24th and 25th

Wilbur, a very sweet boy.

Josie, a very sweet girl we should have adopted.

We tried Tamayo last Friday. It’s owned by the same people who own Zengo and La Biblioteca.

We were there for happy hour and past. The food was good, though I didn’t like the carnitas taco, I thought it was dry. Surprisingly the chicken taco was not only moist but super flavorful. We also got the perro caliente, which was super delicious.

Even though I wouldn’t profess to be a chocoholic, their flourless chocolate cake et al was quite good.

We said a tearful farewell to our sweetest Dobe, Jimmy, aka Butters, Jam Master Jay, Jpizzle, Jamalamadingdong on Dec. 7th.

He came to the Doberman Rescue of Colorado in 2004 with a severe case of mange. He was purchased from a pet shop with a compromised immune system. His family loved him but kept taking him to a vet that apparently had no idea what mange was. By the time they got to the rescue, their funds were depleted. After dips and medications, he was deemed fit to be adopted. He was and subsequently returned as his mange came back and his adopters couldn’t deal. He was actually on a quilt a volunteer made for the Special Needs Dobermans organization that helped raise money for his treatments. http://www.doberman911.org/cases/jimmy.html

We were Jim’s subsequent foster home and foster fail. He was just the biggest, sweetest boy. About two years after we had Jim, he started holding his back leg up, it would just dangle there. We had it looked at, xrayd etc with no outcome apart from it’s likely Wobblers and it would take a $1500 MRI to confirm. We could have opted for surgery, but it wouldn’t have solved the problem, only bought him more time. Almost 11yrs for a big dobe is a good run regardless. The foot he held started folding under. He then started having trouble getting up, fell down more, and then when one of his front ankles started giving out, we knew we were on borrowed time. Come hell or high water that dog would get up and eat. We knew we’d be able to make the call if he either couldn’t get up anymore or stopped eating. That day came.

It’ll be almost 5yrs to the day we put his demon spawn adopted brother down. I’d like to think the years since have been Jim’s best.

We were close to the big sleep decision 4 weeks ago, but selfishly canceled the appointment. Since then, Jimmy’s had anything from toast to mashed potatoes to tahini added to his meals. For every week he made it we gave him a last supper from cheeseburgers to pizza.

The last two days he won’t get up and he’ll only eat a little of human food.

We’ve had a good run and it’s is time for him to cross the rainbow bridge and join Caesar and hopefully give him the ass kicking he always needed.

My heart aches as I will miss my OG crew forever.

I present our 22nd and 23rd fosters.

We fostered Bear, who though sweet, peed on EVERY THING. He’s only my second foster I cried Uncle on. He was adopted.

We also had Duchess who was a super sweet girl we only had for 2wks before she was adopted by a sweet couple.

This place. Yet another place with not a bad thing on the menu. We’ve eaten here several times and not one time been disappointed. They have great food, an amazing selection of beer and wine, and also a great happy hour.

The smores pot de creme is mind blowing.

When I started my new job downtown in March, a soon to be bestie coworker introduced me to this place. We are dare I say regulars now. The staff is so sweet and attentive and the food is delicious.

I’ve not had a single thing I didn’t like yet. The meatballs are delic, the pizza, especially the one stuffed with nutella shouldn’t be missed.

Must try!

Update!!

We ate dinner here finally and it was UH-mazing. Service, food, and drink was all impeccable, and if something wasn’t up to snuff it was dealt with accordingly.

This is easily my new favorite restaurant. I was a little sad panda when we got there and were told they no longer had a happy hour despite info to the contrary on their Web site. Knocking back AH-Mazing $10 drinks was super easy to do.

We had their meat and cheese plate, which was delic.

Per the recommendation of Claire Robinson, we got the sticky toffee pudding. The description alone was enough to give me a cavity. To our surprise, not only was it not overwhelmingly sweet, but we could have had like 10 more. SO good!!

Can’t wait to go back.

Tyco update!!

After having this amazing boy for over a year, he was adopted by a very sweet retired school teacher. We get hiking photo updates all the time. 🙂

Here is our latest foster, a 9yr old sweetheart.

OMG, one of the best dinners to date. Everything was amazing, the ambiance, the service, and the food. Would highly recommend.