I'm sure every other Boulderite is blogging about the outcome of Top Chef, but I just had to quickly say congratulations to Hosea.

I knew there was a reason why Jax is my favorite restaurant in town. Having said that, Hosea, I know you can take your $100,000 and high-tail it to NYC, Chicago or hell, even Portland where there are better (but more competitive) culinary scenes. However, I would prefer if you kept your skills right here in Boulder, I'm going to be living here for a little while and I'd like to dine at your restaurant at least a couple of times.

There actually is a good food scene in Boulder and a good number of 'foodies' to talk about it with. I'll do a post sometime about my favorite restaurants. In the meantime, let's discuss the problem with Boulder restaurants: trendiness. Everyone needs to open up that 'fusion' or 'eclectic' restaurant. I'm curious to see what Hosea decides to do and if he stays in Boulder.

Speaking of me again, did you like my predictions from my November 26 post about Top Chef? I cheated a bit and gave a top 6, but wouldn't you know - those top 6 happened to be just that. Stefan, Fabio, Carla, Leah, Jamie and Hosea. I kick culinary ass. I knew my years in the restaurant industry would pay off.

Also - I was just about to link the term 'Boulderite', just so those who are outside of Colorado are aware of what the rest of the state thinks of us and this is what I found in the urban dictionary:

Boulderite

1. A general class of people similar to the Hippie, who live on a diet of fruits, nuts, granola and other organic foods. Often liberal in thinking and very much into outdoor activities. They can be distinguished by their economical yet functional vehicles and their equally functional attire. Name is derived from the "all natural" town of Boulder, CO.

You see that girl in the riding shorts and hiking boots with sunglasses on her head snacking on trail mix? That is one fine Boulderite.

2. One who:
1. Trains for a marathon before work.
2. Spends more than 10 hours a week in spandex.
3. Eats out at fine establishments, wearing a fleece vest and expensive outdoor shoes.
4. Carries plastic bags for picking up dog poop.
5. Drinks 2oz. of espresso for breakfast, 2 oz. wheatgrass for lunch, and 24 oz. Microbrew with dinner.
6. Drives a Subaru Outback with some clever form of an anti-Bush bumper sticker.
7. Buys groceries on a commuter bike, or cross country skis.
8. Owns a bike rack and bike that costs more than the price of their Subaru.
9. Lives within walking distance of a yoga studio.
10. Wonders how CO can still be a Red State?!

Spandex on by 6am, Cycling through Martin Acres, mildly hung- over, and completely stoned, the Boulderite rode to Whole Foods for a Powerbar and a Latte with soy.

Too funny. Okay, it's Wednesday, off to bed. However - exciting things this weekend! We are doing out tasting at Mary's Lake Lodge on Friday night (where we are having our wedding) and have heard nothing but GREAT things about the food. Will let you know!

Oh - and by the way. I'm sorry Carla. If you had more guts, didn't want to compete with love and didn't let Casey take over your dishes, you might be thinking about opening your own restaurant right now and your husband and stepson could go to every Super Bowl. Oh, snap. Yes I did. I'm such a bitch.

Tags: boulder, tv, top chef, jax fish house, hosea, top chef winner

Okay, I promise I will post something with some sort of content soon. I REALLY will. Life has just been a bit hectic as of late and I haven't had much time in the evenings or on the weekends. The free time I do have online is spent researching wedding stuff. That'll change soon as a lot of things are starting to fall into place!

For this edition of Friday fun, I thought I would share one of my sister's favorites:

Hope your Friday is great! I'm going to watch The Wire tonight - just finishing season 2 and starting season 3 - wohoo!

Tags: friday fun, letterman at taco bell, the wire

HEY - It is officially an installment. I like to think that it's not hard for me to post at least once a week, a video post none the less, but really, you never know. I have been getting a little bit better and actually even have another blog in the works on how I need to cuss a lot more. I'm ruining my own street cred.

Anyway, I searched and searched for the SNL skit with Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, David Spade in which Chris Farley is an ice skater and Spade and Hartman are commentators, but to no avail. I did find a GREAT replacement though. My favorite part 'I'm a girl, you know.'

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Tags: friday fun, snl, awesome crap

Maybe I'll make a new installment on my blog in which I post the funniest video I've seen for the week. Sounds like a good idea - just not sure I have the discipline (or time) to follow through with it.

Just in case I do, here's the first video, sent in by long time reader, first time caller Lisa -

Tags: billy mays mighty putty dub, awesome crap, friday fun

Okay, so the sixth months that I spent in Providence, RI wasn't exactly the best time ever. But, there were some great people from where I worked (Jake's Bar & Grille), as well as some very heated scrabble games at Tortilla Flat's (a very cool bar). So, it wasn't all bad. I just stumbled upon this unofficial commercial today that Nate shot. So happy to see it - I remember the day well and was one of the finer moments that Providence would afford us:

- make sure to watch in HQ (after you hit play, hover on the bottom right icon - the HQ icon will pop up, choose that) or you won't see the whole video (it cuts). If you get stalled scenes, just watch all the way through and hit replay. I know, I know, it's a lot, but it's funny.

On another note, wedding planning is going along really well, but I can see that it would be easy to lose sight of the real purpose - to have fun. Plain and simple. Not about spending our lives together and that everlasting love crap. blah, blah, blah.

I would like to state that I wish during my walk down the aisle, that the groom will be dancing at the 'alter' and that our wedding 'officiant' will be doing the same exact arm dancing featured in this video (I might even just walk down to this song):

Thanks, Audio!

Tags: blog friends, the wedding, detroit tigers