May 4, 2013

rocky mountain high

Escape to the Mile High City (+ environs).

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Hike to St. Mary's Glacier in the Arapaho National Forest.

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BYOB.

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Crazy clouds up in this piece.

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Slippery slope. (D'oh! Forgot our crampons.)

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Idaho Springs, ol' mining town, home of this. (CO loves brewing beer.)

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Best buds.

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A good song or lyric "must have three things: the visual, the sensual, and the emotional. Want to hear an example? 'Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy...'" -Ethan Buckler, King Kong

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Winston a.k.a. Winnie a.k.a Win Tin Tin.

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Chautauqua Trail in Boulder.

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Andrew freeclimbing up the Flat Irons, NBD.

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Cavin'.

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A li'l friend I met at the dog park.

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And then we went to a real head trip of a Denver landmark known as Casa Bonita—a "restaurant" where the food is truly mind-bogglingly terrible (but you can't enter without buying some), and the atmosphere is overwhelmingly amazing. Cliff divers, a 30-foot waterfall, arcade games, puppet shows, a pirate's cave, etc. (I get why Cartman is obsessed.) As this blogger aptly put it: "It's like Disney had sex with Tijuana and left the goofy-looking bastard to fend for itself in a random strip mall on Colfax." These pics of Casa B are kinda fuzzy, but so was my head after drinking a watery and way-too-sweet "Sangria Swirl." Taste the magic:

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The gross food comes out through a hole in the wall!

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Eric, the diver of the evening. Age 17 maybe? 18?

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I'm sure many a party princess has had her bday here.

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The game "Big Bertha" looks like it has been here since the '70s. (Free Bertha!!)

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I heckled Eric all evening, but we still took a pic together. He's cool like that.

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To the hot springs.

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Dillion Dam Brewery.

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Drag Queen bingo at Hamburger Mary's.

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See you later, Colorado. (Smell ya later, Casa Bonita.)