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Weekend Trip, Part 2!
Jan. 11th, 2024 09:17 pmSaturday was the second (and main) day of the holiday trip. We had the morning and early afternoon to ourselves, though we didn't do much. I guess the hotel is well-known for having a water park, but we... never made it there, ha. I don't currently own a swimsuit, and half of the pools were outside. While they were heated, it was still far enough below freezing that swimming outside didn't sound great, alleged hot tub or not. Sorry to have missed out on like, the resort's Thing, but oh well.
We had a fairly lazy morning. We got coffee from the cafe downstairs, and I bought a quiche from there for breakfast. It seemed like the most financially responsible choice. The resort is pretty big on its restaurants, but uh... on the pricey side. Probably very good! But a bottle of water from room service was $4.50, which shows the general pricing of everything, haha. Apparently the Italian restaurant had a brunch buffet, but I was afraid to even ask how much it was.
The quiche was tasty, and minus a minor annoyance where apparently the entire hotel's key cards were wiped because they were surprise! switching to a new system, which caught the staff off-guard too, it was a mellow few hours. I was very tired, because I did not sleep well, though didn't want to nap and miss the stuff we were supposed to do. Taylor read a bit of Mort by Terry Pratchett out loud, and that was most of the morning.
There were two activities for the afternoon: a beer tasting at a brewery in town, or a paint-and-sip event in the hotel. All three of us chose the paint and sip, because I don't care for enough beer to make a tasting very fun, and painting sounded like a better time.
I did An Art!
The way the "paint and sip" thing works is that in addition to the boozy beverage, there's an artist who sort of guides you, Bob Ross-style, through the steps to paint your version of the example picture. She led us through what colors to mix, some of the techniques for how to do the different parts, plus some help if anyone was very dissatisfied with their results.
( Nine more pictures below the cut - painting + dinner: )
Sunday morning, the three of us split a very tasty chocolate-raspberry croissant from the cafe bakery. Should have taken a picture of it, because it was also a very attractive pastry.
After checkout, we met up at the Stanley Marketplace for brunch at the Denver Biscuit Company. The Stanley Marketplace is a pretty cool place. It's sort of an indoor mall, but it's in an old manufacturing building, and is a pretty great example of repurposing a cool old building into something new, rather than tearing it down. I've only been there once before, and that was with my driver friend for the Van Gogh exhibit we went to before she moved.
The restaurant doesn't take reservations, so our party of 14 or so (as we kept losing people, lol) had to wait a while for enough seating to open up for us, and we wound up being very glad we'd eaten something beforehand. Mom, Taylor, and I all got basic biscuits and gravy, which seemed like a safe bet for a biscuit place. It was delicious, but SO MUCH FOOD.
It was a very fun weekend, and I'm appreciative that A) Taylor and my mom's company does this sort of thing for them each year, and B) that they brought me along. :) It was a fun time, if way bougie-er than anything I ever do otherwise. I had a great time, but I was also glad to get home and take a nap, haha.
We had a fairly lazy morning. We got coffee from the cafe downstairs, and I bought a quiche from there for breakfast. It seemed like the most financially responsible choice. The resort is pretty big on its restaurants, but uh... on the pricey side. Probably very good! But a bottle of water from room service was $4.50, which shows the general pricing of everything, haha. Apparently the Italian restaurant had a brunch buffet, but I was afraid to even ask how much it was.
The quiche was tasty, and minus a minor annoyance where apparently the entire hotel's key cards were wiped because they were surprise! switching to a new system, which caught the staff off-guard too, it was a mellow few hours. I was very tired, because I did not sleep well, though didn't want to nap and miss the stuff we were supposed to do. Taylor read a bit of Mort by Terry Pratchett out loud, and that was most of the morning.
There were two activities for the afternoon: a beer tasting at a brewery in town, or a paint-and-sip event in the hotel. All three of us chose the paint and sip, because I don't care for enough beer to make a tasting very fun, and painting sounded like a better time.
I did An Art!
The way the "paint and sip" thing works is that in addition to the boozy beverage, there's an artist who sort of guides you, Bob Ross-style, through the steps to paint your version of the example picture. She led us through what colors to mix, some of the techniques for how to do the different parts, plus some help if anyone was very dissatisfied with their results.
( Nine more pictures below the cut - painting + dinner: )
Sunday morning, the three of us split a very tasty chocolate-raspberry croissant from the cafe bakery. Should have taken a picture of it, because it was also a very attractive pastry.
After checkout, we met up at the Stanley Marketplace for brunch at the Denver Biscuit Company. The Stanley Marketplace is a pretty cool place. It's sort of an indoor mall, but it's in an old manufacturing building, and is a pretty great example of repurposing a cool old building into something new, rather than tearing it down. I've only been there once before, and that was with my driver friend for the Van Gogh exhibit we went to before she moved.
The restaurant doesn't take reservations, so our party of 14 or so (as we kept losing people, lol) had to wait a while for enough seating to open up for us, and we wound up being very glad we'd eaten something beforehand. Mom, Taylor, and I all got basic biscuits and gravy, which seemed like a safe bet for a biscuit place. It was delicious, but SO MUCH FOOD.
It was a very fun weekend, and I'm appreciative that A) Taylor and my mom's company does this sort of thing for them each year, and B) that they brought me along. :) It was a fun time, if way bougie-er than anything I ever do otherwise. I had a great time, but I was also glad to get home and take a nap, haha.
