Our Excellent Adventure

Yesterday, Susan and I embarked on a long anticipated adventure.  We went “Typhoon Bordeaux” hunting.  Now, lest you think that the altitude has affected our mental status, let me assure you that Typhoon Bordeaux is a particularly lovely type of granite.   So, off we went to Denver, and after an errand or two, we found ourselves in the granite district of Denver (much like the flower district of NYC).   Susan has been relishing this kitchen remodel project and has invested hours of research and creative thinking into her definition of perfection.  So to be able to share in the “piece de resistance” of the project (so to speak) was quite wonderful.  

Susan was like the proverbial kid in a candy store, beaming from ear to ear, and wondrously wandering around the gigantic (and freezing) barns of the granite warehouse, comparing, admiring and inspecting the various slabs.  She knew just what she was looking for having spent hours pondering the various effects of color, pattern, and sparkle in her kitchen.  She was on a mission to find the particularly perfect slab of Brazilian granite that would fit the bill. 

Susan has suggested that everyone should go granite shopping at least once in their lives, just for the sheer enjoyment of it, and I am inclined to agree with her.  It is absolutely mind-boggling.  There is a color and pattern to satisfy every taste.  There are jet black slabs with gold flecks, whites with black flecks, blues,

greens, burgundies, grays, and every color and combination under the sun.  There are some that are muted and understated (almost boring), others classy and formal, and some that remind you of 4th of July fireworks with pop and sizzle.  We found ourselves using words like "character, personality, cool, and warm" to describe them.  I felt quite important and pondered a second career in the granite business just to be around this beauty all the time. 

After all was said and done, we got more of an education yesterday than a final decision.  She is still on the hunt for the PERFECT piece.  So thankfully, the quest continues and we get to play for a day or two longer.  This is the kind of decision that is best drawn out and savored, exactly like the gorgeous stone that will decorate their kitchen for years to come will be.  Ah, the sweet agony of it all........

The Final Selection...Niagra Gold - very similar to Typhoon Bordeaux