What a great weekend....

I don't think this weekend could have been much better.  The weather, for one thing, has been absolutely beautiful.  Next, I ate some amazingly delicious food  and oh,.........I GRADUATED FROM CULINARY SCHOOL!
Okay, let's take one thing at a time...we discussed the weather...NEXT.  Food.....there was some amazingly delicious things to eat at my GRADUATION FROM CULINARY SCHOOL!!!!!.  Our class prepared all the delicious desserts and one of the culinary classes prepared all the savory food.  Everyone did a wonderful job, it was delicious.  Then Saturday night, we went out for a celebratory dinner at Tables (www.tablesonkearney.com).  It's located, surprise, surprise on Kearney Street in Denver.  It's a cute little place that seats about 70 or so, and is only open about 4 1/2 hours a day.  Every plate that I saw coming out of the kitchen was beautiful and the service couldn't have been better.  I had the special of the night, which was a paparadelle with homemade sausage, olive and capers....so delicious.  Dan had lamb, Robin had scallops, Lisa had an amazing pea-ricotta ravioli and Ben had the Tables Burger of the day with a side of their macaroni and cheese (gruyere and bacon people....one of the best combinations ever!)  Of course, having just GRADUATED FROM CULINARY SCHOOL a few hours earlier, we skipped dessert, but our server, who knew we had just GRADUATED FROM CULINARY SCHOOL, brought a champagne toast.  I will be back to Tables very, very soon.  Today, we had brunch at LOLA, our old favorite.  Lolaburguesa for me and of course, guacamole.  We sat on the patio and enjoyed the beautiful Sunday afternoon, sipping mimosas.  Then, home for a nap.  Now, in case you missed it, the other highlight of the weekend was the fact that I GRADUATED FROM CULINARY SCHOOL.  After 4 months of hard work and crazy schedules, it was a bittersweet end to a really great learning experience.  I meet some really great people in this class and will certainly find a bit of a void on Thursday night when I don't load up the jeep and head to Boulder.  I was lucky enough (wait....let me think about that for a minute.....lucky?....hmmmm.) Well, lets just say I was the lucky vote getter to deliver a brief speech to all those in attendance.  It was really a privilege to learn with my fellow students and even more of a privilege to learn from some very talented people.    And now, to cap off the weekend, I'm packing my bag and heading home to Canton for a week to celebrate Easter with my family.  Happy Spring Everyone!