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Mile High Moxie: June 2010
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Sunday, June 13, 2010. Last month I bought a record player. After the Colfax Marathon, I wandered in to Twist and Shout and found a 1980’s Sanyo with an orange light that turns on when the arm is down. I knew nothing about record players except that I wanted one and this was the one I wanted. Paul, an unpretentious and likable employee, explained the player’s parts and what to do with them. I don’t remember most of what he said, but I felt better that he said it. Friday, June 11, 2010. His comment remind...
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Mile High Moxie: Cafe Denver
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009. I noticed it when I discovered 17th Street. On corners, in houses, it was unmistakable, that feeling of belonging, of good conversation, the nostalgia of college and a hint of Europe. I felt invigorated, inspired to write, and couldn’t wait to discover more. This thing that made me fall in love with Denver, that made it feel like home, is its blossoming café culture. These qualities are certainly not unique to Denver, although a city with a community-centered café culture is quite...
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Mile High Moxie: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. It’s Always Sunny in Denver. According to locals, Denver’s best asset is its sun. “It shines more than three hundred days a year,” they’d tell me. “More than San Diego, more than Honolulu. 8221; Outside, a blizzard whirled past the windows as they first told me this, and I doubted them. So I keep doubting – while secretly believing in – this place in the snowy Rockies, whose winters don’t feel like solitary confinement and whose summers are as reliably bright as a...In that same da...
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Mile High Moxie: March 2010
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Sunday, March 14, 2010. Five Reasons to Love Denver, Part II. 5 City rooftops Friday night, endless surprises in Breckenridge on Saturday. 4 Baby blue skies Saturday; snow storm Sunday; spring again Monday. 3 Colfax Avenue, once called "The Wickedest Street in America." There's the mafia bar, Kerouac's hangouts, the beautiful theaters-turned-live-music-venues, the 1980s motel bar/dance club, the giant record store, the shady bicycle shop. So much character, so much to explore. Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
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Mile High Moxie: It’s Always Sunny in Denver
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. It’s Always Sunny in Denver. According to locals, Denver’s best asset is its sun. “It shines more than three hundred days a year,” they’d tell me. “More than San Diego, more than Honolulu. 8221; Outside, a blizzard whirled past the windows as they first told me this, and I doubted them. So I keep doubting – while secretly believing in – this place in the snowy Rockies, whose winters don’t feel like solitary confinement and whose summers are as reliably bright as a...In that same da...
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Mile High Moxie: Five Reasons to Love Denver, Part II
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Sunday, March 14, 2010. Five Reasons to Love Denver, Part II. 5 City rooftops Friday night, endless surprises in Breckenridge on Saturday. 4 Baby blue skies Saturday; snow storm Sunday; spring again Monday. 3 Colfax Avenue, once called "The Wickedest Street in America." There's the mafia bar, Kerouac's hangouts, the beautiful theaters-turned-live-music-venues, the 1980s motel bar/dance club, the giant record store, the shady bicycle shop. So much character, so much to explore. View my complete profile.
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Mile High Moxie: First Record Player
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Sunday, June 13, 2010. Last month I bought a record player. After the Colfax Marathon, I wandered in to Twist and Shout and found a 1980’s Sanyo with an orange light that turns on when the arm is down. I knew nothing about record players except that I wanted one and this was the one I wanted. Paul, an unpretentious and likable employee, explained the player’s parts and what to do with them. I don’t remember most of what he said, but I felt better that he said it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Mile High Moxie: Finding a Bookworm in Downtown Denver
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Finding a Bookworm in Downtown Denver. While exploring downtown Denver recently, I happened upon Tattered Cover, an independent bookstore my friend Bryna told me about. Located past the foot traffic of the 16th Street Mall, this charming bookstore invited me in with its “Indie Bound” sticker on the door, its noises and smells reminiscent of cozy school days and cloudy Saturdays. Starting my career as a writer, about to become a storyteller myself, I see how fitting it is that I re...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Five Reasons to Love Denver. 5 Sky full of stars nearly every night, from everywhere in the city. 4 Big names, small venues: Phoenix, Band of Horses, Spoon at The Ogden, Bluebird, or Fillmore. 3 City Park, Cheesman Park, Confluence Park, Cherry Creek Trail. 2 Vail in the morning, Rock Bar in Denver at night. 1 The best job in the world at The Children's Hospital. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Five Reasons to Love Denver, Part II. I INCYST. Part 3.
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Mile High Moxie: Waiting for Danny's
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Friday, June 11, 2010. A few weeks back, during darts and Shuffle the iPod, “Real Life” by Tanlines played and Josh asked why bars didn’t play this kind of music. His comment reminded me of a favorite Chicago bar, Danny’s, which did play music like Tanlines and Rye Rye and Delorean and Diplo Rhythm. There, music was not ambiance; it was the reason for being. There, I discovered new songs or old songs with a fresh twist, a mix of dance floor and house party and hip Wicker Park DJs. Music is a deeply perso...
