Thursday, August 28, 2008

DNC Tuesday, or return of the drunken picture taker

We had dinner last night at Pulcinella, a ristorante! The food was tasty but the wine by the glass selection was skimpy. I had the seared scallops over gnocchi in a lemon-caper sauce. Sandy had the crab-filled ravioli on a saffron cream sauce. Truly fattening foods. We were joined by our formerly urban friends Lisa and Tony. After I flushed my post-work aggression with a glass of white wine and told a too-long story, the general mood improved. Right after work can be a tough time...

After dinner proper, we strolled among the crowds to find a place to grab a drink that wasn't closed for a private party, wasn't packed/didn't have a 20+ minute wait. There was an interesting thing happening: crowds were stopped on the street to watch Hillary Clinton's speech on bar TV's. You could actually hear her voice on the sidewalk as you walked by places. I hadn't expected that.

As I've mentioned in my DNC Sunday blog, Denver is decorated with banners, Obama murals, and random red, white, and blue stuff. There are even "god bless america" posters in store windows:

The Appaloosa had some not-too-loud, live bluegrass music and free tables! These are the men with their "side car".


We milled about outside while taking in the active, lively Denver - this is almost never the case on a Tuesday night.


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