Feeling the Love

My day did get better after my run in with the Yogurt Thief! …

I still had my stash of yummy bars and trailmix, and a different (unnamed yogurt, not so hot), which got me through the tough day ;).

Zach decided to go on a nice long bike ride since he had a light afternoon, so when I got home from work I had some time to waste and decided to try and do some yoga

Well I was having some issues with my internet (I LOVE Tara Stiles yoga on youtube, look it up!), so I resorted to my exercise TV on demand. I clicked on beginners yoga, as I just wanted a nice stretch. I was successful, albeit the video was a bit strange.

They were in polos and khakis? But oh well, it was beginnings and it ended up doing the trick. Stretched out and (hopefully) ready for my long run tomorrow.

Zach made it home from his ride in the middle of my yogis. 37 miles up in the mountains, the man is a beast.

Where the love begins..

We had plans for date night tonight, but Zach always needs time to let his body cool down after such an intense workout. Luckily, we were able to catch up a bit more during that time. He brought me home the first gift of love we received today:

Zach is getting a custom suit for our wedding, and today was his final fitting. As he was leaving, his tailor/designer gave him this traditional Korean wedding gift.

They’re two kissing ducks. Meant to represent us. How sweet is that? And apparently they’re not only to show love.

When the wife is upset, she is supposed to turn the ducks around to send a message.

Apparently the tailors wife had the ducks like this for a month at one point. I can only imagine what he did ;).

We really like Zach’s tailor, and this just boosts him right up in our books. How sweet is that? I am sure our ducks will be kissing forever! 😉

Secondly…

While Zach showered and got ready for date night tonight, I ran Gusman out to do his business. I always check out mail when I take him on our evening walks. My second moment of feeling the love came from our mailbox :). We got our best RSVP to date

For all of you from Chicago or familiar with Chicago: you know what’s inside

Yes. Caramel and cheese Garrett’s popcorn. Only the best.

Unfortunately, the RSVP was a decline, but honestly it was the sweetest and most thoughtful RSVP we’ve gotten yet. They wanted to “send us a piece of Chicago” to let us know they were thinking about us. We have some amazing people in our lives 🙂 Thanks so much Rachel and James. We’ll miss you at the wedding, but when I can’t fit in the dress I’ll know why 😉

Needless to say, there were 1 or 2 (or 5) handfuls of that eaten before dinner tonight. Along with a peanut butter cookie sandwich Zach and I shared from Whole Foods

Consider it appetizers :).

So…if we weren’t feeling the love enough, then we got to leave for our favorite part of every week.

Date Night.

Tonight we decided to try a new place, Euclid Hall (www.euclidhall.com) . Neither of us knew much about it, but Zach found it online and all we were really looking for tonight was a new spot!

Euclid Hall is about a 15 minute walk from our apartment into downtown. With the weather we had tonight, I dont think there was a more perfect way to start the evening.

It was a beautiful night for a short walk, and there really is nothing like Denver :).

After our short walk, we made it to our destination

A very cool, gastro-pub feel restaurant with a great looking beer menu with upscale spirits and quality looking food.

The place was already pretty busy when we got there at about 730

So Zach and I just grabbed a seat at the bar and waited for our table…of course we had to share the bar

Yes…that pig head was intended for someone to eat. Needless to say we did not order that, but I’m sure it was delish.

I started with a nice Firestone double IPA while we waited for our table.

Luckily, that was only about 20 or so minutes then we were texted to let us know our table was ready.

Zach and I had plans to work on our seating arrangement for our wedding tonight, so we planned to kind of take this meal tapas style and just make an evening out of it.

Our first round was an amazing roasted cauliflower salad (my choice) and kielbasa (Zach’s choice) with 4 different mustards.

AMAZING. The salad was honest to die for. It had goat cheese, tempura crumbles, a light sauce, and of course roasted cauliflower. The kielbasa was also extremely flavorful and literally burst in your mouth. YUM

Second course was a mini cod sandwich (my choice), a blood sausage, and fries.