Denver Welcomes Summer!

Happy Memorial Day and a happy unofficial beginning of summer!! Though today it poured rain for a good 15 minutes and there were some small balls of hail as well. Typical Colorado. I am seeing similarities between Colorado weather and the East Coast. The big difference in terms of rain is that it never lasts all day (usually doesn't). Typically on the East Coast, when the forecast calls for rain, you immediately know that for a fact when you wake up. Here, it can be 70 degrees and within four hours the skies darken and lo and behold, the rain comes. What I love about rain storms here though, it rarely lasts more than, I'd say, an hour. Granted, I've only been in Denver nine months and in Colorado, two years.

Anywho, back to the topic of this post, today was the Old South Gaylord Memorial Day Festival where they had vendors selling food, clothing, jewelry, soap as well as rides for the kids like a bouncy house and a miniature Ferris Wheel. What was really neat to watch was the trampoline jump. Before you freak out, the kids were all wearing harnesses. Not sure if I'd ever want to try that....

Despite the sudden downpour, it was a nice day to spend biking around my neighborhood and enjoying oldies rock music.

Chocolate Festival!

Yesterday, I went to Denver's Chocolate Festival. I had been waiting for this day for months!!! When it comes to food, I'm all over it especially chocolate. I can't say no.

There were vendors from all over Colorado who sold chocolate candies, fudge, chocolate soda as well as many nonchocolate items such as kettle corn and clothing. Many of you who know me are probably cracking up right now. Kettle corn is another food item I go gaga over. It's one of my favorite snacks.

A few vendors were also selling salsa! OMYWORD! There was one who had a salsa based marinade that she put with meatballs in crockpot. Delicious! Another had medium relish which I found out later had jalapenos in it. Usually, I'm not a huge jalapeno fan since they are so hot, but if sprinkled in something I don't usually mind. In this jar, it must not have been sprinkled.

The cool thing about this event was that you could buy taste tickets for which I am so glad I did! Coming in, I wasn't going to since I wanted to save my money in order to BUY thing. However, the girl at the counter convinced me that I do INDEED want taste tickets. So I bought some. Usually, I regret being pulled into buying something, but this time I was more than satisfied with my purchase at the end of the day. Plus, she gave me bags so I could take some chocolate that I wanted to taste home with me. BOOYAH!

Overall, it was a great day. My friend Devyn came and we had a blast. I still find myself making my own fun and wind out going to events by myself, which can be depressing. However, I enjoy being able to have a friend from time to time. Makes me realize how much I miss college -- always having a friend nearby. Hopefully, as the years go by as I continue to explore Denver, that I will make more friends and lessen the number of times I have to spend most of the weekend by myself.