For the first time in the blog’s existence, we have a blog takeover! The next several posts will be courteous of SBX, who traveled solo over the weekend to New York City. She had a packed and stacked schedule, starting with a red eye from PDX to SF to LAG. Starting off with an extra dirty martini to set the stage. Here we go!
The third annual State of the City was held on Wednesday night at the UNC Campus Commons. It was fun to attend as a Councilman for the first time, and be recognized from the stage. Nice round of applause too. Great to see so many of my friends, supports and associates. City staff did a great job with the booths that were set up, answering people’s questions and handing out swag. Proud to represent Greeley!
Busy, busy council week. Probably the most intense and time consuming over the past 5 months. Regular council on Tuesday. State of the City on Wednesday (more on that in a separate post), special Council meeting to select the Cascadia Committee on Thursday, and a tour of the water department on Friday (more to come on that in a separate post as well). Throw in my monthly meeting with the mayor and a DDA Board meeting. Jen and I kept our streak alive by throwing down the April margarita on a quiet date. Celebrated Ari’s birthday with her family at Georgia Boys followed by cake and ice cream at Cold Stone!
The rest of the day/weekend were also very full. Got done with United Way, changed costumes, got Jen, and headed back downtown for two more events. The first stop with the donor reception for the Colorado Dance Collective. Was nice to see Wendy and several of my former board members. We then walked through Lincoln Park to the Doubletree for the annual Boy Scouts dinner. Finally wrapped that up at 9 and headed home. Sunday was spent ready 62 applications for the Cascadia committee. At least I managed to get two long walks in with the Bella girl, and got some long looks from the longhorns.
Saturday was a very busy and full day, both with the day job and the “side hustle.” I was honored to be asked to be the MC/host for the United Way Children’s Festival. There were almost 3000 people that attended the half-day event at Island Grove. It was quite the whirlwind, managing the flow of the event, working with the various dance directors, read raffle prize winners, and stay on schedule. Also tried to pop into the booth to keep the ALLO show on the tracks.
