Joe's Boss, Craig, was in town, from London, a couple of weeks ago. The Saturday after he arrived in Denver, Craig was hosting a work group of about 25 people at the Fox & Hound for cocktails and conversation, and he invited us to join them. After that, a group of 9 of us went on to a great sushi dinner at Bara Sushi in the DTC. It was an evening for putting faces to the names; and for meeting significant others.
The next night we had Craig, Craig's daughter, Brooke (who lives in Castle Rock) and Rudy, a work associate from Frankfurt, join us for a Paella Dinner.
CHEF JOE INSTRUCTING GUESTS ON THE "SECRETS" TO THE PERFECT PAELLA.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: BROOKE, RUDY, CHEF JOE & CRAIG
THE FINAL PRODUCT............OH YEAH............
Last Friday we got together with the Suegros (The In-Laws) for a Chicken Tinga Dinner. Joe was going to Arizona for a meeting this week, and Amy was also working all week, and we wanted to say "!Feliz Navidad!" before everyone got too busy.
The Suegros put the "Hand Made" Pitcher to very good use. (Internal joke here. We'll have to tell you about the "Italian" Hand Made Pitcher from CHINA some time)
The next day, Saturday, Gerd,another one of Joe's work associates from the Frankfurt office came into Denver, on his way to the Chandler, AZ Meeting.
We had a good ol' Steak & Baked Potato Dinner, and some VERY good California wines, a St. Supery Dollarhide and a Fantastic Far Niente. Gerd is THE Wine Enthusiast of the group, and the Gentleman KNOWS his wines.
Joe attended a dinner at Gerd's home in Germany just last month, and it was an elaborate, interesting and very formal event. Gerd invited 4 people from the office and they tasted five different wines throuhout the evening. Joe said it was a great experience as ALL the wines were European.
Joe introduced Gerd to The Special Edition of 150 year old Grand Marnier................YES, .....Gerd said he thought he died and went to heaven...............he LOVED it and said he would google it and find out EVERYTHING about how it is made!
Joe also took Gerd to the Broncos/Chiefs game on Sunday and they had a BLAST. Joe took lots of oictures but unfortunately the older camera he took with him decided to go KAPUT in Gerd's honor. You are all probably thinking "Thank God.........we don't have to look at more pictures."
One more story to share for the day.....ONE more, I promise.
I have several groups of friends from the different places where I have worked in the past. I have been meeting with them for lunch or coffe throughout the month to catch up on everyone's lives and basically pick up where we left off.
Don't worry, I don't have pictures of ALL my latest lunch dates but I will share a photo from our lunch today at the new Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant in Lone Tree.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MOONRAKA, DAYNA, HEIDI AND SHEILA
The DUBLETREE MUCHACHAS is a group comprised of 9 women with varied, interesting and, most importantly, FUN personalities..... can you tell we LOVE ourselves?
We worked together over 10 years ago and have been able to remain in pretty consistent touch . Our lives and jobs have changed and will continue to change throughout the years. Our commitment to our Friendship only grows stronger with each e-mail, each christmas card, each new baby, each new marriage, each break up, each loss of a loved one, each tear of joy or sadness. We are TRULY Great AMIGAS and I feel privileged to be a part of this group. Friendship is a gift from heaven.
1 comment:
You guys have been busy busy busy!!! I must say - the parents are one attactive bunch!
We'll miss you at Xmas - have fun in PV!
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