GIRL'S DAY, BOULDER DEC 20

Sister Stacie's daughter, my niece Kristen Valerie (get the connection?), flew in from NYC for a pre-Christmas holiday.  Stacie and I picked her up and we went directly over to Boulder, which is quite charming.  Our plan was to shop, have lunch at a restaurant I'd been wanting to try and then get a pedicure at a place Kristen had heard of.

Here we are at the center of town:

After some great shopping, we headed over to The Kitchen, a very cool restaurant and bistro known for its social conscience and its emphasis on green and sustainable products and practices.  This is us eating our delicious lunch outside in 20 degree weather - the sun was out and the air was fresh, so we chose that over a pretty loud and overly warm table inside.  It was great!

Kristen had a pumpkin ragout, I had a burger from a very special cow they had purchased, and Stacie had tomato soup and hummus with flatbread.  Everything was very tasty!

 



Stacie took this silly pic of me trying not to smile and show my teeth!

Nicely fortified, we were off to more shopping and then hurried over to Ten20 Salon for our pedicures.  We had wisely left this until last, since we didn't relish the idea of running the streets of Boulder in flip flops and bare feet in the cold and snow.  As it was, we had a 4 block hike back to the car and our tootsies were freezing!   Ten20 is known for its cool ambience, its giant screen TV with non-stop chick flicks, and complimentary M & Ms and sodas. 

  

Stacie and I opted for red polish with silver glitter as a nod to Christmas and Kristen, being a tried and true New York girl, chose grey. 

Sophisticated grey for Kristen

Festive glittery red for Stacie above and Valerie below

We hit the road with the heater blasting and made good time back to Fort Collins.  It was a wonderful treat to spend the day with these girlies!