The Fillmore Auditorium on Capitol Hill: Standing All Night
The Fillmore Auditorium 1510 Clarkson Street Clarkson and Colfax Capitol Hill, Denver 303-837-0360 *Updated: see end. Last Wednesday was the [...]
MonHaibun: Girls with Drumsticks
My friend's son is learning to play the drums, and the drummers in the 4 bands were male. Tattooed. But [...]
Crazy About Denver: Doors Open Denver and Everything Else on One Weekend
I don't know what it is about this weekend: there must have been 10 things I wanted to do on [...]
Denver Restaurants on Capitol Hill: Little India
Little India 330 East 6th Avenue (6th and Grant) Capitol Hill, Denver 303-871-9777 Bus directions: Take the 0 from Market [...]
Denver Restaurants on Capitol Hill: Bones
Bones 701 Grant Street Capitol Hill, Denver 303-860-2929 Bus directions: take the 0 from Market Street Station to Broadway and [...]
MonHaibun: Ashes and Embers
The fire is dark but still creaks like an old floor. Now and then an ember drops. Outside the park [...]
Crazy About Denver: Roller Dolls
For the past three years, Denver has been home to the Denver Roller Dolls, a female roller derby team. I [...]
Capitol Hill, Denver: Across 6th Avenue and up Downing
On a good day of exploration for this blog, I rediscover places I've been before. It feels like pieces of [...]
Capitol Hill: The Poetry of Denver’s Buildings
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, today I present a picture-essay of Poet's Row, a street on Capitol [...]
MonHaibun: Openings
The neighbor's cat waits outside my back door at dusk, green eyes intent on the food bowl shaped like a [...]
Crazy About Denver: Good-bye, Urban Pantry
It came as no surprise to me that Alex had to close her retail store that she'd opened a year [...]
Golden Triangle, Denver: To Splurge?
For weeks now, I've been wanting to revisit Mad Greens and Wine, at 12th and Acoma in the Golden Triangle [...]
Capitol Hill, Denver: Ink and Red
The Red Room 320 East Colfax Avenue Capitol Hill, Denver 303-830-7050 Bus directions: take the mall shuttle from Market Street [...]
MonHaibun: Shoveling at Night
All Friday the snow two feet deep on the deck beckoned me. After dark, I opened the garage door and [...]
Crazy About Denver: Car Sharing Comes to Capitol Hill
Car sharing finally comes to Denver! Occasional Car now has two Honda Civic hybrids available for rental by the hour, [...]
Capitol Hill, Denver: Church and State
Last Saturday, Denver reminded me of the separation of church and state and the way religion changes families. Walking down [...]
Denver Restaurants on Capitol Hill: City, O’ City
City, O' City 206 East 13th Avenue (next to Watercourse Bakery) 13th and Sherman Capitol Hill, Denver 303-831-6443 Open until [...]
MonHaibun: Not Sure How to Ask
I heard him before I saw him, the man ranting in the wheelchair. At first sight, he looked old. Knotty [...]
Crazy About Denver: The Rocky Is Back?
I got this email message the other day: Today the founders of IwantmyRocky.com and other former Rocky Mountain News staffers [...]
Capitol Hill: Colfax via the 15
SAME Café (So All May Eat) 2023 East Colfax Avenue City Park West, Denver 720-530-6853 Bus directions: Take the 15 [...]
Capitol Hill, Denver: Walkabout
On Saturday I began my exploration of Capitol Hill, but other things kept intruding. Like Denver's St. Patrick's Day parade. [...]
Crazy About Denver: Friendly or Not?
The signs on the left-hand door say, "No Trespassing," "No Smoking," etc.
Bug-Eyed at Cuba Cuba
Cuba Cuba 1173 Delaware Street Golden Triangle, Denver 303-605-2822 Bus directions: Catch the 52 from 17th and Larimer to 13th [...]
What Is the Objective?
Gallery 1261 1261 Delaware Golden Triangle, Denver 303-571-1261 Bus directions: Catch the 52 from 17th and Larimer to 13th and [...]
TrioletMon: Bail City
I stopped at bail bonds during the bailout. I just wanted to get myself free. "They'll get to people like [...]