I featured Commons Park Bridge in an earlier post. You can see the railings below in the bottom left corner of that picture.Commons Park, along Little Raven Street in Denver’s Central Platte...
I both love and hate to walk this bridge. It connects Commons Park, a park landscaped with native plants along Little Raven Street in Denver’s Central Platte Valley, with Commons Park West, a...
Denver bridges are the subjects of my photos posts this week, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. One of my favorite subjects is the span over I-25 that connects Lower Highlands to the Central Platte...
I walked by My Brother’s Bar in Denver’s South Platte neighborhood many a time and could not fathom what might be happening behind the white half-curtains. This Denver landmark has a...
Looks like it will be a good weekend to be out and about. Unless, of course, you’re at home watching the X Games. Here’s a picture of one end of the Commons Park bridge over the South...
It’s a cold, gray day in Denver, and I’m feeling in need of comfort as I write this. Luckily, there is a shop in Denver called Sanctuary, on Platte Street near 16th Street. It’s...
In yesterday’s post about Little Raven Vineyards, I mentioned Skyler Weekes was staffing the store last Sunday. In addition to working as a sommelier at Little Raven, Skyler has his own...
On Sunday I set out to visit 2 wine stores in the Central Platte Valley: Little Raven Vineyards, on the river side of the Millennium Bridge, and Corks, on Platte at 16th Street. One thing they had in...
On my way to Sanctuary on Sunday, I stopped in at Paris on the Platte for lunch and decided to try something new: cambric, or Earl Gray tea with steamed milk and cinnamon on top. I was a little...
Coming around the corner from Colt & Gray on Sunday, I was stopped by this sign. I was so busy taking a picture, I didn’t think to feed the meter. I hope to do better next time, and if any...
NOTE: Wen Chocolates’s retail location on Platte closed on February 14, 2010. Check out the website for more information. I was jonesing for Wen Chocolates until Sunday. I went by on January...
I’ve walked by Colt & Gray many times. I did so on Sunday, looked to my left, and saw a cadre of servers wearing black and white. The front page of the restaurant’s website indicates...
Savory Spice Shop in Denver’s South Platte River Valley neighborhood is the kind of place where I could spend hours and lots of money, if I allowed myself. It’s the kind of place that...
On Sunday, it was in the fifties, warm enough to stroll without a coat. Or sit by the river, as these girls did. For those of you unfamiliar with Denver, Cherry Creek is on the left, and the South...
I love details. I photograph signs, shadows, all the little things. If I ever end up doing landscape photography, I’ll be shocked. Last Saturday I found beauty in 2 trees, 1 in Lower Highlands...
I wanted to like Mona’s, truly I did. It serves Morning Fresh Farms eggs and Maverick Ranch beef, both local companies. It makes it own hot sauces. It’s in a cool narrow old building 2...
I was raised Catholic. Maybe you’ve heard the Jesuit saying attributed to Francis Xavier, “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” Well, the Catholics had me until twice age...
I was on my way to Sanctuary Home on Monday when I noticed it was closed, turned around, and discovered a new store on Platte Street. A brand-new store, which I think is the baby of Platte Street...
More than two months ago, I wrote about the courtyard near Colt and Grey in the South Platte neighborhood. One of the photographs I wasn’t able to use in that post was this detail from the...
I’ll open my review of REI with this quote from the website: What began as a group of 23 mountain climbing buddies is now the nation’s largest consumer cooperative with more than three...
I promised you recently I would go back to Scribbles to buy Christmas cards, and I did that today. I also bought a set of cards at the Tattered Cover. Both met my criteria of being made from recycled...
I’m going to repeat myself a bit today, to make up for not posting yesterday (I had a copyediting deadline). On Wednesday I showed you pictures of the 16th Street bridge across I-25. Once I descended...
In Denver’s South Platte River Valley neighborhood, around the corner from Paris on the Platte and right next to Colt and Grey at 16th and Platte, there is a courtyard leading west to a bridge...
At Paris on the Platte late Sunday morning, my waitress caught me photographing the menu and whisked it away after she took my order. I felt a little sheepish, but that passed as soon as she brought...
This week I’ll be taking you on a journey from one side of the South Platte River to the other. Today, I begin on the northwestern side, at Sous le Lit, a shoe and purse boutique on Platte St...