Denver!

For thanksgiving, I made the long trek up to Denver by myself. It's a beautiful drive and went pretty well, except for the stretch between Colo. Springs and Denver, which was bumper-to-bumper almost the whole way. I finished listening to "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. The end of the book found me crying to my steering wheel in the middle of Colorado. It was a beautiful story and I loved Pi as a narrator. He told his unrealistic story so realistically that it no longer seemed out of the ordinary at all. I was inspired.

I got some knitting done! pictures to come.

While we were there, we had to check out the local Indian shop, where Talal picked up some methi (fenugreek) and masala tea mix. We also rented Hum Tum. The guy was good-looking, but his character was almost insufferable. It drives me nuts that so many Indian movies have miscommunication as their major conflict. This one, in particular, developed the miscommunication very well and definitely made us all very mad. It ended happily, though! They rarely end sadly, I guess.

We also met up with a friend from high school in Denver, and saw the sights.

Talal, Zarek and Nate in front of some cool hotel.

The view from the end of the sixteenth street mall. Very nice.

Siblings in bad light.

Nate and Shaila at the end of the 16th st. mall

Who knew? A bagpiper in Denver!

Recycled art at its best. A model stadium made out of Coors cans and labels etc. at the ESPN zone. It was cooler in real life.

Yay for FREE public transportation. Don't they look excited?

The Capitol Building, which looks suspiciously similar to most other states' capitol buildings.

Driving west in the overlooked but awesome state of New Mexico.