Dinner And Ice Cream With Stuart And Lana

I got together last night with my friend Stuart and his girlfriend Lana (seen in the photograph on the left) for dinner at the Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom on Colorado Boulevard here in Denver. The place was pretty empty for a Sunday, no doubt due the coronavirus sweeping the country. Usually we would be hard pressed to find a booth in the bar area, but last night had our choice of spots.  Of course, since all sports in the country have been canceled for the foreseeable future, the only thing on the televisions at Old Chicago were game shows, which also tends to discourage customers.

After dinner, we headed over to the Ben and Jerry's across from the University of Denver, and walked through the campus while we ate our ice cream.  Stuart is an alumni of the Graduate School of International Studies (now called the Josef Korbel School of International Studies), and wanted to show Lana around the grounds.  This is also where I earned an MBA, and worked for almost 30 years as the Finance Manager of the University of Denver Bookstore, until the university outsourced the store to Follett Higher Education Group.  And, as regular blog readers know, I am not now nor ever have been bitter about that.  The campus is, after all, very beautiful, and is where I took the sunset photograph seen on the right. And yes, I do know that sunset photos are cliches, but on the other hand, so what?