Tim and Sierra: A day filled of food, tours, and fun!

(T) So today was the day we did CU-Boulder stuff. We started out the day by enjoying another free continental breakfast here at the beautiful Boulder Outlook Hotels and Suites. It was great, well mostly because it was free. After our amazing and free breakfast we headed to campus to meet with a graduate advisor. We got a ton of information about the school. We than went to lunch at a great place called The Sink. It was a local dive right off of campus. The Sink had great pictures and writings on the walls and ceilings. Sierra had a great burger and French onion soup and I had the club sandwich with really good fries. After leaving The Sink we rushed over to the university information session and tour and were basically told when we got there that we needed to wait till the information session was done because it "wasn't for graduate students". We were a little taken aback but basically said "Hey...F you buddy, we're going to this information session wither you like it or not." Well not exactly like that but really close. :) The information session was a little weird and the guy giving the information session was kind of a d-bag. But the tour that followed was good. The student (Vincent) leading the tour was a freshman and didn't really know a ton about the school but we still got to see the campus and that was the point. After the tour we started working our way back to the car and we stopped at a couple of shops along the way. It was interesting seeing some of the local hot spots like the Marijuana dispensary. After getting back to the car we headed back to our hotel to rent some bikes. We took a leisurely ride to Pearl Street. Along the way we were able to enjoy the stream that ran through the center of the town. It was interesting navigating this new area while Sierra was still trying to remember how to ride her bike. After we got back to the hotel after our tour we decided that a local pizza place was in order and we found this local place called Proto's. We started out with an herb flavored pita with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. The pizza we chose was called The Pontiff Pie (Olive oil, garlic, fresh spinach, sundried tomatoes, and mozzarella and feta cheese). It was a great pizza with a thin crust. One of my favorite parts of this pizza place was the glass wall allowing everyone to watch the pizzas being made. It was quick and all the ingredients were really fresh. After dinner we ended the night by watching a little ASU basketball as they whooped up on Jacksonville. Tomorrow has a lot in store that we will share more about tomorrow.

(S) "Nom Nom Nom"
That is what I wanted to call this blog entry. The best part about today was the excellent food! The Sink was to DIE for. I fell in love with the atmosphere. It has amazing artwork on the walls, charactitures (spelling?) covered the walls, photos were covering the tables, and signatures from past restaurant patrons. My burger was excellent and it was officially the first meal I have ever finished eating before Tim. Seriously.... devoured in minutes. For dinner we went to an excellent pizza place that Tim already explained, but basically it had garlic on it, and I love garlic. So I was happy!

Besides food, the day was excellent. Tim and I have done everything possible in Boulder. The tour was good, seeing the campus was the best part. Tim and I did get a kick out of the guide. Since he knew we were potential grad students, he would talk about the tour.....then tell us about how it would be if we were grad students. So as an example, I asked about using the meal plans for food off campus, he went off on a tangent on grad students getting food. It was weird, but he was cute cause he was a freshman and trying really hard. The campus, again, was beautiful, and I loved the buildings and atmosphere. Overall it was really fun, there is a program we learned about called PIE (partners in education) that offers a teaching job along with discounted college tuition. I promise I'll look more into it!

The one other part I didn't really talk about was my attempt at riding a bike. I was basically a hot mess. I haven't been on a bike since I was probably ten! I was screeching my brakes, going as slow as possible, and weaving all over the road. Honestly, it is a miracle that I didn't get hit by a car. The most challenging part was turning corners, I couldn't do it!! Tim enjoyed that immensly and would holler at me to hurry up so I didn't get left behind.

Overall, it was a great day, I had a blast and now I'm tired! Tim is making me wake up early to see the sunset. I have yet to decide if I'm excited about waking up that early.

The Sink.

This is some of the cool artwork at The Sink.

Sierra's awesome burger at The Sink and the great French onion soup.

Again, more of the beautiful artwork in The Sink.

One of the quads at CU-Boulder. As our tour guy said "this is the most people i've ever seen here!" All we were thinking is "Wow, you're really doing a great job selling your school."