More food and a hike.

Oh what's that? You want to know more about the wonderful food we're having up here? Oh ok.......

First up we have The Yard House which is located along the infamous 16th Street Mall. We went on a Friday night while "Make Music Denver" was going on so it was decently crowded, but we managed to beat the rush by getting there around 5. That way we were also able enjoy happy hour which is 3-6 M-F!
Alright here are the goods ....

My drink: The Hawaiian Mule (pineapple infused vodka, ginger beer & mint) I love moscow mules and pineapple so this was a wonderful treat for me. But unfortunately it gave me acid reflux because apparently that's a thing for me now......

Whatever. It was still really delicious.

Then we had some spinach cheese dip with pita chips as an appetizer .... really yummy, but really rich! I would have liked it better with tortilla chips. Pita chips are just too much sometimes.

And then we shared a margherita pizza (also on happy hour), which was SO GOOD. Tomatoes, garlic, & basil. Yum, yum, & yum. And not to mention beautiful.

Next up is Doghouse Tavern. This place is really close to our apartment and kinda tucked away. It has a really fun vibe and really good food.

J got the Philly Cheesestake and loved it.

I got a GIANT HOT DOG.

It was great and I was able to take half it home. We both got the homemade potato chips which are hit or miss at some restaurants, but here they were a hit!

We made it to happy hour here as well, but coors and coors light drafts are always $2 so that makes every hour happy hour, right?

And finally .... this has nothing to do with food but .... we went on our first hike! The hike led us to Maxwell Falls. It was 2 miles there and 2 miles back. It was a "moderate" level hike, but a lot of it was uphill, so for me if was reasonably difficult.

Here are some photos! It was so beautiful and the weather was great.

^^ At this point I was wishing this was the falls. It wasn't, but this was my favorite spot on the hike!

^^ The falls! We're actually at the top of it. We weren't sure how to be at the bottom of it, so this is the only picture we have of Maxwell Falls, ha. We ate lunch up here though, and that was pretty cool. 

^^ what?

I'm hoping to make hiking a regular activity for us. It's a fun way to get exercise because you kinda forget that you're getting exercise.

Anyways, that's all for now. I hope ya'll never get tired of posts about food because I can't guarantee they'll stop. I should probably do a craft or something, huh? We'll see.......

Thanks for reading!
Bye friends.

An aquatic adventure in photos + other stuff.

A view of downtown from the Aquarium! 

We loved the jelly fish most of all. So beautiful! 

After the aquarium we ventured down the street to My Brother's Bar for dinner. The atmosphere was really cool and very chill. Seems like a popular stop for locals for an after work drink. We both enjoyed a beer and a meal. 

I had the chicken salad sandwhich. It was good, but super difficult to eat! I ended up just eating the chicken salad with a fork and taking occasional bites of the bread. 

Jonathan had the Bum Steer, cold (a sandwich with pastrami, turkey, ham, and cheese). He really enjoyed it. And I think it looked pretty amazing. 

 The onion rings were the best part. They basically melted in your mouth. So delicious! 

Another successful restaurant down and another place we plan to go again. Especially when we find ourselves in that area of town! Which will hopefully be sooner rather than later because we found out that The South Platte River and Confluence park (read more about it about it here on yelp) are popular spots to escape the summer "heat" (it gets hot here, I promise, but it's nothing like Texas heat). 

How fun does this look!?

The pool at our apartment is currently out of service due to a leak, so I'm thinking the South Platte River might be a good alternative :) I'll let ya know! 

Thanks for reading!