Today is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, but unfortunately, here in Denver, it has been a very rainy weekend. Saturday was overcast but dry, and a lot of people flocked to the 16th Street Mall, where the city is hosting a festival called Meet In the Street, no doubt wanting to get outside for a bit before the cold and rain predicted by the weather forecasters (and who were right, by the way) hit on Sunday and Monday. This festival was virtually the only major event taking place this weekend - the Denver Art Festival, a major Memorial Day tradition, has been postponed until September. Meet in the Street was a bit underwhelming - a number of pretty loud, pretty annoying bands, cornhole games (i.e. beanbag), and chairs set up on artificial turf (as seen in the photo above) were among the highlights. And with all this rain, Denver may lose it's reputation for having over 300 days of sunshine each year. Of course, nobody knows where this particular fact - touted in all the tourist brochures - comes from, although I am sure it is true. The Chamber of Commerce wouldn't lie, would they? Nah. Regardless, Happy Memorial Day Everybody!
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