bright copper kettles

my friend courtney came out to see me last week and the one thing she wanted to see was the coors brewery. so we drove to golden and took the tour. it was a little confusing because the tour wasn't in order from start to finish, but they had helpful pictures to remind you which step you were looking at. the brew kettles were my favorite because they were so big and shiny. this is a picture of the malting barley. we learned that keystone is not the spilled beer that's mopped up and squeezed into cans, it just uses less hops, which accounts for its cost coors light and keystone light are the most popular beers and make up 95% of sales. at the end of the tour we got to see the packaging, but laverne and shirley were no where to be found. courtney still sang the song.

then came the sampling! we were each allowed three beers, and although courtney could have had six, she only had two. i'm sure beers drinkers everywhere are disappointed.

happy anniversary to me!

last tuesday was my second year anniversary. thanks to mamsis, trink, rachel, bridget, carol, bill and deb, paps and naws and grandpa p for all the cards and e-mails. i had to work but afterwards we went to dinner at landry's. here's a picture of the flowers josh got me:

from ireland to colorado

with a short stay in minnesota. this arrived today (the booties came earlier) in the mail:

for those of you on the edge of your seats, i don't have gestational diabetes. i guess that means i can have all the sugar i want!!

fakin' it

i've been craving cappuccino blasts from baskin robbins, and although it's a short 10 minute drive to the closest one, i can't justify the gas or the $3 for something i can make at home. it was pretty good for a first attempt, and i even finished it with whipped cream and cinnamon on top. perhaps i'll use my days off to perfect it. as a side note for catherine, they've 'improved' the daiquiri ice, and it's terrible. like a lime popsicle. i suppose i need to start trying to duplicate that as well.
in other food related news, i made chocolate chip cookies the other day, and josh and i have almost finished them. probably not the smartest thing to do before my glucose tolerance test, but oh well. i'm hoping everything is fine not just because i don't want gestational diabetes, but so i don't have to drink anymore nasty orange glucola.