Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)
I’ve been trying to pull my sweet tooth for years.
It wasn’t always this way. I could eat whatever sweets I wanted, thought nothing of putting two tablespoons of sugar into each of several daily cups of coffee, had a reputation as the girl who found the best desserts.
It’s charming, isn’t it, when you see someone [...]
I almost didn’t get there. “Zamia?” said the bus driver. “Never heard of it.” But the man with the unplaceable accent led me there. Trouble was, the houses were too big for a cohousing development. I trudged to the other side of Broadway, down Yellow Pine, up the street by the park, until the couple [...]
Todd has been a sounds guy all his life.
Yes, I know it should be “sound guy,” but I wrote it that way because he’s been in a band, released some CDs (as 404 Not Found), done production sound on some movies, and done post-production sound. He owns a whisper room (I wonder what percentage of [...]
Colorado gave birth to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Durango) and Enstrom’s (Grand Junction) and Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shop (Castle Rock). There’s definitely a wine and chocolate thing happening on the Western Slope.
Not to mention Wen Chocolates and Roberta’s Chocolates and Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso and Telluride Truffle (courtesy of Le Chocolatier). Also, Russell Stover [...]
In the process of copyediting a manuscript recently, I came across the website for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It used to be two separate agencies: the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and Customs. Now they’re one agency under the Department of Homeland Security.
Here’s what the About page says:
“Created in March 2003, Immigration and [...]
During my childhood in Kansas City, Missouri, the long, white, Russell Stover boxes showed up around the house on a regular basis. I always thought that Russell Stover was a Kansas City company. And indeed it was—it was purchased in 1969 by Louis Ward, a Kansas City businessman. My father confirmed that the purchase was [...]
It was the longest walk ever, up Carnage Canyon to our worksite. At least an hour of balancing on our heels, or sometimes not. As crew leader, all I could do was ask her after the fall, “Are you all right”? I was too busy placing my own feet to watch others. We trudged past [...]
I’ve been reading a lot about Hurricane Ike in the last few days. Someone who was doing a search for Gilchrist found this post on Blogger, which I wrote in April 2007 while doing a road trip down the Texas Coast, birding during migration. There are a few photos of Galveston Island and Anahuac National [...]
201 University Blvd, Denver
Cherry Creek North
303-322-1005
www.enstrom.com
Bus directions: the 83L is the most direct route, running from Civic Center Station; the 1 and 2 also run from Cherry Creek to downtown
From their brochure: Enstrom’s confections are certified Kosher dairy products.
I spent part of a Saturday afternoon in Enstrom’s, in a strip [...]
Go on over to I Will Not Die and check out what he’s trying to do.