Category: Outings

Karen and I headed out after work today to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Bandito Burrito.

If you don't know about Cinco de Mayo, I can give you a quick answer. From Wikipedia, “Cinco de Mayo (“The Fifth of May” in Spanish) is a national celebration in Mexico and widely celebrated in many parts of the United States. It commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It is a common misconception that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day.” To learn more, I would suggest reading here.

I had a blast today and even collected some swag. Karen got a cool Dos Equis XX t-shirt which she proceeded to put on, because she was getting cold. While, I got a Corona hugger to keep my beers cold.

To crank up the fun at work, I hung a piñata in the my lab. and I had Mexican music playing all morning backed up by a mix of salsa.

Don Alan Hankins of the Olde Towne Brewing Company has donated a keg of their Hefeweizen beer for the Holy Family School Silent Auction.

Don Alan is great guy. He supports the whole Madison county area in any way that he can. He has even let groups use his brewery as a place to host an event. He is one of the nicest people you will meet. And, he brews great beers.

Karen and I will heading to Holy Family School's Silent Auction this weekend. The big event is the draw down for $10,000.

The theme is New York so maybe I can find a tux to wear.

I will be heading to the Fat Tuesday celebration at Humphrey's tonight.

Music for the party will be provide by Bryan Lee. Bryan Lee is a great blues musican.

I was out here to support a missile test. Like most missile or rocket tests, we had delays and delays. The real bummer was that I had to head into work at midnight each night. Yuck! Your body does not like switching its night and days.

It was great having Karen join me out here for a few days. She had a blast shopping. Her favorite buy was a neckless from Everest Tibet Imports in downtown Colorado Springs on Bijou Street.

I have taken the day off in Colorado Springs, because I have to go into work tomorrow at 1 AM. Yes, you read that right. Augh!

It is 7°F outside as I look out my window seeing all of the snow. I would guess we having around 3 inches on the ground.

I may just have to sit in the hot tub.

Karen came out to Colorado Springs February 10th to join me for Valentine's Day.

Karen got to do some shopping while I was working. And, we got to do some shopping together at the Outlets at Castle Rock. Karen didn't purchase much, but I bought a great deal of clothes. The shopping was great with all the snow on the ground and the sunny skies.

We had a great Valentine's Day dinner at The Warehouse. Karen had the Ginger Soy Glazed Ostrich which she thought was surprisingly great. I had the Antelope which included a potatoe/parsnip hash. We tried the for dessert the banana-nut ice cream, but it was just so so.

Karen got to see snow, but she is missing the 66°F in Huntsville.

She flying back today.

I will be heading to back to city that inspired “America the Beautiful“.

I will be heading over to Stout Night at Bristol to try out the stout beers of Colorado Springs.

Karen will be joining me for some of this trip which will be sweet! For the times when she not with me in Colorado, we will be working the video chat.