We went to the New Belgium brewery today for the tour - something we've been meaning to do since we arived here several years ago. It was bitterly cold today, maybe 12 degrees with some wind that whipped up sprays of dry abrasive snow here and there, as if to say "yeah, it looks sunny and nice, but you don't want to be out here, sucker".

The tour was OK - we had some samples of their beers, and got invited in to a taste test that resulted in us taking home a few complimentary 22 oz 'bombers' of Fat Tire.

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Last night we went to a Christmas party here in town, invited by a woman who did some major electrical upgrades on our house shortly after we bought it. There were about thirty womyn there - seemed like mostly gals who enjoy the company of other gals. We were the only men there. It was a pleasant evening, but I wish we could have been back in California for the more diverse gatherings we enjoyed in years past.

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