The Highlands Street Fair

The Highlands Street Fair took place this past Saturday in that popular, upscale Denver neighborhood, and as I always do each year, I made sure to stop by and look around. This street fair features music, food and beverages, and all kinds of booths providing every possible kind of item and service available, including a psychic, who does both palm AND tarot readings. Since one of the sponsors is a veterinarian located right on 32nd Street, where the festival is held, it was also very dog friendly. 

This is probably the biggest neighborhood street festival in Denver, and as you can see from the photo on the right, very well attended. It is fun to walk up and down the street, looking at all the merchandise and food for sale, and do a bit of people watching. I really enjoy seeing happy, affluent people living in modest, 19th century homes and enjoying life to the fullest. According to an article I just read today, the Highlands is one the five most popular neighborhoods in Denver, along with Washington Park, Hilltop, Berkley, and Cherry Creek. I was surprised to find that the author of the article referred to the Highlands as the West Highland neighborhood, and the Lower Highlands (LoHi) as simply Highland. Not being a hipster, I was not notified of these changes. Perhaps there is a mailing list I could sign up for.

One of the booths was sponsored by an organization that evidently runs some sort of wolf sanctuary, as seen in the photograph on the left. Wolves are a big topic here in Colorado, since voters passed a new law requiring the state to reintroduce them into the state. However, wolves have already reintroduced themselves into the northern part of the state from Wyoming, coming in unbidden, just like all those damn Californians. They (the wolves, not the Californians) kill cattle, sheep, and other such animals on area ranches angering all those ranchers. They feel that wolves should only be reintroduced into Colorado after they are reintroduced into Central Park in New York City, and it is seen how that works out.