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The Big Blue Bear
A 40-foot tall statue of a bear stands outside the wall of windows at the Colorado Convention Center. The name of the sculpture is “I See What You Mean,” but I have never heard it called that. I’d never seen … Continue reading
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Back to the Cripple Creek Ice Festival
I went with my department coworkers to see the ice carvings in Cripple Creek. The theme this year was superheroes, I guess, since that’s what all the carvings were of. It was mid-afternoon on a weekday, so things weren’t exactly … Continue reading
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Utah Vacation—Day One
It’s been a long time since Sally and I just took off for an extended vacation. When we decided to do it this year, she couldn’t get off work until the last week of October. That was later in the … Continue reading
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Glow at the Gardens
I had barely mentioned this pumpkin-carving festival at the Denver Botanical Gardens when Sally told me to buy tickets. Our only option was a Thursday night. We drove up after work and ate supper at Noodles. The park was crowded—a lot … Continue reading
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Ice Castles
Somebody has figured out how to make icicles and fuse them together to make walls and towers and other formations. The company looks for places— Minnesota, Utah, Alberta—where it stays cold long enough to build a castle. This year, the … Continue reading
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Weekend in Ohio
We made a quick trip to Columbus in mid-January. Here’s an overview. A friend of Sally’s had sung the praises of Schmitdt’s German restaurant in German village. We drove straight there after picking up our rental Toyota Rav-4. It wasn’t … Continue reading
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Fort Collins
On the Friday after Thanksgiving we went to Fort Collins because … We didn’t really have a reason. We headed downtown in search of a reason to be there. Here’s what we found. A tribute to Andy Warhol on the … Continue reading
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Swetsville Zoo
Bill Swets was a farmer who created his sculpture park just for fun. He fashioned about 180 creatures out of scrap metal and machine parts. They all sit in a dilapidated yard along the Cache la Poudre River near Fort … Continue reading
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