I Am Moving

Yes, I am moving out of the apartment that has been "home" for nine years.  The man who owns the building has decided to put everyone on a month-to-month lease, and has major renovation plans in mind.  He's decided that my apartment is the one to start with, so I have 30 days to move out.  He believes that by renovating these 500-square-feet studio apartments, he will be able to charge $1500 per month in rent, and get it.  I'm afraid that I didn't impress him with my reaction - Diet Coke sprayed out of my nose from bottled-up laughter.  This is the lowest-rent apartment complex in the city of Boulder.  The owner has increased the rent to $800 per month; this includes water and sewage, trash pick-up, and electricity.  I pay extra for my television delivery and for the use of my telephone and internet service.  There is no air conditioning, nor is there central heating.  There is a radiator strip that has a length of five feet, and is placed directly under the only window in the apartment and alongside the sliding glass door that opens onto either a balcony or a patio.  Your view is either east or west.  There is a tile floor everywhere, except the linoleum in the full bathroom.  There are three overhead lights in the apartment - the entrance hall, the walk-in closet (which one must walk through to enter the bathroom), and the bathroom.  There are three electrical outlets in the main, open area of the apartment, two outlets in the closet and one in the bathroom.  There is a full-size refrigerator freezer (which takes up the electrical outlet nearest the kitchen area), a three-burner ranger, a non-working oven, and a single sink with a garbage disposal. There are two cabinets above the sink and no drawers at all in the kitchen.   -  Having written that out, I'm glad to be moving.
  The only problem is that I do have a small income.  My friend Beatrice (who lives on the second floor in this building) and I have decided to become roommates.  We are seeking a place that has two bedrooms and two baths, and where I can have both cats with us.  We are looking for any place that we can afford that is within walking distance of the bus service here in Boulder, out in Gunbarrel, Niwot, Lafayette, Louisville, and/or Longmont.  I have friends that will help me make any deposits needed, and who will help me/us move.  The biggest problem is the short time-span I have to find a new place.  I'll be busy on the internet, and on the phone, for the next couple of weeks.  I'll try to keep the same phone number, but that can't be guaranteed....  It's all up in the air.  (Which, actually, is keeping me sick to my stomach...)

Julie Andrews at CU; The Huckleberry

Actress Julie Andrews was the keynote speaker for the University of Colorado's commencement exercises yesterday, when over 6,000 people received their degrees, and became true Buffaloes.  She said that she had been celebrating Thursday night - starting out on the Pearl Street Mall and ending up at The Sink, where she recognized a lot of folks she had seen during the night...  I liked several of her comments:
 “Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world you want to live in."

 “When adversity hits, go out and learn something.”

 “Keep learning as you go. Acknowledge that there will be fear and adversity. Then go out and kick butt.”

“Leave everything you do, every place you go, everything you touch a little better for your having been there.”

 "Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark."
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  Rain threatened, but did not dampen, the graduation ceremonies; and most families and students appeared to be in high spirits.

   I had a lunch date with my friend Bea, and she told me she'd take me to Lafayette, to explore a few of the places.  We ended up in Louisville, not Lafayette, but had a wonderful time, anyway.  We visited several shops, and marked five places to try-out for meals, but we ate at The Huckleberry on Main Street.  The food was incredible - and one received a huge portion for the cost of the meal.  They serve breakfast until 3 p.m. at The Huckleberry, and, having seen a huge plate of blueberry pancakes on a diner's table, that ended up being my meal... For $8.75, I received two scrambled eggs, three large slices of bacon, and three seven-to-eight-inch flapjacks that seemed to be half-blueberries and half-batter.  Warmed syrup and fresh butter topped off the cakes.  I was was completely stuffed by the end of the meal, but we had noticed the display of pies and cakes as we waited for our table, and decided to look at the dessert menu.  I made a pig of myself.  I just had to order the huckleberry-peach pie, but resisted the vanilla-bean a-la-mode serving.  It was stupendous.  Everything I ate was cooked to perfection - and I didn't want to leave this nice little restaurant.  It is now on my list of "Favorite Food Places."

   The Huckleberry serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and also serves a "High Tea" in the afternoon, with previously made reservations - and the High Tea is incredible, too.  This is taken from their website, found at:  http://www.thehuckleberry.com  -  "Located in Historic Downtown Louisville, Colorado, The Huckleberry is in an historic building dating back to 1894.  Originally the town's Post Office, our building has also served as a bank, a pharmacy, and two different restaurants. The building was also one of the places along the "prohibition tunnels", dug by the miners to get from one saloon to another during the years of Prohibition. 

   Today, the Huckleberry serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in an atmosphere of fun, creative comfort. Our food is created to be FUNKY COUNTRY - real food you recognize and love with a modern twist. "