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The Denver Traveler

Archive for the ‘Sound Like a Local - Local "speak"’ Category

July 30th, 2008

Shelby’s Bar and Grill: A Place for Locals!

Want a place that makes you feel at home? Need a spot where they’d scream your name in greeting if they knew it? Tired of going out late to find no grill open?
Shelby’s is the place for you! Shelby’s Bar and Grill- where the locals have been gathering since 1906. Located at 18th and Glenarm, […]

By Alicia -- 0 comments

July 8th, 2008

Tuesday’s Traveler’s Tip: Street Name Pronunciations

In yesterday’s Must See, Alicia shared her great photo of the 16th Street Mall street sign and it got me thinking. Denver and the surrounding Metro area, heck even all of Colorado, is home to many similarly named streets as the rest of the nation. However, as some of the streets may look the same […]

By Shawn Marie -- 3 comments

June 27th, 2008

Detour at Denver: Estes Park

Denver is a fantastic town, however- it is also a starting point for many other travel adventures throughout Colorful Colorado. Therefore, we at The Denver Traveler, are launching a new feature entitled: “Detour at Denver” where we will highlight some of the finest destinations a short way away from Denver. For our first installment we […]

By Shawn Marie -- 5 comments

April 30th, 2008

History Stat!

Have you got 90 seconds?
Have you been hankering to learn more about the history of Denver?
No problem!
‘Denver History Minutes’ premiered to the public as part of Doors Open Denver earlier this month. The initial set of 90 second programs include; “There Goes the Neighborhood” – the first commercial building on East Colfax; […]

By Shawn Marie -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2008

The Beautiful House

On my first trip to Denver, Shawn Marie said that we absolutely had to go to this restaurant. She mentioned it to her Dad, who laughed a little and said that oh yes, I had to experience it before we went back to Las Vegas. A friend of Shawn Marie’s said she would take […]

By Alicia -- 0 comments

January 23rd, 2008

The Great Outdoors

Upon my arrival in Colorado, one of the first things I noticed about my new home state was how outdoorsy it was. Everyone was biking everywhere, there were a ton of people walking down the street, and there was no shortage of outdoors shops everywhere I looked.
One afternoon we were driving down Broadway and I […]

By Alicia -- 1 comment

December 19th, 2007

Denver International Airport - Getting Into (or Out of) Denver

Denver International Airport, DIA- or Madonna’s Bra Rack, as I like to call it, is the 6th busiest in Airport in the nation and the 10th busiest in the world. DIA takes some getting to and maneuvering around once there. Much more complicated then Stapleton, Denver’s old airport- but then travel in general is a […]

By Shawn Marie -- 2 comments

December 18th, 2007

The Colorado and Moscow Ballets - Dueling Nutcrackers

The Colorado Ballet has been shaking it up this season with daring ballets and a kicky hip campaign. However, tradition is tradition and The Nutcracker lives on. In the Colorado Ballet’s own words, “We think sugar, spice, and adrenaline are nice. Give your holidays a little shot in the sugarplum.” There are still many performances […]

By Shawn Marie -- 0 comments

December 17th, 2007

The Monday Mix N Mash!

On Saturday the 53rd Denver Bird Count took place- that’s right we counted up our birds for The National Audubon Society.
Disney’s Princess’ left town Sunday after their two week stint at The Denver Coliseum, hopefully many wishes were granted while they were here.
Office parties were in full swing over the weekend- therefore DUI enforcements were- […]

By Shawn Marie -- 0 comments

December 10th, 2007

Monday Mix n Mash!

The Denver Traveler introduces the Monday Mix n’ Mash where we give
you updates from the weekend and a glimpse into life in Denver.
Candy Canes on Ice- A perfect freezing temperature helped bid farewell to The Candy Cane Festival for one more year..
Broncos played Kansas City and defeated them 41 to 7.
Snow came to town and […]

By Shawn Marie -- 1 comment