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: Denver
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 …
Along the Road to DIA – A Colorado Mystery Solved
There are what appear to be weird shaped tanks along the highway near the Denver International Airport. I absolutely could not imagine what they might be for. They are art! A project by artist Christopher 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 …
Denver Botanic Gardens
The Denver Botanic Gardens were high on my Denver “must see” list even before I knew that the current kizuna exhibit featured large bamboo sculptures by Tetsunori Kawana and Stephen Talasnik. A garden filled with 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 …
Yves Saint Laurent in Denver
The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective is the featured attraction on our visit to the Denver Art Museum. This show has also been exhibited in Paris and Madrid – Denver is its only US stop. Lucky 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 …