Fun Things!

I wanted to write about a couple of fun things Mike and I have been to in the past couple of months.

First, we went to the Festival of Colors back in March. It was so much fun! The music was great, everyone was so fun and nice to each other.

                         

Here's what their website says about the history of it:

"Holi is the Festival of Colors, a traditional Indian holiday celebrated in our own innovative fashion.  By far our biggest festival of the year, during Holi 2011 50,000 revelers flooded the temple and grounds for 2 days day of brightly colored powder, mantra, music and a bit of "holi" mayhem.

The Holi Festival takes its name from an evil witch who lived thousands of years ago. Her name was Holika. She had a boon not be burned even if she stepped into fire. She misused this benediction to burn many babies by carrying them into fires. However, when she tried to do the same to a five year old Krishna devotee named Prahlad, she got burned instead, while Prahlad emerged from the fire unharmed. Prahlad's constant habit was to chant the names of God, Hare Krishna Hare Krshna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Thus taking shelter of the Lord through His Holy Names the Supreme protected him." Read more at http://utahkrishnas.org. 

Just a few minutes after we had entered the vicinity of the Krishna Temple

After the throwing of all of the colors!

This was such a fun thing to do, and I would totally recommend it. People even brought their little kids to it! I really want to go next year too. (Hopefully I can convince Mike to go with me again!

A couple of weeks ago, we also had a really fun date night! I've wanted to go hang out downtown for awhile now, and we had the perfect opportunity. First, we went to Lamb's Grill on Main Street. I remember going there when I was younger with my mom before we went and saw a ballet. I've always wanted to go back, and we finally did! The atmosphere inside was so fun, with dim lighting, fun booths, and a lounge singer serenading us throughout the dinner. 

Outside Lamb's Grill

We then took a walk down the block to Keys on Main. It's a dueling piano bar! Basically you write down what you want the pianist to sing/play, and if you give them more money, they're more likely to play your song. If you hate the song, you can outbid the previous bid and have them play that song instead. It got a bit adult towards the middle of it, but the artists are so hilarious, and so talented that they can just play things just at a moment's notice!

Drinking my Miami Vice! (Strawberry/Pina Colada-non alcoholic, much to our waitress' dismay :D)

I hope that Mike and I have lots of fun date nights ahead of us! If anyone has any ideas they would like to share about what you do, please let me know!