Dispatch Rocks My Face Off

If you've never heard of Dispatch, then you absolutely must check them out (click to hear one of my favorite songs). Falling somewhere between rock, folk, roots, indie, and reggae, they are an incredibly talented band. They actually broke up in 2002, but have done a few reunion tours over the years. Their most recent one landed them in Denver this past weekend for a three-day rockfest. We didn't get to go to all three concerts, but we did have the time of our lives at the Saturday night show!

We headed out to Red Rocks Amphitheater with Jimmy and Amanda, and some other folks, to tailgate and hang out before the show. Not only is Red Rocks beautiful, it's a great place to relax, have a Coors, and enjoy some down time before heading in for the concert. We absolutely loved it....and fell even deeper in love with Colorado. :) 

I don't have too many photos from the concert, and the ones I do have are pretty much just flashes of bright lights and neon glows. Suffice it to say though, that it was one of our top favorite memories so far here in the Mile High City. 

On an entirely different note, a random thing that happened to me today: Our office has had an infestation of moths the past week. Seriously, we have no idea where they're coming from and they're really gross. I've seen like 20 in the building. Anyway, my most recent encounter was today in the bathroom. As soon as I sat down to, er, go, a huge moth FLEW INTO THE STALL and couldn't figure out how to get out. Let me tell you, it is really gross mortifying to have wings flapping in your face while you're trying to do your business, even if it's just a harmless moth.

Peace, love, & Dispatch.

Is that an elk skeleton?

Geez, where to even begin? Our Memorial Day weekend was packed with fun. On Friday night, I went to the Denver Day of Rock with some friends (Mike had to Outback it up). The Day of Rock is a free concert series down on the 16th Street Mall, which is this awesome area downtown with a ton of shops, bars and restaurants. Probably the main reason I love it is for the people watching and seeing the random Denverites that try to make a buck off being ridiculous (like this guy "Robo Mike" who dressed like a robot....just to get some cash).  It kind of seemed like it was working, and for a split second I questioned my career. Anyway, we saw Trevor Hall live, which was the main reason I went. He is amazing in concert--his voice sounds so true to his albums, which I love in our world of AutoTune and voice manipulation. And he has hot dreadlocks, so that's a bonus.  :)

Then on Saturday, after a quick run in Wash Park (another Denver fave), Mike and I went and got a Weber grill, camping chairs, and a manly grill utensil set. And we didn't pay a dime (thanks, everyone, for the Target gift cards!!) We tried to grill tonight, but it was insanely windy and the fire blew out in half a second. Oh well, probably later this week!

Sunday was a big day of fun, mostly because the Cardinals were in town! We hung out down in LoDo, grabbed lunch, and then headed to the stadium, proudly reppin' our hometown. It was great, the Redbirds won, and we got fried and now we look like lobsters. We went back down to 16th Street Mall after the game, had a cocktail and a few appetizers, and then headed home. 

Today we got up early for our hike in Golden Gate Canyon State Park. It's about 30-40 minutes from our apartment, but it's an excellent place to go hiking without having to go all the way up into the high country. We figured we did about 6 miles (we had a few detours), made it up to Windy Peak (where it was indeed windy), and had PB&J under a huge tree right by a beautiful mountain pond. Pretty sure it just doesn't get much better than that. Oh, and we saw an elk skeleton.  

So now we are relaxing, and getting really confused (again) because we're watching Lost (for the second time). I will never fully understand that show...but I guess that's the point. 

Peace, love, and Cardinal baseball.