It's a beautiful day out!  

 Old town--blocks upon blocks of little restaurants and shops galore.  Branden told me that Fort Collins has the highest number of restaurants per capita than any other city in CO.  Most of the restaurants have patios with dogs tied outside them.  

 Matt and Branden worked together at an event center last night and they brought me along to hang out with them.  A hispanic girl (in the blue dress below) was having her Quincenera party and it was great!  Hispanics here and in New Mexico have a tradition of throwing huge parties for girls when they turn 15.  They are like wedding receptions only they can get huge in New Mexico--Matt told me that he heard of one having 5K people.  They had a live band last that played Spanish music and everyone was great dancers.  Lots of stilettos, mini skirts, and cowboy hats.  Some of the guys would wear really long, pointed boots (rather amusing) and some would wear shiny rosaries.  They played a few mainstream songs and I managed to drag Branden onto the dance floor once.  I was glad that I'm not blond b/c I already didn't fit in, being taller and paler than any girl there.  I had a great time though!  Probably ate a few too many biscochitos (New Mexican cinnamon shortbread cookies).