new years weekend walks
New Years Day - 01.01.05
for the past week nad a half, p's been craving dairy queen. last week while shopping for the receiver we passed by two dairy queens, both of which were closed... possibly for xmas. throughout the week, we've had a couple of ice cream pops but those didn't curb the craving. so finally today, after we woke and watched the ending of the last emporer, we got on the walking shoes and caught the 0 bus at 17th and california, passing a man on a bike and exchanging new years greetings. we took the bus south down broadway to the 2200 block south, the nearest DQ.
after me having a chocolate chip cookie dough and p having a snicker's bar blizzard, we walked north on broadway through antique alley, had a quick bite to eat at thai basil's at one broadway, past our favorite stores (decade and crown), past the denver public library, past the capitol building and back to our home. all in all we walked 6.25 miles. woah. didn't really realize it, but after checking the streets and maps program, we did a whopping 6.25 miles around and from south denver in five hours. not a bad day out with the preggo.
New Years Eve - 12.31.04
having a day off from work due to the holiday falling on a saturday, p and i decided to head out for our weekly walk around denver. this time, it was to run a few errands, while also getting in the exercise. our first stop was the post office. while in line, a man behind us started to complain about the fact that the post office wanted him to retreive 13USD in cash to pay his PO BOX... apparently he had neither check nor credit card, how else is he going to pay? and then launched into a speal about how the city of denver is hiring 'foreigners' to work the parking spaces during rockies games and how he had a civil suit against the city that he was going to win followed up about how he was traveling to baltimore to work those parking lots, but would be delayed cause of his pending suit. the most depressing thing about this man was that his daughter was with him. i'm sure she was a bit embarrassed... and hopefully wouldn't grow up jaded like her father.
the next stop on the grand tour was the asian market. i've been in the market for a rolling pin for the last month or so... especially after making homemade ravioli and rolling the dough out with a plastic cup. this time, i was in the mood for making dumplings. as rolling pins go these days, they are all outfitted with ball bearings and have handles and a central roller. it is very difficult to find one my mom uses. just a cylinder of wood, nothing fancy, but since i am used to seeing/using that type of pin, that's what i've been looking for. unfortunately the asian market didn't have anything, but we did pick up a head of nappa cabbage (recommended for dumplings).
on the way back from lodo, we headed into radioshack to purchase a splitter to create a bigger sound when watching vhs tapes. we don't have a stereo vcr, and by pumping in the sound through our receiver, we can create a bigger sound- all of which i knew, but the salesperson at radioshack was a bit perplex, but pointed us in the right direction anyway.
our, unbeknownst to us, last stop was at TJ maxx (max for the minimum at the minimum price). we figured if nothing else, we could possibly find a rolling pin for cheap at this store. instead, we found ourselves leaving with four retro blue plates (that go really well with some plates we have in the cupboard) and a bamboo cutting board. i've also been eyeing a wood cutting board for about four months. we first saw them at wild oats, but due to our pending child and my not have an engineering job at the time, we felt it would be splurging. we still felt it was a bit of splurging, but this time it was about ten dollars cheaper than at the regular stores. and the plates, only 5USD each. not bad finds, i'd say... and we also found our coming baby a sleeper onesie, hat and receiving blanket.
for the past week nad a half, p's been craving dairy queen. last week while shopping for the receiver we passed by two dairy queens, both of which were closed... possibly for xmas. throughout the week, we've had a couple of ice cream pops but those didn't curb the craving. so finally today, after we woke and watched the ending of the last emporer, we got on the walking shoes and caught the 0 bus at 17th and california, passing a man on a bike and exchanging new years greetings. we took the bus south down broadway to the 2200 block south, the nearest DQ.
after me having a chocolate chip cookie dough and p having a snicker's bar blizzard, we walked north on broadway through antique alley, had a quick bite to eat at thai basil's at one broadway, past our favorite stores (decade and crown), past the denver public library, past the capitol building and back to our home. all in all we walked 6.25 miles. woah. didn't really realize it, but after checking the streets and maps program, we did a whopping 6.25 miles around and from south denver in five hours. not a bad day out with the preggo.
New Years Eve - 12.31.04
having a day off from work due to the holiday falling on a saturday, p and i decided to head out for our weekly walk around denver. this time, it was to run a few errands, while also getting in the exercise. our first stop was the post office. while in line, a man behind us started to complain about the fact that the post office wanted him to retreive 13USD in cash to pay his PO BOX... apparently he had neither check nor credit card, how else is he going to pay? and then launched into a speal about how the city of denver is hiring 'foreigners' to work the parking spaces during rockies games and how he had a civil suit against the city that he was going to win followed up about how he was traveling to baltimore to work those parking lots, but would be delayed cause of his pending suit. the most depressing thing about this man was that his daughter was with him. i'm sure she was a bit embarrassed... and hopefully wouldn't grow up jaded like her father.
the next stop on the grand tour was the asian market. i've been in the market for a rolling pin for the last month or so... especially after making homemade ravioli and rolling the dough out with a plastic cup. this time, i was in the mood for making dumplings. as rolling pins go these days, they are all outfitted with ball bearings and have handles and a central roller. it is very difficult to find one my mom uses. just a cylinder of wood, nothing fancy, but since i am used to seeing/using that type of pin, that's what i've been looking for. unfortunately the asian market didn't have anything, but we did pick up a head of nappa cabbage (recommended for dumplings).
on the way back from lodo, we headed into radioshack to purchase a splitter to create a bigger sound when watching vhs tapes. we don't have a stereo vcr, and by pumping in the sound through our receiver, we can create a bigger sound- all of which i knew, but the salesperson at radioshack was a bit perplex, but pointed us in the right direction anyway.
our, unbeknownst to us, last stop was at TJ maxx (max for the minimum at the minimum price). we figured if nothing else, we could possibly find a rolling pin for cheap at this store. instead, we found ourselves leaving with four retro blue plates (that go really well with some plates we have in the cupboard) and a bamboo cutting board. i've also been eyeing a wood cutting board for about four months. we first saw them at wild oats, but due to our pending child and my not have an engineering job at the time, we felt it would be splurging. we still felt it was a bit of splurging, but this time it was about ten dollars cheaper than at the regular stores. and the plates, only 5USD each. not bad finds, i'd say... and we also found our coming baby a sleeper onesie, hat and receiving blanket.
posted by e.kuo. at
7:33 PM
2 Comments:
i had the same problem finding a rolling pin for dumplings. I think eventually, I took one of my moms, since she had two.
maybe it's just an old wives' tale, but i've heard that walking alot induces labor.
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