It's The Journey, Not The Destination

After over 3 months, I have finally gotten back to a normal sleep pattern after working at Walgreen's until 12:30 A.M. three or four nights a week, and can now wake up early enough to take the bus to work each morning.  Not only does this give me time to read a little bit on the way, but also to be able to walk the three miles down to Union Station in Lower Downtown Denver after work each day and get a bit of exercise,  not to mention finding new  places along the way, like Dos Santos,  a hip new taco bar on 17th Street, seen in the photo on the left.

Plus, you get to discover cool houses and apartment buildings with interesting statues and features like the place just off 17th Avenue in the photograph on the right.  Many of the Victorian houses in the area are currently apartments, but as gentrification rolls on, these places are slowly but surely being turned back into residences and to their former glory.

And there are also pretty imposing structures to see along the way, too.  In the photograph on the left is Temple Emanuel, built in 1899 as a synagogue and currently owned and operated by Denver Community Church.  A few years ago, it was the Temple Events Center, and my friend Stuart and I went there to hear Jerry Brown - currently the governor of California - speak when he was running for president. We also saw Jerry Brown speak at a coffee house in the Highlands neighborhood when he was running for president in a different year. Could the two of us together jinxed his presidential ambitions twice?  Frankly, considering the luck we have both had, I wouldn't doubt that for a minute.