Eat. Run. Do Yoga.

I’m having the BEST time in Colorado. Here’s what we’ve done so far:

Sunflower field outside of Denver

• Yesterday we drove to Fort Collins and visited our friends Gary and Tiffany and their beautiful kids. They took the afternoon off to show us their hometown and wow did we love it! We ate at Avogadro’s Number where I had a delicious homemade tempeh sandwich.
• When we got back to Denver we ate dinner at WaterCourse – our favorite veggie restaurant of all time. We ordered a Buffalo Tofu Sandwich with sauteed greens and broccoli (amazing!), a bowl of green chili soup (D. loved it but too spicy for me. since when am I a spice wimp? Is this a sign of old age?), and the “Frings” – a basket of 1/2 french fries and 1/2 onion rings (thumbs down on the fries but the rings rocked!).
• This morning I went for a run through Cheesman Park and City Park. The weather was perfect and surprisingly I was not winded from the higher altitude. I ran 6.6 miles in 60 minutes – a little slower than usual but I felt great.
• After I showered and dressed, D. and I hiked all over Denver. We went to “Lo-Do” (lower downtown Denver) and ate breakfast at Organixx where we got delicious scrambled tofu with fresh (really fresh!) fruit.
• From Organixx we walked to a cute neighborhood called “Hi-Lo” (between The Highlands and Lo-Do). We stopped at the Savory Spice Shop and loaded up on vanilla sugar, dutch cocoa, berbere Ethiopian seasoning, chat masala, vietnamese saigon cassia cinnamon, freeze dried shallots, and Italian herbs. I loved this store and cannot wait to cook and bake with my new spices!
• We then hiked up to The Highlands. I wasn’t too impressed with The Highlands. Maybe my expectations were too high?
• Then…back to WaterCourse! Tonight we ordered the blackened tofu with coconut cream, rice, broccoli, and avocado, and the  Po Boy sandwich – a crispy cornmeal crusted portobella with coleslaw and garlic ailoi. We topped it off with a Ho Ho Cupcake and a slice of chocolate pie. All vegan of course! I can’t believe I forgot to take a single picture…it was all so good.

We walked a total of 10.8 miles and that was after my 6.6 mile run! I think I might sleep for a very long time

Have you been to Colorado? What do you love most about it? What do you love about Denver? Fort Collins?

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