I Don't Believe It! Churchill Is "In" Again

I took a walk through the Lower Highlands - Denver's hippest neighborhood - Saturday afternoon, and was amazed to see that there is a new restaurant called Churchill's Public House.  It is filled with Churchill memorabilia, photographs, and quotes on the walls.  Churchill is the hero of my friend and former DU Bookstore co-worker Wally.  I imagine he will be thrilled to know that he can dine there and actually eat off Churchill plates.  To me it would be kind of off-putting to see Churchill grimacing up at you throughout dinner, but that's just me, I guess.

In Search Of A True Crazy

Whenever I pass a B-Cycle station like the one in the photograph above, I think back to the last gubernatorial race here in Colorado, when the Republican candidate said that the bike-sharing program was part of a United Nations plot.  That was 4 years  ago, and the Republicans will need to choose another candidate this June to run against Governor John Hickenlooper.  The question is, can they find someone equally as crazy?  Since former congressman Tom Tancredo is on the primary ballot, I answer that question with a resounding yes!

The More Things Change...

Cheyanne - daughter of my friend Valarie and a "Teacher of Teachers" with the Peace Corp in Mozambique - is keeping very busy and doing a lot of good work in that country, which is probably why she hasn't updated her Blog (www.timeinmozambique.blogspot.com) since February.  However, she has been posting lots of photographs on her Facebook page, such as the one above (Cheyanne is kneeling in the sand in the front row on the right).  She is not captioning the photographs, but I am going to take a wild guess and say she is probably still spending her weekends at the beach.  Just a guess, of course.

Up Close And Personal With The Sawaya Law Firm (Offices)

I was walking downtown to the Union Station Light Rail stop after work yesterday and happened to pass the offices of The Sawaya Law Firm.  I know of them because Mike Sawaya is on the television about every five minutes these days here in Denver advertising his firm.  Now let me make it very clear: I have no intention of making any snide comments about personal injury lawyers for two very good reasons.  First, they would probably sue my pants off, and second, I think Sawaya is the most reputable of these type of attorneys.  Sawaya says in his ads that one of the main duties of their firm is to make sure the victim receives proper medical care and to make sure he or she recovers from their injuries.  This is in stark contrast to a rival attorney whose ad features a woman who only wants to know "what is my case worth?"   But back to my main point - Sawaya's offices are located in the Bailey Mansion at 16th and Ogden Streets here in Denver, a beautiful and historic old Queen Anne style mansion built in 1889.  Plus, it is also haunted, which to me is always a positive thing.  People who work there have reported hearing footsteps walking up behind them, and house painters who have labored there claim that the ghost or ghosts would remove the paint can lids each night.  Probably just the ghosts of injury lawyers past.

The Daily Commute

I am settling into life as an urban commuter these days, catching the 7:38 A.M. University Boulevard bus to work every day.  The bus ride is routine and uneventful, and takes all of 20 minutes.  This is in contrast to the Colfax Avenue bus, which Linda - the wife of my friend Wally - refers to as the "rolling asylum."  Although the ride to downtown Denver on the Colfax bus takes only a few minutes from my place of employment, the experience often lasts a lifetime.  I call that getting your money's worth.  And the reason I don't ride the Colfax bus more often is because I need to walk downtown to get my daily exercise.  If it wasn't for that, I would be soaking up all that drama on a daily basis.  Perhaps they should do a reality television series about it called "Survivor - Colfax."

Party On, Party Deck People!

I went to Coors Field the past two evenings to see the Chicago White Sox play the Colorado Rockies, and spent a significant amount of time (for research purposes only, of course) exploring the new party deck in the upper right field stands.  I must say they did a pretty good job of designing it, and the place was packed. The beauty of it is that you can spend the entire night up there, and never even have to look at the baseball game being played on the field down below, which was a very good thing last night, considering that the Rockies lost 15 to 3.  I say Party On and wait until next year, Rockies fans!

If I'm Lion I'm Dyin'

I went to the Denver Zoo Sunday afternoon (yes, yet again) and came away feeling that the lions are the animals that will consistently look you in the eye each time you visit.  It is my belief that this is because they are supremely confident - they know they can eat you alive, want to eat you alive, and would do so if they got half a chance.  By sheer coincidence, that is also the mission statement for many, if not most, of the Fortune 500.