Friday... Kala & I headed to Denver for 100° heat and a bunch of fun with family & friends. We arrived Fri and Matt joined us for sushi at the excellent Sushi Den on Pearl. We'd never been but heard many good things. This was the best sushi in CO we've had, by all our accounts. We chose nice blue label dry Junmai Ginko that was light and tasty; we had an awesome albacore sashimi appetizer and many nice nagiri pieces including barracuda and sea bass, along with normals. The "fresh today - dated 7/24" list was superior. It was plenty close to Letha & Matt so we will definitely be back.
We stopped for a Sancere for a future concert and I was fortunate to score some La Cumbre Project Dank, a bi-annual special concoction of dank, bitter IPA ~ it is always different. I liked the Vinyl Edition, so bitter... Kala did not.
Saturday... We rose early for F1 qualifying in Bucharest on Sat AM. My fantasy team was advantaged as for the first time this season a Mercedes did not qualify in pole position. Lando Norris did in his updated McLaren ~ and I am the one who's hung in there with Lando and with McLaren. Good for me. Hope he has race pace too as the Ferraris and Max are nearby and known to start well.
Afternoon held a double header of pro lacrosse games at Barton Field on DU campus, the home of the DU Pioneers and the Denver Outlaws. We used to have season tix back in the day when games were at Mile High but we've not been there in a while. We had great seats on the midstripe in row 4 but unfortunately the games were not competitive... the Utah Archers crushed the Maryland Whipsnakes in game #1 (so effing hot in the sun) and worse, the Outlaws were trounced 18-8 in game #2 by the Philly Waterdogs. We thought we'd do well when we took the opening faceoff to the goal in the first 5 seconds ~ that never happened again and I quickly flipped to the rally cap. The only solace was that there are a number of CO players on the Waterdogs. We had fun but left early due to the drubbing.
Sunday... We awoke again early for the F1 race. "Sunday Is For Formula One!" Lando raced well and drove well on this twisty circuit and topped the podium for the first time this year. Ferarri was hobbled with penalties and Max did Max; Kimi was 3rd.
We headed out to grab nosh at Mendocino Farms on the way to the Watchhouse concert. Food at this chain is excellent and perfect for a take-in situation like a concert at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Yoho was tarp runner and we were food suppliers; of course we also each brought a nice bottle of wine for the event (Edgar's Albarino and the Sancere). Jim secured a nice front spot stage right. Two Runner opened the show and were "fine" but I was surprised by the big lineup shift at bass, and more importantly fiddle... long-time Two Runner, also from Nevada City. Emilee was gone and a new player was "in." I don't know the drama but I did like Emilee. Paige did the most as the opener, as usual.
We came to see Watchhouse and their set was completely fabulous. First off I was freaked out a bit with the addition of percussion, then we saw a sax! For only 2 weekends did the lead sax guy, a brother of the bass player (often present), join the show. Great addition. Watchhouse played much of the latest album Ritual, but then launched into an unscripted setlist of whatever we yelled out. The band was tight and the duo sounded fabulous through Andrew's sad stuff to some more happy times. The Watchhouse concert was excellent, especially as it was enjoyed with our good friends, and good nosh, and good wine.
Thanks everyone for a great weekend in Denver.
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