It's Patio Time At Chautauqua!

I drove through Chautauqua Park in Boulder, located right below the Flatirons, last Friday and was pleased to see that the patio of the Chautauqua Dining Hall, built in 1898 and seen in the photograph above, was filled with diners. Now that temperatures are frequently getting into the upper 70s and lower 80s here, it is time to start thinking about Sunday brunch up there. Unfortunately, it has been years since I actually dined there. Definitely time to correct that. When my mother Mary was alive and staying with me, we would drive up to the Chautauqua Dining Hall on a Sunday morning from Denver, and my sister Susan and her late husband George would drive in from Fort Collins, and meet for brunch. Back then, brunch ended at 11:00, and it was always exciting to see if Susan and George would make it on time. They always did, but it was always close. I also remember dining there with Susan and my mother before we attended a Peter Kater concert one night at Chautauqua Auditorium (just to the left of the Dining Hall in the photo), which was a really wonderful experience. I would definitely attend another concert, but does Peter Kater even do concerts anymore? And did he ever move back to Boulder from LA? I see Squirrel Nut Zippers is on the Chautauqua Auditorium concert schedule this year, but not Peter Kater. He never writes or calls anymore. What a bummer.