Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)
Bixa
2028 East Colfax,
Denver
303-333-1943
Bus directions: catch the 15 at Lawrence and 17th Streets or take the 20 from Market Street Station down 17th Avenue
Friday was serendipitous: the week before Christmas had been cold, snowy; I was stir-crazy. But Friday was warm enough to walk around without a coat in the early afternoon.
I started out at Bixa, [...]
Urban Pantry
1242 South Broadway
Denver
303-777-5658
Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 7:30
Bus directions: take the 0 from Market Street Station
When I walked into Urban Pantry on South Broadway in Denver, the first thing I noticed was the selection of beautiful holidays wreaths hanging over the cash register. And the second was how the layout of the store [...]
équipement de vin
1412 Larimer Square, downtown Denver
720-946-3287
It was embarrassing, I confess.
The proprietor of équipement de vin, Cheryl Webster, caught me in the wine cellar photographing a champagne cooler with my cell phone. I had forgotten to bring my camera to my second visit to her store and was making do with my phone.
Even if [...]
An Evening with Carolee Schneemann
Stan Brakhage Vision Award
Starz Denver Film Festival
Tender moviegoers should probably start their acquaintance with Schneemann at Americana I Ching Apple Pie. It’s a hilarious deconstruction of baking an apple pie that involves hammers, two-headed axes, car scrapers to mix dough, audience participation, and deep questions, such as “Should I just throw [...]
At Market Street Station, a fat, drunk, white man has passed out on one of the circular cement benches. A cop and an RTD guy stand over him, calling for detox. The cop coaxes the guy to sit up. Sitting behind him, I can see his butt crack.
The bus is late. I
wander around the [...]
This link comes courtesy of Mile High Gay Guy, who is such a relentless blogger I can’t keep up with him.
MSNBC has posted a story titled, “Gay Animals Out of the Closet?” I’ve heard this stuff before, but this article is very informative. Check it out.
Illegal Grounds
925 East 17th Avenue, Uptown
303-860-7166
open 7 days a week
Bus directions: take the 12 or 20 from Market Street Station
This is a post about getting to know people and places. When I first met Mickki Langston, co-founder and executive director of the Mile High Business Alliance, I thought she was the business-marketing type, by which [...]
Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso Place
1734 E. Evans Avenue, Denver
303-777-3358
http://www.dietrichschocolate.com/
closed Mondays; opens at 8 other days
Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso Place had a pleasant, festive, old world atmosphere when my husband and I arrived there for breakfast September 6 and settled into a corner by the window. Business was brisk. A woman and her [...]
Indulgences, Etc.
229 East Colfax, Denver
303-771-0758
Website under construction
Not open Sundays; open every other day until 6
Bus directions: The 15 stops outside the store
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.” Forrest Gump
I’ve been sampling chocolate in Denver for two weeks now, and part of me [...]
Wen Chocolates
1541 Platte Street, Denver
303-477-5765 (store)
www.wenchocolates.com
Closed Mondays, see website for hours
Bus directions: the 10, 44, 28, and 32 go by on 15th
I’ve had extraordinary chocolate in my time—Vosges from Chicago, Belvedere from this area, Chuao in San Diego, Neuhaus—but I think Wen Chocolates has them all beat. Of the three, I think [...]