Denver Shops: Tomte Modern Craft
I was on my way to Sanctuary Home on Monday when I noticed it was closed, turned around, and discovered [...]
Don’t Forget Them
More than two months ago, I wrote about the courtyard near Colt and Grey in the South Platte neighborhood. One [...]
Denver Shops: REI
I'll open my review of REI with this quote from the website: What began as a group of 23 mountain [...]
Denver Shops: Scribbles
I promised you recently I would go back to Scribbles to buy Christmas cards, and I did that today. I [...]
Denver Restaurants: Pajama Baking Company
Just the name conjures up comfort, doesn't it? Todd and I found ours in the form of peppermint ice cream [...]
Do You See What I See?
See those peaks in the back of the reflection? They are Winterfest booths, captured in the reflection on a decorative [...]
Denver Restaurants: India’s Pearl
India’s Pearl has been a rumor in my ear for some time now, but it wasn’t until last Saturday that [...]
Winterfest: A Quiet Holiday on Old South Pearl
I’ve been to Winterfest 2 years in a row, and I can say with certainty this year was colder. I’ll [...]
Even Santa Can Be Naughty
Here he is caught with his hand in the pizza box. I'm off to jury duty today. I'll post about [...]
Denver Restaurants: Jonesy’s EatBar
Today I had every intention of writing about Scribbles in the South Platte River neighborhood, “a unique stationery and invitation [...]
Larimer Square at Night
I took this photograph in September.
Destination: Anywhere: The 32nd Annual Starz Denver Film Festival
Better late than never... My Favorite Feature: Precious As a general rule, I see documentaries at the SDFF because I [...]
Winterfest, Parade of Lights This Weekend
And we're back...to Denver, that is. Last year I checked out Winterfest on Old South Pearl and saw this guy, [...]
Good-bye, Kansas (for now)
Before I left Hays Wednesday morning, I stopped by the Soda Shoppe for another chocolate coke. I just love watching [...]
Museums to Mousse in Hays, KS
My day of museums in Hays began in a leisurely fashion, with the continental breakfast at the Day’s Inn. I [...]
Do You Like Ike?
I visited Abilene to go to the Eisenhower Museum and Presidential Library. When I think of Dwight David Eisenhower, I [...]
Kansas City: What I Miss(ed)
I left Kansas City the morning of November 8, driving down Antioch to Shawnee Mission Parkway, stopping briefly by the [...]
A Whirlwind Tour of Downtown Kansas City and the Missouri River
As I mentioned in this post, trying to cover 6 Kansas City neighborhoods in one month turned out to be [...]
First Friday in the Crossroads District of Kansas City
Friday evening began at El Patron, continued to Gallery 19, and ended with that ubiquitous Kansas City activity, driving down [...]
Great Burgers, Original Kansas City
One reason I made the month-long trip to Kansas City was to road-test spending a month in an unknown city. [...]
Back South Again: Wornall House
Normally I prefer self-guided tours of historical buildings and museums, but after my guided tour of the Wornall House last [...]
A Case for Nostalgia: The Plaza
Going to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City these days makes me miss how it used to be, so [...]
Crossroads: Where Can I Sit and Work All Afternoon? And Why Are the Streets Deserted?
Once I left Christopher Elbow in Kansas City's Crossroads district on Friday, I headed west to Mildred's Coffeehouse, hoping to [...]
Eating Away at the Crossroads
I'm happy to say I've found a chocolatier whose caramels rival Prazen Sladkor, the difficult-to-pronounce caramel covered with gold dust [...]
Erosion May Force 1 Million from Their Homes in Nigeria
IRIN Africa reports that erosion in southeastern Nigeria has become so bad that it is threatening residents' homes. Fruit trees [...]