Skyfall

We met our friend Brian and saw Skyfall at the IMAX followed by dinner.  Casino Royale is still our very favorite, but Skyfall was right up there.  Much better than Quantum of Solace. 

Taco Seasoning

We had tacos tonight.  We were out of taco seasoning, so we made some.  No reason to buy the packets anymore.

INGREDIENTS:

1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a small bowl, mix together chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper. Store in an airtight container.

recipe: allrecipes.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so grateful for all of you - our friends and family.

We are having a relaxing day today and will celebrate tomorrow with Chris's family.

xoxo  C&E

The Walking Dead

This is our new favorite show.  Unfortunately, we have watched season 1 & 2 on Netflix already and they are in the middle of running season 3 on AMC right now.  So, we are waiting for season 3 to come out, which will be a while.  Here is the storyline:

Rick Grimes is a former police officer who has been in a coma for several months after being shot whilst on duty. When he wakes, he discovers that the world has been taken over by Zombies, and that he seems to be the only person still alive. Having returned home to discover his wife and son missing, he heads for Atlanta to search for his family. Narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Zombies on arrival in Atlanta, he is aided by another survivor Glenn who takes Rick to a camp outside the town. There Rick finds his wife Lori and son Carl. Along with his partner and best friend Shane, he founds a small group of survivors who struggle to fend off the zombie hordes, as well as competing with other survivor groups who are prepared to do whatever it takes to survive.

R.I.P. Twinkie

All sold out.

The Music of James Bond

At the Symphony to hear the music of James Bond with Jazz Singer Hilary Kole:

From Russia With Love
007 Theme from From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Dawn Raid at Fort Knox from Goldfinger
Diamonds are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Spy Who Loved Me
Nobody Does it Better from The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
The James Bond Theme
For Your Eyes Only
Ski Chase from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
We Have All The Time in the World from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Live and Let Die
All Time High from Octopussy
The Living Daylights
License to Kill
Tank Chase from GoldenEye
GoldenEye
Skyfall

Prost Brewery

Second stop of the day; practically on the way home from Crooked Stave.  Alt bier and pretzels.  Appreciating Erica's German heritage.

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

It's a gray and snowy day.  No better way to spend it but in a tasting room.  This one is 1.5 miles from the house.  We tried all of them!

Crooked Stave specializes in sour beers (love!).  They only put out very limited releases.  We are very happy to have them in the neighborhood.

Back Blogging

Hi!  We know we have been absent as of late.  We will be back blogging to let you know what us wild and crazy kids have been up to starting in 5,4,3,2,1....

Breakfast of Champions

Erica started her day bright and early this morning in Colorado Springs (which is at least an hour and a half from the house).  She attended the Breakfast of Champions benefiting Peak Vista Community Health Center which is a provider partner and client.  Peak Vista does an amazing job to ensure the Pikes Peak community has access to care and provided $13 million in charity care in 2011.

Bart and Nadia were great keynote speakers.  They were funny and have a great story.

We Voted! (Just in Case You Were Wondering)

No fun pictures or I voted stickers.  We dropped off our mail-in ballots last night.

Birthday Boy!

Ten of us headed to Hops and Pie (H&P) today in celebration of Chris's birth.  Saturday afternoon is Saturday Session - for $16 you get 3 draft beers and 2 slices of the day.  The waitress surprised Chris with a Rice Krispie treat and a Candle.  I surprised him with a one year H&P Beer Club membership:  Anytime happy hour which equates to $1 off drafts & slices whenever you come in.  Every Sunday you get your 3rd draft for free. 2nd Sunday of each month you get 50 cent drafts.  From here on out if we aren't home, I think you are likely to find us at H&P :)

After that, we headed back to our house for more drinks and Happy Cakes cupcakes.  The Mexican Chocolate cupcakes were the favorite. 

The party continued late into the evening...

Happy Birthday, Chris!  xoxo

Opera Sideshow!

Last night we went to the Opera.  Sort of.  We got a flier in the mail for a Sideshow that the Opera Colorado Young Artists were putting on.  It sounded like fun, so we got tickets:

A casual cabaret-style program performed by our stellar Young Artists. Enjoy a night out with cocktails and light appetizers (available for purchase) and a program featuring Douglas Moore’s Gallantry, a hysterically funny spoof on the 1950s-era TV soap opera complete with commercials, and cabaret songs by Cole Porter and William Bolcom.

We had a good time.  The show was held in the Studio Loft of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and we were seated almost front and center at a table of 4 with another couple who were very nice Opera buffs.  They introduced us to the Director of Opera Colorado while we were there.

After the show we had a late dinner at Euclid Hall which has German inspired food and a really nice beer selection.  They had a large sour beer listing which is Erica's favorite.

Interestingly enough, later in the week Groupon had an offer for Opera Colorado and we picked up season tickets for a great deal.  we will be seeing Don Giovanni, Romeo and Juliet, and the world premier of the Scarlet Letter over the coming months.

Trick or Treat!

Last night we lit our pumpkins, turned on our porch light and opened up 2 ginormous bags of candy we picked up at Costco.  

Chris estimates we had over 100 kids stop by from 6:30 - 8:00.  We ran out of candy just as the doorbell stopped ringing.

We definitely don't have close to 100 kids in our neighborhood, but we had heard our 'hood is nice enough that people will leave theirs to come to ours.  

The kids ranged in age from 3 months to at least 16.  It was not uncommon to see parents in their vehicles driving slowly up the street while their kids went door to door.  One parent was like the paparazzi, and took a bunch of up close flash pictures of us and the kids as they got their candy.

The kids also made many comments on how cool our pumpkins were, which was a nice surprise.  Next year we are going to carve them the day before Halloween.  After 3 days in 70 degree weather, they were starting to get wilty.