Will be there later this week. I know I'll be hitting the museum and Botanical Garden. Anything else I should be sure to check out?

i've never been to denver, but i've flown over it a few times. i think if i were at ground level, i'd check out the sports stadium and that clump of really tall buildings down there. the tan ones in the foregoround. that's all i got

HOLD up. did you know that denver is the "mile high city"??? are you thinking what i'm thinking???

Well I've never been to Greenland
and I've never been to Denver
and I've never buried treasure in ST Louie or ST Paul
and I've never been to Moscow
and I've never been to Tampa
and I've never been to Boston in the fall

I changed planes in Denver once

wait.. are u not gonna be home for your birthday?

:shifty:

You could check out LoDo. (Lower Downtown) It has shopping, drinking, historic buildings. Fun place to hang out!

www.lodo.org

SeeYourElectricity said:

You could check out LoDo. (Lower Downtown) It has shopping, drinking, historic buildings. Fun place to hang out!

www.lodo.org

what does [regular] Downtown have?

well I've never been to denver~

but I kinda like the music~

I worked in Denver for a few months (about 10 years ago, so things may not be quite what they were then) and here's a few of my highlights:

Dinosaur Ridge is worth a look. It's not massively touristy, but it it's just outside Lakewood - so not too far west of Denver. It's mainly just some dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock (or it was when I was there, by the looks of the website things have got a little bit more touristy since then). Definitely worth a look though. There was something immensely enjoyable about wandering around looking at and touching actual dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock.

Lookout Mountain - Buffalo Bill's grave is at the top (along with the inevitable but actually quite interesting museum and gift shop). The views are stunning (on a good day).

And when you come back down the mountain you could visit The Fort for some food. I recommend the elk.

^ Those are sort of outside Denver itself, but seeing as Denver's pretty big anyway, you can plan on doing lots of travelling. If you're going to be car-less and reliant on Denver's shall we say quirky public transport options, then you can more or less forget about all of the above.

Anyway, LoDo, as previously mentioned, is where it's at, apparently.

I went to loads of places, and obviously drank far too much of too many of the delicious local brews, because I can't remember the names of most of them.

I do remember The Church though - a nightclub, which even if you're not into clubbing is worth a look. It is (the clue is in the name) a converted church, and one of the best uses for one I've ever encountered.

The Avenue Grill is an excellent non-chain restaurant - a bit pricey but well worth it.

If you're into seafood The Fresh Fish Company is worth checking out.

There was a brilliant sushi restaurant in LoDo too, but I can't remember what it was called.

You could also visit one of the last remaining real book shops in the world - The Tattered Cover.

Eh, I'm sure there's more but my memory fails me, and I've run out of time.

I should also mention that the people of Denver and environs I found to be among the friendliest I've met.

Enjoy your visit!

XxAxX said:

i've never been to denver, but i've flown over it a few times. i think if i were at ground level, i'd check out the sports stadium and that clump of really tall buildings down there. the tan ones in the foregoround. that's all i got

wow, Denver is a small city

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

i've never been to denver, but i've flown over it a few times. i think if i were at ground level, i'd check out the sports stadium and that clump of really tall buildings down there. the tan ones in the foregoround. that's all i got

wow, Denver is a small city

Yeah, that doesn't look like a city at all.

PositivityNYC said:

I changed planes in Denver once

wait.. are u not gonna be home for your birthday?

:shifty:

No, we get back on Sunday. Why :shifty:

SeeYourElectricity said:

You could check out LoDo. (Lower Downtown) It has shopping, drinking, historic buildings. Fun place to hang out!

www.lodo.org

I figured we'd check this out. Ron sent me a link.

I've listened to John Denver. Does that count?

AsylumUtopia said:

I do remember The Church though - a nightclub, which even if you're not into clubbing is worth a look. It is (the clue is in the name) a converted church, and one of the best uses for one I've ever encountered.

Enjoy your visit!

Thanks!

I lost a good portion of my youth at The Limelight in NYC. Also a church turned club.

Genesia said:

I've listened to John Denver. Does that count?

I've listened to Asia, let me know if you ever head that way.

Ive been to Denver a couple of times..

Cant say I remember really "doing" anything tho

Ive been to the airport!

Went for a wedding once... but it was in estes park... At the Stanley Hotel....

johnart said:

AsylumUtopia said:

I do remember The Church though - a nightclub, which even if you're not into clubbing is worth a look. It is (the clue is in the name) a converted church, and one of the best uses for one I've ever encountered.

Enjoy your visit!

Thanks!

I lost a good portion of my youth at The Limelight in NYC. Also a church turned club.

now a mini-mall.. I passed by last week..the day I took those new Andy Warhol statue pix

I had always wanted to go, but the stories scared me a little.. :blush:

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Thanks!

I lost a good portion of my youth at The Limelight in NYC. Also a church turned club.

now a mini-mall.. I passed by last week..the day I took those new Andy Warhol statue pix

I had always wanted to go, but the stories scared me a little.. :blush:

You would have died. The stories were all true and THENSOME!

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

I changed planes in Denver once

wait.. are u not gonna be home for your birthday?

:shifty:

No, we get back on Sunday. Why :shifty:

uh, never mind

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

No, we get back on Sunday. Why :shifty:

uh, never mind

ok

ReturnofDook currently lives there

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

now a mini-mall.. I passed by last week..the day I took those new Andy Warhol statue pix

I had always wanted to go, but the stories scared me a little.. :blush:

You would have died. The stories were all true and THENSOME!

I can't begin to tell you how much I love Colorado.

Well I can actually.

A lot.

Xibalba said:

I can't begin to tell you how much I love Colorado.

Well I can actually.

A lot.

johnart said:

Will be there later this week. I know I'll be hitting the museum and Botanical Garden. Anything else I should be sure to check out?

They have this country gay bar downtown. It was kinda cool.

And there's Midtown but I guess you kinew that.

AsylumUtopia said:

I worked in Denver for a few months (about 10 years ago, so things may not be quite what they were then) and here's a few of my highlights:

Dinosaur Ridge is worth a look. It's not massively touristy, but it it's just outside Lakewood - so not too far west of Denver. It's mainly just some dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock (or it was when I was there, by the looks of the website things have got a little bit more touristy since then). Definitely worth a look though. There was something immensely enjoyable about wandering around looking at and touching actual dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock.

Lookout Mountain - Buffalo Bill's grave is at the top (along with the inevitable but actually quite interesting museum and gift shop). The views are stunning (on a good day).

And when you come back down the mountain you could visit The Fort for some food. I recommend the elk.

^ Those are sort of outside Denver itself, but seeing as Denver's pretty big anyway, you can plan on doing lots of travelling. If you're going to be car-less and reliant on Denver's shall we say quirky public transport options, then you can more or less forget about all of the above.

Anyway, LoDo, as previously mentioned, is where it's at, apparently.

I went to loads of places, and obviously drank far too much of too many of the delicious local brews, because I can't remember the names of most of them.

I do remember The Church though - a nightclub, which even if you're not into clubbing is worth a look. It is (the clue is in the name) a converted church, and one of the best uses for one I've ever encountered.

The Avenue Grill is an excellent non-chain restaurant - a bit pricey but well worth it.

If you're into seafood The Fresh Fish Company is worth checking out.

There was a brilliant sushi restaurant in LoDo too, but I can't remember what it was called.

You could also visit one of the last remaining real book shops in the world - The Tattered Cover.

Eh, I'm sure there's more but my memory fails me, and I've run out of time.

I should also mention that the people of Denver and environs I found to be among the friendliest I've met.

Enjoy your visit!

That was not my experience.

But then I'm a RAIDER fan and wore RAIDER gear every day I was in town.

XxAxX said:

HOLD up. did you know that denver is the "mile high city"??? are you thinking what i'm thinking???

SUPRMAN said:

AsylumUtopia said:

I worked in Denver for a few months (about 10 years ago, so things may not be quite what they were then) and here's a few of my highlights:

Dinosaur Ridge is worth a look. It's not massively touristy, but it it's just outside Lakewood - so not too far west of Denver. It's mainly just some dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock (or it was when I was there, by the looks of the website things have got a little bit more touristy since then). Definitely worth a look though. There was something immensely enjoyable about wandering around looking at and touching actual dinosaur footprints on a ridge of rock.

Lookout Mountain - Buffalo Bill's grave is at the top (along with the inevitable but actually quite interesting museum and gift shop). The views are stunning (on a good day).

And when you come back down the mountain you could visit The Fort for some food. I recommend the elk.

^ Those are sort of outside Denver itself, but seeing as Denver's pretty big anyway, you can plan on doing lots of travelling. If you're going to be car-less and reliant on Denver's shall we say quirky public transport options, then you can more or less forget about all of the above.

Anyway, LoDo, as previously mentioned, is where it's at, apparently.

I went to loads of places, and obviously drank far too much of too many of the delicious local brews, because I can't remember the names of most of them.

I do remember The Church though - a nightclub, which even if you're not into clubbing is worth a look. It is (the clue is in the name) a converted church, and one of the best uses for one I've ever encountered.

The Avenue Grill is an excellent non-chain restaurant - a bit pricey but well worth it.

If you're into seafood The Fresh Fish Company is worth checking out.

There was a brilliant sushi restaurant in LoDo too, but I can't remember what it was called.

You could also visit one of the last remaining real book shops in the world - The Tattered Cover.

Eh, I'm sure there's more but my memory fails me, and I've run out of time.

I should also mention that the people of Denver and environs I found to be among the friendliest I've met.

Enjoy your visit!

That was not my experience.

But then I'm a RAIDER fan and wore RAIDER gear every day I was in town.

Are Raider's football? I don't suspect I will have this problem.

Fairly sure I drove

by a film museum,

when I was there

last year. Denver

also seemed to

have a pretty cool

number of used-

record shops.