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Denver Turkey Trot
Posted in West, tagged cold, Thanksgiving, Turkey Trot on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet deja vu
Posted in West, tagged Halloween on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, as I drove to replenish our candy supply, I had a flash of Halloweens long gone. Our street teemed with trick-or-treaters for once in a very long time — Dracula, mummies, a tiny Buzz Lightyear, some I couldn’t categorize. Then ahead of me in the dark, walking slowly with her friend, was Dorothy. [...]
What’s the “-phobia” of piano lessons?
Posted in West, tagged fear, music, piano on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Forty years after my last piano lesson, I sat down to one yesterday. It was a gift from a very musical friend. I procrastinated for eight months before scheduling it, then frantically practiced “Deep Purple,” the only piece of music I had a chance of playing on the spur of the moment. My new teacher [...]
Eating out while the Democrats are in town
Posted in West, tagged Democratic National Convention, Denver on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I love to eat out and I like the DNC. I’m glad their convention is in Denver next year. But today’s Denver Post reports that downtown restaurants are already booking up for the week the Democrats are here. A favorite, Rioja, is adding breakfast, brunch, mid-afternoon and after-dinner slots to their current lunch (sometimes) and [...]
Feeling Purple!
Posted in West, tagged baseball, Rockies on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
World Series 2007
As close to a World Series ticket as most of us will get
Posted in West, tagged baseball, Rockies on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I’m over it. Time to break out the chips and guac in front of the TV. Go Rockies! Update October 24—After 2 hours of perpetual browser refresh, I made it onto the Rockies ticket sales page. I was given 8 minutes to complete my purchase. Best available seats were in section 113, row 38, [...]
Here we go again
Posted in West on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After weeks of beautiful Indian Summer, winter has finally come to Denver. Perfect days for soup, good books, spiced tea and pondering Christmas.
Series bound
Posted in West, tagged baseball, Rockies on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At the start of this year’s baseball season, the odds in Las Vegas for the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series were 100 to 1. In the middle of the season, they were 300 to 1. Today, they’re 9 to 5. We swept. And we’re going to the World Series. Wow.
3-0
Posted in West, tagged baseball, Rockies on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Daily routines have been temporarily suspended here in Colorado. We’re all holding our breath while the Rockies try to become the National League champs. It could happen tonight.
Art I
Posted in South, West, tagged art, de Young, San Francisco on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Turning a corner in the last room of San Francisco’s de Young Museum, I was faced with a beautiful sight. Cornelia Parker’s ethereal sculpture is made of hundreds of iridescent fragments of charred wood, suspended from the ceiling so they float just a little as you pass. The elegant, exploded cube looks light as air [...]
