Zen Bistro) it's imperative that we go into "town" to eat at least once a week. I'm hoping to head out to a good place tonight, as soon as the hubby stops working. Thank goodness for that highway, it doesn't take long to get to either place.

Eating around town will be the majority of the posts on this blog. I'm most looking forward to providing a posting about every wine, microbrew, or special cocktail that I consume. For wines, I'll be posting an image of the label, the restaurant, bar, or liquor store it was purchased at, and my opinion of the wine. (Check out the post just newer to this one for our first real stamp on the blog.)

The other parts of this blog will be about my travel around the world, including planning for these trips. You will see a lot of stuff in the next 60 days of my planning for my trip to Walt Disney World/Universal Studios that we will be taking this fall. I'm overly excited about this trip. I mean OVERLY excited. I've been up until 2 in the morning for several nights over the last two weeks researching endlessly to decide on where we will sleep, what we will eat, and what we will do each day. I used to work there in 2005, so I'm really looking forward to being able to see it for a whole week from the eyes of a tourist.

I think this launch of the blog is going to actually be successful with it's new name and new focus. I hope that you enjoy reading.... until later - Heather