weekend in denver

 

We spent this past weekend in Denver at  The Curtis.  Grandma & Grandpa E flew in.  

The Curtis is a fun hotel with themed floors (I got a picture of W on each of the floors), cartoons playing in the lobby, board games available, hula hoops and many more fun things.  You can even challenge any of the staff to a game of rock, paper, scissors.  They are also pet friendly, so Zed joined us on Saturday.  I almost forgot to mention, they give you warm chocolate chip cookies upon arrival.  They were yummy, but had walnuts in them, so W did not get to enjoy.

 

 We stayed on the 8th floor which is sci-fi themed (and the pet floor)

W had The Mickey Mouse Breakfast and Z helped him eat the cake.

We had a busy weekend planned. We started with meeting G-ma & G-pa E at their hotel.  They were supposed to stay at the Curtis, but G-ma E didn't book soon enough to get the deal I got.  So, they stayed out by the Stapleton area.  C and I got a new car (more to come on that).  We visited Sam's no3 twice (breakfast and late night dessert), made a trip to the Denver Zoo, had lunch on the rooftop at Lodo's Bar and Grill, (C and I) had happy hour at Vesta Dipping Grill and finished out our weekend with breakfast at Breakfast King (an old school diner that reminds me of the tv show Alice) and hanging at Confluence Park.

This is the bridge that connects Confluence Park to lower downtown Denver (also know as LoDo).  When C and I lived in Denver, this was all undeveloped train yards.  Now there are a bunch of trendy lofts and new restaurants.

 

 16th floor / pedal to the metal   -   15th floor / mad about music

themed floors from The Curtis

 

14th floor / tv mania        13th floor / dun, dun, dunnnnnn

 

12th floor / the dance floor  -  11th floor / chick flick floor

10th floor / floor of champions   -   9th floor / big hair floor

 

7th floor / laugh out loud

 

6th floor / fun & games 

(all of the floors had metal art cut-outs, we didn't get all of those because that meant getting off of the elevator.  We did a speed tour of each of the floors)

5th floor / one hit wonders

4th floor / perfect pair