the DENVER thread

Answers to above.

1. Well, I did. And so did another coupla people I know.
2. Don't care.
3. Yeah, the best! For making fun of.
4. Grodey.

Any relation to the other White Spot?

I presumed that Homosexual II was passed out in the Dude Dumpster, and that's what they GGS were all were looking at.

My favourite thing in D-Town is Roxy at the Denver Diner.

jerry, roxy is at the breakfast king!! she still works there - i havent been there in a DOG'S AGE - i used to live two blocks away from there

Memory fades.

What is the name of that other veggie diner? The one with the breakfast burrito? Next to the vintage clothes shop?

I miss Mexican food. Although not as much as I missed Indian food when I was in the US.

the watercourse is the one you're thinking of

next time I go to casa bonita I will somehow capture that delicious CASA BONITA smell, into a BOTTLE or something, so you can be reminded of its deliciousness.

I think the feel of the cave walls is something much more marketable than the smell mandee, try and put THAT in a bottle!

I just want to keep the whole restaurant in my pocket (casa). Although maybe not the food, cause it'd get all mushy and gross.

I miss Roxy too!!! What a DOLL.

Casa's food is nasty to begin with.

All right, important question: Who makes the best burrito in Denver? I like the place on 7th and Santa Fe (I think it's 7th and Santa Fe, right?).

I haven't been to the place on 7th and Santa Fe! Should I search this place out?

We had a Casa Bonita here once. They had a toy tightrope-cyclist that would go back and forth above us, a nifty little game room, flags that you could raise whenever you wanted more punch, and the best honey-filled soapillas [sp].

Assuming from the cave talk that Denver's C.B. is much the same.

TBH I havent had an astounding burrito in denver -- the best burrito i've had was probably in my old hometown of GREELEY, totally fatty lard-fried everything.. mmmmm

Burritos all seem the same...but GREEN CHILI!!
Santiago's by far is the best....they have like 7 locations around town, super good, really spicy and cheap!! I'm having a chicken and rice burrito with HOT GREEH CHILI today for lunch, I can't wait.

7th and Santa Fe is El Noa Noa, right? Its pretty darn good.

Jack and Grill's green chili is excellent, as are their calabasitas, overall though its just OK. I think they were better before they expanded.

I will have to try these places! So many places I need to go. The yacht club being one of them.

you know where i want to go tonight, in denver?

You're supposed to be in Lincoln this weekend and not Denver, bitches!

Actually, there are two on the corner of Santa Fe and 7th; the one that I've been to looks like a diner, basically.

But nothing I've had is as good as the burritos at Pancho Villa's, in San Francisco (16th and Valencia).

I love the food at New Saigon on South Federal.

For a short while, Da Lat on S. Federal ruled, but I think that their chef or ownership changed. OUr last trip was not so good. If it's even there, still.

When you say "yacht club," do you mean the Valverde Yacht Club? I used to see that joint all the time on the bike commute as it is right next to the bike path. Has anyone here been there?

OMG SOPAPILLAS

i'm trying to remember all the mile high colorado songs we used to sing in elementary school, but can't because my head is occupied with tom waits.

i wish they hadn't changed the license plate from this:

http://www.roundamerica.com/images/June/2003-06-05/trip-2003-06-05-CO-Unknown-Colorado-license-plate-200.jpg

I could really use a SOPAPILLA right now! SEVERAL! I never sang mile high colorado songs in elementary school, just songs about strawberries and chesnuts.

i found a bit of the elementary school song i remembered thanks to google:

If I had a wagon I would go to Colorado

Go to Colorado (if i had a wagon i would)

If I had a wagon I would go to the state

Where a man can walk a mile high

"If I had a Chevy I would drive to Colorado

Drive to Colorado (if i had a chevy i would)

If I had a Chevy I would drive to the state

Where a man can walk a mile high."

um, it's a kinda boring song, but it stuck in my memory from whatever reason.

i probably haven't had a sopapilla since i moved away when i was 8...

well, I like the part about WAGONS. Like you can ONLY get to colorado by WAGON!! I really wish this was true!!!

there aren't many chevy's in denver, mostly subaru outbacks.

Mine included.

does yours have a thule ski rack?

I thought Denver was a Yakima town.

I keep picturing Rotgutt's car but I can't remember how it's racked. Furthermore, he's probly got a new car by now.

http://www.bobdenver.com/Maynard_s_CoffeeHouse/Welcome_to_Maynard_s/Really_Bad_Poetry/Maynard_G__Krebs/Maynard30.jpg
dead.

http://www.paradisedirect.com/ppac/images/John%20Denver%202_2.jpg
also dead.

ALIVE!!!
http://espycollection.shazamm.net/images/photo_john_elway.jpg
but still retired

Huh. Elway's starting to develop a Peter Fonda thing there.

P.S. My grandma used to say tennies. But now she is DEAD.

WHY WASN'T THIS MOVIE MADE?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Mandalion/ASAP.jpg

these people, IN DENVER, are still alive, unfortunately

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Mandalion/forjona4.jpg

Haha I thought for half a second those were MY SHADES and you were just taunting me! But, obviously, they are not. Cool shirt, Mand.

There's a baby seat but no rack, I just put the bike in the back, which is cleaner (for the bike at least).

MY HAIR LOOKS BLONDE THERE. AND ALSO, IT LOOKS SO COOL WHEN PEOPLE GIVE A PEACE SIGN.

Whose fingers are those? Mand or Kell?

sadly.....mine.

mandee! you aren't allowed to complain about your hands anymore. they're adorable. also, go to your room. THIS IS YOUR MOTHER SPEAKING.

I agree with your mom. In addition to adorable appendages, you also have DOPE eyes. No joke.

Speaking of appendages....you should see kelly's feet!! SO TINY! Last night they got lost in my giant, rocky mountain, man hands!

I really miss Lakeside a lot now (but not Six Flags Elitch Gardens. worst. park. ever.). =/

Coors Field is also a pretty excellent ballpark, between the comfy seats, the great selection of food, and the fact that home runs are hit at a prodigious rate.

nik, quit telling me I have dope eyes - it makes kelly jealous

haha rocky mountain man hands

Lakeside is THE BEST - me, chenille reynolds, mergaypeters and gunther heartymeal all went there last weekend - we stood in line for AGES to go on 'flight to mars" which was probably the saddest amusement park ride i've ever been on

>Lakeside is THE BEST - me, chenille reynolds, mergaypeters and gunther heartymeal all went there last weekend - we stood in line for AGES to go on 'flight to mars" which was probably the saddest amusement park ride i've ever been on<

Lakeside is sad during the day, because you can see the wear and tear that the park has been through. There's the closed Staride (which Rhoda, the owner, doesn't want to part with for whatever reason, and thus keeps in its place), the peeling paint on the Cyclone, the faded Roundup (most exciting ride in the world!), etc. Then, you go at night, and all the neon and 30s architecture works its magic. Plus the rides there are actually good (Cyclone is fun, the Wild Chipmunk is a classic wild mouse, the whip and flyers are in good shape, it has one of the best park trains in existence etc).

Elitch's is just a total dump. Its flat, architecturally uninspired, filled with generic rides that can be found everywhere else in the world; not a single ride in the entirety of the park is an original or custom model. And they're not run particularly well either. Twister II, the redo of the original that sat at the original Elitch's, is utter garbage; a perennial cellar pick on every coaster poll ever done. Its especially sad considering that the original was considered to be one of the best rides on the planet. The food costs $10 for a hotdog, fries, and a coke. The whole place is surrounded by parking lot, railyard, and a river. There's only one admission price for adults, so if you go, you better want to go on rides (Lakeside? Its a $1 to get in, then tickets or wristband should you want to go on stuff). Its everything Lakeside isn't, and the world needs a lot less Elitch's and a lot more Lakesides.

yeah, I can't ever see myself going to Elitch's - maybe if it was the old dumpy Elitch's I'd consider it

I've heard nothing but good things about the old Elitch's. It actually had gardens (the new Six Flagsized version has a flower clock, and that's about it), had unique rides, had personality, all that. Then the owners at the time decided to move the park. Initally, they wanted to move to a larger location. Then the city offered them a prime spot downtown with tons of tax breaks to help in revitalization. Only catch: it was actually SMALLER than their old location. The family decided then to get out of the game and move the park anyways, sell it after construction and opening, and then cut with the money. They did just that. Premier Parks (now Six Flags) entered the picture, bought the park with money they didn't have, upgraded it with more money they didn't have, and that's where we stand today.

At least the mexican community around Lakeside populates the park enough to keep the business up. Rhoda also owns a lot of real estate, and the park is her hobby. The fear though is exactly what will take place once she dies (as the land the park is on is prime for condos, and lacks expansion space for a major chain to be interested).