Maybe I Needed to Bead the Bug
When I was a junior in college I came home for Easter break to find that my dad had heard my pleas for a car. There was an orange 1974 VW Super Beetle waiting for Read More …
Category: Colorado
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Blogging Colorado (Denver and Keystone)
I made a quick trip to Colorado earlier this month to participate in the Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) conference. (Yes, an entire fabulous conference just for travel bloggers or, as they so eloquently put it, Read More …
Ski Tip Lodge in Keystone, Colorado
I didn’t make my lodging reservation in Keystone for the TBEX conference in a timely fashion. While TBEX was advertising a discount on conference lodging, I couldn’t figure out how to get the discount when Read More …
The TBEX conference comes to Keystone, Colorado
I am in Colorado to attend the TBEX conference. I’ve been a (rather inactive) member of the Travel Blogger’s Exchange for a while now and watched as last year’s conference came and went. It seemed Read More …
Ambling along the mountainside in Keystone, Colorado
It is a sunny and beautiful day in Keystone, so I take a long lunch to hike (slowly amble) along the mountainside above the conference center where are all the other TBEX attendees are networking. Read More …
A Lift to sunset at Keystone, Colorado
I’m in Keystone, Colorado, for TBEX‘s new media travel writers (bloggers) conference. The conference starts off with a fancy function on the mountaintop – a destination that can only be reached via not one, but Read More …
Kizuna and more at the Denver Botanic Gardens
The Denver Botanic Gardens was high on my “must see” list when I visited Denver for the first time. And that was before I knew that the temporary “kizuna” exhibit featured large bamboo sculptures by Read More …
Contrasting architectural eras in Denver
Denver is a real mix of the old and new west, something that clearly in the city’s architecture. Throughout downtown I’ve seen historic buildings nestled alongside sleek modern structures. This mixing of eras is evident Read More …
At the DAM (the Denver Art Museum)
The Denver Art Museum is housed in a set of iconic buildings. It’s a museum I’ve long wanted to see – at least from the outside. The original 1971 fortress-like North Building is not my Read More …
Denver’s Kirkland Museum: Prepare to be overwhelmed
We are big fans of 20th century decorative arts, so the Kirkland Museum, with its focus on his period was high on our must-see list even before I found out that I could visit for Read More …