the DENVER thread

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).

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Lakeside Rules!
I don't think I've ever even been to the new Elitch's, but I do miss that rainbow ride.

Hmm well if Rhoda wants to leave the park to ME when she dies, I will do my best to preserve the state of the place

I just took a sweaty nap in my car, ugh, i feel awful now

I know the burrito talk is over, and it's not even really Mexican food, but I love me some Illegal Pete's. Go Colorado.

mmm i love me some illegal pete's, too. now im hungry!

this might be weird, but i prefer the illegal pete's in denver over the one in boulder. gotta love those potato burritos!!!

I've never actually been to the one in Denver (there are 2 in Boulder). How is it better?

I have never been to lakeside, I do remember the last time I went to Elitches, though. It was with Melinda and Scott Beiser, and it was nighttime and raining and for some reason that made the whole experience creepy in a fun way.

FYI only Mand and Kell know who Melinda and Scott are (and will subsequently be the only ones who find this story of interest, I do declare).

Elitch's is great - I've had me plenty of good times there, especially on that ride they strap you together with a couple other people and drop you on the biggest swing/bungee cord thing ever - but only if you're not paying for any of it. Then it's just depressing.

les, I DID find that story interesting because I forgot that SCOTT BEISER EXISTED.

And, I LOVE LAKESIDE. It is the best place to take pictures.

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who is scott beiser again?

im so glad the denver thread stayed alive - we owe it all to adam.

Is Lakeside the park that looks like it's been closed for forty years?

Does that mean you BROKE IN?

how can you mean it looks closed? it's all lit up 'n' shit!

ally c we paid admission of two dollars APIECE

That is as dopey as Kelly's eyes.