Downtown Denver Restaurants: Appaloosa Grill
Appaloosa Grill 535 16th Street (16th and Welton) upper downtown Denver 720-932-1700 Open 7 days a week; live music every [...]
MonHaibun: Work versus Worry
This time of year, I could spend all my time in the yard, pulling weeds from the buffalograss. I admit, [...]
Crazy About Denver: Get Foxy
I took these pictures Tuesday while out with a friend, one in downtown Denver after we had to get off [...]
Downtown Denver Restaurants: Cook’s Fresh Market
Cook's Fresh Market 1600 Glenarm Place, Suite 100 downtown Denver 303-893-2277 Closed Sunday Bus directions: take the mall shuttle from [...]
Downtown Denver Arts Festival: Beauty and Oddities and Then Some
Saturday I made my way to the Downtown Denver Arts Festival, an event with 11 years of history in this [...]
MonHaibun: Confluence and Chocolate
I began in a small space, a chocolatier fronting a spice shop. Everything packaged and behind glass, brought out one [...]
Crazy About Denver: Gardens Everywhere
Denverites are making gardens as if our food supply might run out tomorrow, according to Westword. There's even a garden [...]
Downtown Denver Museums: Firefighters Museum
Denver Firefighters Museum 1326 Tremont Place upper downtown Denver 303-892-1436 Admission: $6 Hours: closed Sunday and holidays. Open every other [...]
Denver Wines on Wednesdays
Last night I attended my first wine tasting at Park Hill Golf Course, an event arranged by Argonaut Liquor on [...]
Five Points Jazz Festival in Denver
"Cool, Crazy, Hot" advertised the brochure for Five Points Jazz Festival last Saturday. I guess standing in line for tamales [...]
MonHaibun: Echter’s
By mid-May, I make time to plant. I load up pots from the last 5 years and drop them off [...]
Crazy About Denver: Mark Obmascik, Local Writer
A few years ago I read Obmascik's first book, The Big Year. It's about birders who spend a year and [...]
Downtown Denver Off the 16th Street Mall
A word of advice to people exploring downtown Denver: get off the 16th Street Mall. Some great things go on [...]
Cinco de Mayo in Denver
Cinco de Mayo in downtown Denver was the third festival I attended last Saturday, after International Migratory Bird Day in [...]
Mourning for Lollie
Last Thursday I learned that my sister's mother's-in-law, Lollie, had died after a long struggle with dementia. She's pictured here [...]
Crazy About Denver: Read These Denver Blogs and Then Party at Cinco de Mayo
I'm fresh out of Denver conspiracies to write about (except, perhaps, the weird redesign of Writer Square; see Denver Infill [...]
Downtown Denver Restaurants: Bayou Bob’s
Bayou Bob's Restaurant and Bar 1635 Glenarm Place Upper downtown, Denver 303-573-6828 Bus directions: from Market Street Station, take the [...]
Green Festival in Downtown Denver: What Up?
When I walked into the Exhibit Hall at the Green Festival in downtown Denver, I wasn't sure what would greet [...]
MonHaibun: Getting the Pen
"That's a good idea," the woman from GAP Adventures said, startling me. She pointed at the notebook I wrote in [...]
Crazy About Denver: Denver Green Festival
This weekend I'll be attending some talks at the Green Festival, which is being held in Denver at the Convention [...]
The Capitol Building on Denver’s Capitol Hill, Part II
I thought I'd finish up my Capitol Hill theme with another motley post. Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews The [...]
The Capitol Building on Denver’s Capitol Hill, Part I
As we gazed up into the Capitol rotunda, the volunteer tour guide and I had a very American conversation. She [...]
MonHaibun: Must Be Taught
Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself. —Susan B. Anthony We [...]
Crazy About Denver: Views from the Daniels and Fisher Tower
Todd and I went up to the Observation Deck on the 17th floor of the Daniels and Fisher Tower in [...]
Denver Neighborhoods: Stores Across 6th Avenue to Downing II
Le Bakery Sensual 300 East 6th Avenue (6th and Grant) Capitol Hill, Denver 303-777-5151 Bus directions: Take the 0 from [...]