We decided to take a couple days off and enjoy ourselves in the Mile High City. What we didn't know was that these two days would be all about food. Warning: this is a food blog today.
On our first day off the idea was to go skate around Denver. We left Hanie's house and headed to a spot called Martine's Muffins. It's run by this kooky lady who is super passionate about all the food. We both got veggie breakfast burritos and blackberry lemonades, delicious! We left to head to the skatepark and found a couple cool street spots on the way.
The Denver skatepark is awesome! The ground is so smooth and they have some of the most awesome stuff I've ever seen at a skatepark.
We skated there for a couple hours but got so thirsty we had to leave. The water fountain at the park didn't work. We were hungry too, so we headed down the street and found a pizza joint. They had some crazy slices there! One of them looked like a loaf of bread, and both types were really good.
After that, we were pretty tired so we headed back to the house to rest for a while. Of course we got hungry again, so we set out to some torta place. This place had the best torta I have ever had. It was so good.
The final stop before going to bed was Voodoo Donuts. The atmosphere was terrible. It was really dark with bright neon lights and they had super loud techno blaring on the speakers. However, the donuts were amazing.
The next day we went to Martine's Muffins once again because we wanted to try the quiches she had there. They were also amazing and she gave us cookies for our trip!
We were going to drive out to Boulder with Hanie to visit my vacationing grandparents, but she wasn't feeling up to it so we decided to take the bus. I told my grandparents and they drove all the way to Denver to pick us up! It was great. We all headed out to Boulder and ate at a place called Foolish Craig's. Here's a sneaky selfie I took with them on the way out of the restaurant
After that they went to walk around a little bit and Brad and I headed to this skate spot we had heard about called the boulder ditch. It was a rad little DIY spot.
We all reunited and headed back to Denver to eat dinner. Using yelp, Brad and I found a Mediterranean spot that turned out to be delicious.
After that we headed back to Hanie's and said our goodbyes. I was really happy to see them, especially in this foreign environment. Afterwards, Brad and I went to bed to get ready for life back on the road.
I love that you are writing about food; you are definitely my son (not that there was any doubt!) I have appreciated that you have shared different meals along your journey, so it's fun to get a bunch of them in one swoop. :) What kind of donut is that? xoxox
ReplyDeleteYes, Arin's modern day version of Kerouac's tale is something he can share with his children year down the line. A good read, a "chip off the ol' block"...
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