I had lunch with my friends Bill, Renee, and Mark at the Maria Empanada on Platte Street in Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) yesterday afternoon. Bill is the former Operations Coordinator at the University of Denver Bookstore, and Mark works at DU's Anderson Academic Commons (the library). Renee, Bill's wife, works just down the street at the REI Flagship Store, and joined us on her lunch break. The food was very good, and Platte Street was hopping with hipsters, two of whom (Mark on the left and Bill on the right) are in the photo on the left in front of Maria Empanada.
Renee had to leave to get back to work at REI, and after chewing the fat for a bit, Mark and Bill and I walked the two blocks to REI and strolled around the place a bit. It is housed in the 1901 Denver Tramway building, right along the Platte River, and I must say REI did a great job of restoring the place. Bill seemed to know all the people who work there, including one who has climbed Mount Everest and will be heading to Argentina in January to climb a 23,000 foot peak, in addition to sampling the region's wine and steaks. Bill and Renee just recently came back from a trip to visit friends in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they lived for 13 years, while Mark and his brother Mike are planning a road trip to Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Abiline, Texas, and Clinton, Oklahoma. Santa Fe I can understand, but Albuquerque, Abiline, and Clinton, Oklahoma? Seriously? And yes, that is a photograph of Bill and Renee on the right, which I took while Renee was between customers.
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