A Sea of Purple

People who haven't known my Lutheran Stud or me forever often ask where we met. We both attended the University of Washington (UW) for our undergrad degrees. He was actually the resident advisor (RA) for the floor above the one in which I lived. We went to many football games during our time at UW. Since leaving Washington we haven't been back during football season, so when we were in Seattle just a month ago and saw that our alma mater had a home game we made it a goal to make it to the game.

My in-laws drove over the mountains, but not through the woods, to attend the game with us. Construction is currently going on at the old Husky Stadium, so the Huskies played all of their home games at Century Link Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks. Century Link field is pretty new to us since it was built after we left Seattle. We had never been to this field before, so it was a welcomed expericence. There was a sea of purple in the stands. It was pretty awesome!

I can't say the same for the game, though. We were hopeful for a win, but that didn't happen. The stadium was filled during the game, but as the minutes on the clocked chipped away, in the 4th quarter, the stands began to empty quickly. USC came out with the win, but we had a great time at the game anyway.

When looking at the Huskies' schedule we were excited to find out that they were coming to Colorado. You know what that means. To make things even better, or unfortunate if you're a Colorado fan, the Buffs have had a dismal season. This meant that we were able to find tickets for dirt cheap. Score!

Their season has been so bad that the student section was incredibly sparse. We were told that usually it is packed, but this year, not so much.

My Lutheran Stud did his research when he purchased our tickets. Obviously we wanted to cheer for our team from the visitors side. 

The game started out slower than we had expected, but then we scored and I could breath again.

Oh look! We're going to score again.

And again.

Colorado University's mascot is a buffalo. Can you tell? Before the game, and before the beginning of the second half these men run Ralphie around the field while trying to keep their cowboy hats from falling off their heads and trying to hold on to Ralphie at the same time. I'm sure Ralphie could take them all down if he wanted.

Well, things were looking pretty good for our Huskies. There was no way the Buffs could catch us now.

My Lutheran Stud was pretty excited as the game was coming to an end, as were the other Husky fans. We couldn't sit down over all the excitement.

The game came to an end with our team winning by a large margin.

The players came over to the visitors section and as the band played our school's fight song we all sang! That game totally made up for the game we attended in Seattle. Good times for sure.

We were famished after the game so we headed over to The Sink for pizza. Apparently many others had the same idea. We met some pretty interesting people, including one young man who has already taken advantage of the recently passed Amendment 64. He was pretty happy, although we were too. The pizza was fabulous. If you're ever in town you must visit The Sink!

People Watching

My parents were in town last week. They like to visit new places when they come to Colorado, so this time we took them to Boulder. If you're into people watching this is the place for you! There was some sort of Green Event going on that particular day. It lead people to get outside and dance with swords in crazy attire.

As we headed to Pearl Street we saw this gentleman. He wanted to place his extra large oragami elk next to this elk statue. Look? What a replica.

Then we stuck around to watch this street performer. Can you juggle 5 balls at once?

For his next act he juggled fire.

While we watched this guy and his tricks this bar bike rode by. Now that's the way to travel, don't you think? Beer on tap while someone else is driving you around. Party!

Now back to this crazy street performer. He found this gal in the crowd and asked her to light his pants on fire.

He then proceeded to juggle fire while standing on a piece of wood that was on top of a cylinder. Don't try this at home people. You should be a professional street performer. The guy survived and we went on our way.

Pearl Street is full off fun little shops. Along the street are random people that play music and street vendors. Drums anyone?

I think you can figure out what this guy does.

Everyone was getting hungry, so we stopped for hot dogs.

Eating hotdogs and people watching in Boulder is quite an activity.

Where's my hotdog mom?

Like I said, people watching in Boulder is quite entertaining. That guy with the red Converse actually has suspenders on to hold up his shorts. It's the in thing right now along with tattoos and facial piercings. Only in Boulder. . .

Porky, here, ate more of her hotdog than her older sister.

We couldn't visit Boulder and not look for a few caches.

This was a bit more difficult than some other ones that we have found. We weren't too successful this time around.

The children gave up quickly and decided to head for the playground.

I would too!