I have lived in Colorado for nearly twelve years. But despite all of the time I’ve spent exploring my great state, I have barely had time to scratch the surface on all of the amazing things to see and do. I took care of knocking two items off my to-do list this weekend with my […]
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A Holiday Tour of the Governor’s Mansion
I love touring all of the historic buildings and sites of Colorado. But why, after living in Denver for over eleven years, I have not yet been to the Colorado Governor’s Mansion, I cannot tell you. It has perpetually been on my list of places to visit, something else has just come up. Finally though, […]
Touring Denver’s Newest Art Museum
I wasn’t sure of what to expect, as I walked through the doors of the Clyfford Still Museum. After much fanfare, news coverage, and general hoopla, I was about to walk through the doors of Denver’s newest museum on its opening weekend. I had been planning this visit for nearly a year – ever since […]
An Halloween Ghost Hunt at the Museum of Colorado Prisons
“When things aren’t happening, it really makes you appreciate that much more the times when something does occur,” I stated to our six-person group. And then, as if on cue, a motion sensor-activated light popped to life. We were sprawled on the floor in a hallway lined with cells on the upper floor of the […]
Hiking the Lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park
I ran for the cover under the tall lodgepole pine trees. Rain was falling in large, fat droplets at Rocky Mountain National Park’s Dream Lake and I wanted nothing to do with it; I wasn’t prepared with a jacket or even a cap. But I knew, as someone who was taking cover with me joked, […]
An Evening at the Dushanbe Tea House
I walked to my car in the cool summer evening admiring the fact that I tried something new. No, it wasn’t anything crazy like eating some bugs, alligator tail, or even dog – although, I’m pretty sure I accidentally ate some while visiting the Old Summer Palace on my 2006 trip to China. No, it […]
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