9: Salt Lake City, UT

This is the only photo I have to share of Salt Lake City and I think it's the only one needed. I was only there for a night but I got really lucky having my hotel right next to Temple Square and City Creek. It was beautiful.

Everyone in Salt Lake was extremely nice, from the receptionist at the hotel to the random people sitting at the bar next to me during Monday Night Football. Speaking of which I went to two bars, Whiskey Street and The Beerhive Pub and was impressed by both. Whiskey Street has a ton of well, whiskey. From the looks of it the food is probably great too but I didn't have any. The Beerhive Pub has a strip of ice on the bar to keep your drinks cold, so cool! (Bad pun intended).

I was surprised at how interesting I found the city. This is another spot I would have liked to explore more and definitely plan on heading back to eventually.

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8: Denver & Boulder, CO

This is the second time I have been to Colorado but the first time spending any time in Denver. One of my good friends attends grad school in Boulder and I visited him once last year (you can read about that visit, here!) I had a blast the last time I was there so I was pretty excited to get to spend more time there, including a quick trip into Denver.

I have to say, I was swooning over things like a school girl while in Colorado. I have a big ol' city crush on Denver and the fall colors there leave you complete awe.

Caught in the Instagram act!

People in Boulder are really big on brunch. Therefore my main recommendations are both brunch spots.

Zeal: Amaaaaazing. I had a juice flight - amazing. Coffee - amazing. Frittata - amazing. Atmosphere - amazing.

Snooze: I honestly don't know which place I prefer but Snooze is also, for lack of another word, amazing. (Maybe I should look into a thesaurus, but an accurate adjective nonetheless.) They have multiple locations, and you should go to all of them.

Goldmine Vintage: Not for brunch, but great for treasures. The last time I was in Boulder I snagged some awesome things from here. This time I picked up a Golden State Warriors hat and a nifty ring.

Colorado, I'm liking you more and more.

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