Daily mileage=50; Trip mileage=2067
Today we spent some time enjoying the Golden/Denver area with Suzy Buglewicz. We met her at Tim's office (he owns his company) where we partook in a Polish delicacy, Kolachey. For those of who don't know what that is, it is a pastry type cake with various fillings. They were wonderful and we shared them with some coffee. Trying to get my lap top to work at the office made me feel like I was at work again. (Yikes!) By the way not only is Tim of Polish decent, but apparently there is a sizeable Polish contingency living in Golden. (We're everywhere.)
We then went up to Red Rocks. We have always heard about concerts at Red Rocks and it was great to see the place! The amphitheatre is carved right into the mountainside with two huge red rocks on either side. The seating is just row after row of benches. I was so jealous of the Buglewicz's as they told me about the awesome (and I puposely use that word) groups and concerts they saw there. The small museum lists in chronological order everyone that has performed there over the last 99 years! Can you imagine sitting there under the stars on a clear warm night watching Joan Baez, Peter,Paul and Mary or the Rolling Stones? Even Rich wished he saw Johnny Cash sing there back in 1965! Anybody who's anyone has performed at Red Rocks. I bet you might even have an album recorded "live" there. The Buglewicz's live about 20 minutes from it. Wonder why they love living here?
We then went into Downtown Denver and met Andrea who's here taking a certification exam for her work with pace makers. She and her friend met us and we had a great beer at the Wynkoop Brewing Company. It was a fun place and it's only one of the several micro-breweries here in Denver. And in case I didn't mention it, Coors is actually brewed right down the road from the Bugelwicz's home in Golden. Rich really doesn't care about this fact because there's no wine involved, but I have actually had a couple of Coors (which I'm not usually a fan of but when in Rome do as the Romans do....). Downtown is great. Lots of character, residential neighborhoods, pedestrian streets, nice shops and even the whole skyscraper scene. Of course, your surrounded by mountains so it's a little different than most of the cities we're used to. We even went by the home of the Denver Broncos (what can I say???)
The highlight of our day was a great playoff baseball game which was won by St. Bernadette (12-3) over St. Louis Elementary School. We went to watch Tommy Buglewicz who had a great performance hitting and driving in runs each time at bat! You can see in the pictures when he's at bat and when he's sliding into home. Now St. Bernadette's is going to the playoffs. Good luck guys!!! This was just another example of how at home you can feel when you travel.
We ended the evening with a great dinner at Le Central Bistro with Andrea. We had some wonderful mussels and all the other fine french bistro dishes you can imagine including good but cheap red wine! Our impression of Denver is that it can be small town and big city. Definitely a place to spend some time in.
Good night,
Mare & Rich
Mare & Rich
3 comments:
Downtown is neat, you look off into the distance and you see mountains at the end of the street. I mean, yeah, you see them here in Arizona, but there BROWN! In Denver there is snow and green trees and you are laughing 'cause of the lack of oxygen to the brain!
Sounds like you are having a great time!
Christine
I'd love to see a concert at Red Rocks. A friend of ours was out there last year for a show but he didn't bring back any pics. Thanks for sharing!
Chris,
Denver is a great city, even if the Broncos are there. We know your a fan (we'll never understand that) but we love you anyway!
Mardy,
I too would love to see a concert there. It really seems perfect and the sound is suppose to be excellent as well. If we ever get out here again (I should say, when we get out again) I'm going to try and plan to go to a concert there.
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