Dad's Day & Tamayo 16Jun24 & 18Jun24

It was dang hot on dad's day in COS but we got up early to catch a round at Kings Deer. It was good to play with the kid and Kala but my early errant play left me with high scores on the early holes... oh yeah, the others did not fare better. Still, it was a good time... right up until we were thrown off the course. Story: through 9 we were waiting to hit, right on the heels of the 4-some ahead. They left at the turn and we were 1 or 1.5 holes back. We did not close on them over 4 holes and were asked on #13 to skip ahead a hole or leave. We left with a rain check in our pockets ~ but it was an odd ask from course management, especially on dad's day with the kid. Loyalties will be reconsidered... not for being thrown out, but for allowing my ball to land in a seriously unplayable vole hole, on dad's day; unconscionable.

We convened again at The Brass Tap for lunch and a pop. Decent ~ Kala drove. We moved back on up to Pike's to meet up with Eline and another brew. It was fairly hopping. We got a generous offer to dine at Eline's house and Kala & I offered to cook. We bought and marinated chix and sliced up some scallions, chills, and asparagus for the grill. She had a great house and we even got to meet her wonderful mom, Marianne. Great finish to dad's day except I did close the grill on top of some Pyrex and broke it, then served glass with the meal. No pics there, obviously.

On Tue we headed up to Denver for a "thank you" party with Schwab. It was held right on Larimer, a keen part of downtown, @ Tamayo, a special Mexican food spot featuring Oaxacan cuisine. The rooftop spot and outside dining was awesome and Schwab was very lucky to have scored a 20° drop since Monday's heat. It was gorgeous, the food was good, the margs were decent, and we met a cool CO couple there, the Henthorns. Jim's a volleyball ref & coach and endurance athlete and Jana is a noted non-profit exec and ballet enthusiast. We clicked, and I especially liked Jim's haircut. We also met Chef Sandoval and some guns from Schwab.