FishBowling with Janice and Sam

Both Janice and Sam came a-visiting this weekend! And we all headed to the FishBowl today for a little bowling fun, and lunch, in a marine environment. Pretty fun place! All the photos are here.

The FishBowl has the collest ramps for the little ones, and automatic
bumpers that pop up when a somewhat-little one takes a turn. You can
program the scorekeeping system to know who the littles are.

The Margarita at Pine Creek

Lynn and Jamie visited The Margarita at Pine Creek this evening. It was our Valentine date but we couldn't get reservations till a week later. Yes, it's that good. The menu format is quite simple. You can choose 3 to 5 courses as a prix fixe meal, and each section (appetizer, salad, etc.) has only a few choices. And, the menu changes every day depending on what's available, fresh, etc. The building itself is fascinating, too. There's a downstairs bar/lounge that looked like a hot spot of sorts (we just looked in). Live music often down stairs and on Saturdays (we hear) there is live baroque music upstairs in the main dining area.  The wine list is nicely sized and has selections across many prices, countries, varietals, and blends. We chose a very nice Italian Barbera d’Alba (let it breathe a while).

Kids

Here are a couple random kid shots...

Playing Star Wars Monopoly.

There's a do.

Magic Town

What an incredible store/display. Magic Town is a pay-to-go-in (modestly) section of Michael Garman's store in Old Colorado City, a 1/6 scale world to explore. Wow. We thoroughly enjoyed our roughly thirty minutes in there. Matteo and AJ got into it, too, in large part due to the scavenger hunt for the kids ever so cleverly provided by the shop. The kids even wanted to get samples of his work (which they did). All the photos are here.

There were holograms and lighting effects that changed the
look of scenes before your very eyes.

AJ found the price of plums.

And Matteo found the poodle (on the bench).