All I need is Tea and Mead

Saturday John and I drove down the mountain to Boulder to spend the day with my friend Stacy. We wandered around Pearl Street for awhile, just looking around at the stores and stuff. We were really just killing time until Stacy and her boyfriend showed up. But I showed John all kinds of fun things from the summer I lived there-my old office, the bookstore, where we watched Catch and Release being filmed, where there was a man in a wold costume dancing on the corner. It was really great remembering. But I also remembered that I never want to live there again because it can be really crowded. I need to be up in the mountains.

Stacy and Richard arrived and we waited around for a table at Lucille's. I don't know how many people told me I had to eat there, but it was at least 5. I never did, because the wait is usually 30 mins to an hour. But now I have! And it was as amazing as everyone says. So if you're in Boulder, go to Lucille's. Just get there an hour before you're going to be ready to eat.

After lunch, we wandered around Boulder some more. Saw the creek and just talked. Then we went to the Celestial Seasonings factory. Yet another place that I never went to when I was there. And Stacy, who lived there for years, hadn't been yet. The factory wasn't running since it was the weekend, but we still got free tea and a tour. It was pretty great. CS is the greatest tea ever!

Next was a short trip over to Redstone Meadery. Stacy's boyfriend knew of this super hidden place and it turned out to be amazing. We got to taste almost all of the mead they make there, most of which were great. And then we bought some of our own. It's really hard to find good mead, I've found, so this discovery made me very very happy.

That left us at a drive back up the mountain, and a lazy evening by the river.