Another late start for our last day. The sun woke me early, but my roommates slept away….
Don’t worry, this whole entry won’t be a poem.
We made lunch plans. 1:15 at this pizza place near the distillery. We left late, we arrived late. The place was far too small for our party of 10. Moving on. Everyone is hungry, so we settled on Pizza and Noodle again. To make it easier, we just ordered a ton of pizzas and shared. Ryan and I paid our part, which was new and difficult. The prices are Pizza and Noddle are TWICE of that during normal times of the year. We found the regular menu downstairs and it kind of put a gloom over the meal. It’s hard to eat a large pizza that you paid $23 for when if it was a few weeks earlier, that pizza would only cost $12.
With our bellies full, we took to the streets. I’d longed for a day of just exploring, shopping and we all know, Celeb Watching. Though, at this point in our Sundance week, I’d come to realize that I’m not as star struck as I thought. When you see the guy from That 70’s Show enjoying a meal with his friends, you don’t want to walk up and bother him. It’s enough just to say you saw him. And when you pass by a famous French actress, you don’t run across the street to harass her. You let her be, because you’d want to be let be. So this day of “Celeb Watching” was more like celeb-casually-glancing-at-if-they-happened-to-be-near-me.
I was on the hunt for socks and in the process, we stumbled upon several free things. It’s odd to me how things can be so expensive and exclusive, but I can acquire a coffee mug, chapstick and two water bottles for free. Also for free and even more intriguing were all the photo opportunities. You know those big backgrounds with sponsor’s names on them that you see at movie premieres and other events? They had those set up in nearly every sponsor store, so we continuously had our pictures taken. I used this as an opportunity for more “Engagement Photos.” So you’ll see my ring in every photo and it is my understanding that this element makes it an “Engagement Photo,” no?
On our way to the Acura premiere
Searching for warm socks, getting free stuff and walking many miles later, I was tired. Time for coffee! Ryan’s mom and I found a cute coffee shop called Atticus (after To Kill a Mockingbird) and stopped in for some coffee and tea. And what to my wandering eyes should appear, but a young Shawn Hook and my Celeb-of-the-Year. Yep, Adam from Matchbox was there too. Despite the fact that we are indeed friends, I didn’t bother him. That was until I had too. He was blocking the condiment station and I require milk+sugar for my brew. I politely said, “excuse me.” He said something about being in the way and apologized. I reached for the skim milk – empty. Half N Half – drizzle. Soy – empty. Adam was watching and kindly told the clerk, “Hey man, all of the cream and milk is out. The guy came and quickly replaced it. I said thank you to both kind gentlemen and waited off the to the side. I was not too far away though, because I heard a girl ask Adam why he needed the cream. He said, “It wasn’t for me it was for my new friend here.” That was me, his new friend. Hehehehe
Then I found some socks! The nicest little Asian guy kind of convinced me to buy some at his store. His wife is from Muncie, IN. We’re like neighbors – what was I supposed to do?
At this point, Ryan and his mom were on a scavenger hunt of sorts. At the Imagin8tion store, Ryan got an envelope with 8 little frames in it. The idea was that you would take pictures that represented the themes on each of the 8 frames. While I spoke with the nice old man, they were planning the photos. It was pretty cute to watch them wander around looking for inspiration. SCENE = main street during Sundance. TIME = stairs. MOOD = happy baby etc…
Here’s my “scene:”
For dinner we had appetizers from 412 Bistro. They were to die for. Delicious! Ryan and I drank orange juice and vodka. We were really getting sick by this point.
This was our last night though, so we didn’t want to be lame and did want to spend some time with everyone. We hung out with his aunt and uncle at Flanagans, with Madeline in the apartment and with his sister at her house before crashing.
The next day, we left. At 7am the van came and picked us up and by 11:30 we landed in Denver. We picked up Clyde and the family was back together again!
Time to head home, to the Springs, to start our lives….
Tags: coffee, family, freebies, friends, last, pictures, sundance, walking
