I have always known that Denver has a young population, but had no idea what that really meant until I took a walk around the LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood this past Saturday afternoon, the day before St. Patrick's Day. There had to be roughly half a million 20 somethings lining up to get into the various bars in that area. Many were dressed in St. Patrick's Day attire, and all seemed intent on having a truly wild time. And I have to say that here in Denver these millennials, or whatever they are called these days, will use any excuse to party. St. Patrick's Day, Halloween, Fat Tuesday, the annual Zombie Crawl, Colorado Rockies Opening Day, Comicon, the installation of a new pope, it doesn't matter - the bars are packed. And if costumes are encouraged, so much the better. Several years ago, after I decided that spending $120 for the worst seat in the house on Colorado Rockies Opening Day was just too much money, I went to the rooftop patio of the Tavern Downtown to take photographs of the ballpark from there. The place was packed, but when the game started, nobody left the patio, or even bothered to go inside to watch the game on television. Opening Day was just another excuse to party hearty. Go figure.
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