What you've all been waiting for...

An Update. *and the crowd goes wild*

I've officially completed 5 weeks of living in Colorado. It's been quite an adventure. I just finished week 3 of my first quarter of Culinary school and I AM LOVING IT! We spent 2 weeks on vegetables and one on potatoes. Needless to say I don't plan on eating another potato for a long time. We made 5 potato dishes a day. Which, in my opinion, is way too many potatoes for one human. How cool is it that I get to go to school and play with food? I think it is pretty awesome.

I also quite recently got a job at Starbucks. I'm quite the little barista. I'm working about 25-30 hours a week and going to school for about 20. Which equals a busy girl with tired feet. But so far I'm really enjoying it. The people I work with are an odd combination of different types of people. You've all seen the combo of people in your local Starbucks... It's no different here. This store has a LOT of regulars, I really have no idea if every store has regulars but I feel like I see the same set of people every evening. I secretly have a crush on this super attractive Ukranian man that comes in every night at 8:00 and orders a dopio con panna and a venti ice water. Heidi wanted me to make sure and say that his name is Slobo. Yes, that is right Slobo. Of course I'm hardly serious about the crush thing, but he is quite the sight.

All in all, things are good. Hard for me to believe it's been 5 weeks; The time flies.

Chef Till

or at least soon to be.
I went to my orientation for Culinary School today.


ps. I laughed out loud when I looked at myself when I tried on my uniform. I looked awesome...

Summertime

Barbeques, warm evenings, friends, blankets, sunsets, lawn chairs, concerts in the park; you get the gist. Now concerts in the park is the true love of summer. I went to one tonight with my friend Eric in the heart of Denver. I mean we did the whole deal. We picked up dinner, strolled in with our blanket and lawn chairs, and fought our way through the thousands of people who have staked their space with their own blankets and picnic dinners. We carefully chose our space that was close enough to the music we could hear it clearly but far enough away we didn't have to yell to talk to each other. The other key to our seating was maximum people watching potential. People watching is my favorite feature of the concerts in the park. There is something about these events that bring out all types of people and their dogs. I hate that I chuckle at people as they walk by but I can't seem to help myself. The way people express themselves is an amazing thing. The music was mediocre but that is what lies behind the joy of concerts in the park. I suggest you maximize your summertime by attending your local event. We plan on going back.