December Theme: Shopping, What Else?
But with a twist: the first week of December is Buy Local Week in Denver, so I’m going to focus [...]
MonHaibun: Stuffed and Stumped
Yesterday, we traveled for 13 hours. The Sunday after Thanksgiving: in Denver and Chicago, new snow. Friends left behind, grading [...]
Cuisine in the Hood
Pressure Cooker Directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker Starz Denver Film FestivalI went to see Pressure Cooker on the [...]
Carolee Schneemann: An Affinity for the Unmentionable
An Evening with Carolee Schneemann Stan Brakhage Vision Award Starz Denver Film FestivalTender moviegoers should probably start their acquaintance with [...]
MonHaibun: Detox in Denver
At Market Street Station, a fat, drunk, white man has passed out on one of the circular cement benches. A [...]
See Grown Men Cry over a Bird
Lord God Bird Starz Denver Film Festival Directed by George Butler Hell, it wasn't just grown men crying at the [...]
Everything Around Basie Was Hip
Count Basie: Then as Now, Count's the King Starz Denver Film Festival Directed by Gary KeysI like to see documentaries [...]
Yes, Virginia, Animals Are Gay
This link comes courtesy of Mile High Gay Guy, who is such a relentless blogger I can't keep up with [...]
MonHaibun: A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep
It's dark, except for lights sparkling on the river. I walk to the edge of the concrete plaza, where kayakers [...]
Upscale Diner in Uptown Denver
D Bar Desserts 1475 East 17th Avenue, Uptown, Denver 303-861-4710 Bus directions: from Market Street Station, the 20 goes down [...]
From One Esquina of Uptown to Another
The Uptown neighborhood in Denver offers several pairings of similar restaurants: Thai, Mexican, diners, wine bars, and dessert places. I [...]
MonHaibun: You’re Missing
I was listening to the Bruce Springsteen song from The Rising over and over today as I dusted. When I [...]
Second Chances, Last Chance
Vain Salon 1890 Pennsylvania Street, Uptown, Denver 720-596-4511 across the street from Fluid Coffee Bar and Las Delicias Bus directions: [...]
It’s Been a Long Time Coming, but I Know a Change Is Gonna Come
I voted last Friday, worried enough by the reports of long lines in certain parts of the country that I [...]
MonHaibun: City Park
Yesterday, when my husband told me his plans, I was reluctant to be left behind. The plumes of fountain in [...]
Get Off Your Ass and Dress!
I'm taking a break from the Uptown theme for today's and Tuesday's posts. I'll return to it after the election [...]
Speaking of “Grumpy at What I Might Miss”
It was a weird weekend. Todd was at a sci-fi convention in Denver and stayed at the hotel, so I [...]
MonHaibun: Where I Haven’t Been
I've been traveling in my head. One town after another along the coast of France. Diving kelp forests near San [...]
Vary My Own Sandwich
Chedd's Gourmet Grilled Cheese 1908 Pearl Street, Uptown, Denver 303-386-3998 Bus directions: the 28 goes right by NOTE: Chedd's has [...]
Love in Uptown, but Not at First Sight
Fluid Coffee Bar 501 East 19th Avenue Uptown, Denver 720-519-4681 Bus directions: take the 12 or 20 up 17th or [...]
MonHaibun: Deadline
I’ve arrived here again. Faced with a deadline, racing to get there. Dozens of pages short. How to use procrastination [...]
Oh, what a falling off was there
Our foundations are falling away from our house. Sounds dramatic, doesn't it? It's not. It happened so slowly we didn't [...]
I’m Not Sure I Have Enough Uptown Links in This Post
Dazbog Baer Simon Photography Talulah Jones Ahimsa Footwear On 17th Avenue, from Downing to Lafayette Bus directions: Take the 12 [...]
Give Alms to All Who Ask
Blog Action Day happens once a year, when bloggers all over the world concentrate on one subject. This year it's [...]
Wandering Around Uptown II
I first ventured into Uptown on one of Phil Goodstein's tours of Swallow Hill, back in April. It used to [...]