My week in review.  This week my goal was to get out and about and start getting to know my new city and meeting people.

Monday night I met my friend Kathryn for dinner. Kathryn and I used to work together in Richmond and she moved to Denver about a year and a half ago for school.  This dinner was a reschedule from Saturday when she was snowed in.  During a run last week I ran (ha ha) across a restaurant that looked interesting…and yummy, so we tried it.  Zengo(http://www.richardsandoval.com/zengodenver/)!   It was super yummy and it was great catching up.

Those tacos were AMAZING!!!  The sushi and salad were pretty awesome as well. But I will go back for those tacos again!

Tuesday was pretty lame.

Wednesday, I finally dipped my toes back into the world of CrossFit.  And it was a doozie!  I dropped in at CrossFit Cuspis (http://www.crossfitcuspis.com/) for the 4pm class.  The nice thing about working EST hours is it’s 3pm here when the work day is done (however 7am start isn’t so great).  The workout was a TABATA of sit ups, then a TABATA of push ups (shoot me) and then the WOD – 10 rounds of 3 squat snatches at 55% of 1RM, 150 meter run, 7 candle sticks to burpees and 30 double unders with a 35 minute cap.

This was my first workout in two weeks and my first workout at this altitude.  I thought I was going to die, but guess what….I didn’t die. And I finished, 31 minutes.  The class was small, and I am told most classes are.  The coach was motivating, however his style was new…for me.  Kind of a military type yell in quick bursts.  Cuspis doesn’t charge for drop ins and encourages you to try them out for a week or so before making a decision to make sure they are the right community for you…for free.  Sign me up!  I am going back today for my second workout.  I also plan to go to their Saturday workout to get a better feel for the community.

Thursday I had planned to have dinner with the cousin of a high school friend, T.  We hadn’t met and I was excited to meet her and see some more of the city.  Unfortunately, T was under the weather, but we plan to catch up this weekend at a park event or next week.  So, I reached out to another friend of a friend to see if she wanted to have an impromptu dinner…and she did.  J is the college friend of a friend in Richmond and this would be our first time meeting.

The restaurant I picked just happened to be one of her favorites, and it was in walking distance of my apartment: Blue Sushi Saki Grill (http://bluesushisakegrill.com/).  The food was yummy, I had a sushi roll and a squid salad (PS:  I LOVE squid).  Oddly enough both place I have eaten this week are chains, which is usually a big no no for me.  I really enjoyed meeting J.  She gave me a bunch of great recommendation of places to go this weekend and things to do.  She seems to love food just as much as me!  I hope we keep in touch.

They have a great happy hour so we had met at 5:30.  When I headed out at 7, I decided to have a drink at Terminal Bar in Union Station…people watch.  Then I channeled my mother, purchased an ice cream cone and walked home where a bottle of wine, a redbox and Minnie were waiting for me.

Also to note, I have seen three movies this week that were all pretty great:  The Secret in Their Eyes, Everest, and 33.

Now I think I really have caught you all up to the present.  I am hoping this weekend produces some worthwhile content.  My bestie is coming in town and I am excited to do some exploring…and get her help with decorating.  After which, I will post apartment pics.