Kuganiza za kuthawa kwachisangalalo kapena kukonda chikondi ku Denver, Colorado? Mzinda wa Mile-High umapereka maanja ambiri kuti achite ndi kuwona. Kaya Denver ndi malo anu opambana kapena mukukonzekera kupita ku Rockies kapena kupitirira, izi ndizo zochitika ndi zokopa zomwe okondedwa amakukondani.
Momwe Ralph Lauren asanayankhire mawonekedwe a azimayi, Rockmount anali kupanga makina achizungu a Western. Ndipotu, kapangidwe kake kajambula ka kampaniyo ndikusonkhanitsa kosatha Smithsonian Institution. Ku sitolo ku dera la LoDo ku Denver, maukwati okwatirana ndi achikondi ena amatha kutenga miyendo yake yomwe imachokera ku classic mpaka yopangidwa ndi apulosi ndi mazenera. Rockmount amagulitsanso zipewa, mabatani, mabotolo, ndi ziphuphu. Pa Larimer Square, Cry Baby Ranch (limakonda dzina!) Limakondweretsa amishonala, ndi kusankha kosasinthika kwa mabotolo ozizira, zodzikongoletsera, zovala, ndi zokongoletsera kunyumba. Kuti mugule kumene anthu ammudzi amachita, pitani ku tony Cherry Creek Shopping Center, ndipo mubweretse ndalama zambiri.
Onani Denver ngati oyambirira ake obwera kuchokera kummawa, mu galimoto yokwera pa akavalo. Wokondedwa ndi mabanja okwatirana ndi zibwenzi zina, ndi njira yabwino yochepetsera ndi kutengera malo oonekera. Makampani osiyanasiyana amagwira ntchito, kusunga mitengo ya kukwera mpikisano. Mahatchi ndi madalaivala amapita nthawi zonse - ngakhale kuti timaganiza kuti tinkakhala pansi pa bulangete m'nyengo yozizira pa Parade ya Kuwala kwa chaka ndi chaka iyenera kukhala ulendo wokonda kwambiri wa onse.
Chifukwa cha anthu ochepa kwambiri mumzinda waukulu, Denver amathandiza malo odyera ochititsa chidwi. Ngati mukufuna chikondi, muzisankha ku 1515, Rioja, kapena malo ena odyera a Kevin Taylor, onse oyenerera okwatirana okondana ndi ena omwe akufuna kuzinong'oneza zokoma pa mphoto. Kwa okonda chakudya cha ku Italy, Panzano ku Hotel Monaco ndi wokondedwa wanu. Ngati muli ndi njala ku Mexican - ndipo sindikulankhula zagalu Tex-Mex - sungani tebulo ku Zengo ya Chef Richard Sandoval. Amuna omwe safuna chinthu chilichonse chokongola koma amadziwa kuti kusintha kusintha kumawathira mano mumatumba odyetsa a Ted's Montana Grill.
Kodi mukudziwa kuti Denver ali ndi magulu asanu ndi awiri a masewera? Kaya ndiwe masewera a mpira, mpira wa basketball, mpira wa mpira, mpira wa masewera, lacrosse, hockey, kapena rugby, pali gulu lomwe mungapange ku tauni. Ochita masewera otchuka kwambiri ndi mamembala a Denver Broncos, omwe amasewera ku Invesco Field ku Mile High Stadium. Wophunzira komanso John Elway wam'mbuyomu ali ndi malo awiri odyera mumzinda; Otsatira masewera a masewerawa amakonda wina ku The Ritz-Carlton, Denver.
Art Walk ya Denver, yomwe idachitidwa pa Lachisanu loyamba la mweziwu, ikuwonetsa apaulendo kuti apange matalente angapo m'chigawo cha art art cha Santa Fe ndipo mukhoza kukumana ndi ojambula. Kwa mabanja okwatirana, ndi njira yabwino yosonkhanitsira chikumbutso choyenera chomwe chimakhala gawo la nyumba yawo yatsopano. Ena mwa ntchitoyi ndi amatsenga, koma malo omwe amawotcha vinyo komanso ma coko amachititsa kuti ziwalozi zikhale zosavuta kuzimeza. Malo amodzi amodzi omwe muyenera kuwamvetsera ndi nyumba ya Art Art Photo ya Denver. Malo okongola ndi John Fielder ndi zithunzi za nyama zakutchire ndi Jackie Crivello zimasonyeza zodabwitsa zachilengedwe za Colorado.
Pakugwa, Chaka Chachikulu cha Great American Beer Fest chimakopa okonda achilendo ku Denver; pa chochitika chaposachedwa kuposa mabere 2,400 osiyana analipo kuti alawe. Inde, mukhoza kusangalala ndi madera onse nthawi iliyonse yomwe mumapita. Denver si nyumba yokha ku kampani yayikulu ya Coors Brewing; Mzindawu umakhala ndi ma microbreweries ambiri ndi mababu omwe anthu omwe ali ndi ludzu omwe ali ndi ludzu komanso ena amakhala ndi ludzu.
Kwa mabanja ambiri pa nthawi yachisangalalo, Denver ndi malo otseka asananyamuke ku Rockies. Pali chifukwa chomveka chochitira zimenezi, makamaka ngati mukuchokera pamalo otsika: Pafupi mamita 5,280 pamwamba pa nyanja, Denver ali ndi mpweya wochepa wa 25% m'mlengalenga kuposa mizinda ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja. N'zosatheka kuti muvutike ndi matenda aakulu, koma mumatopa kwambiri kuposa nthawi zonse. Choncho, sungani apa kuti muyambe kutsogolo, kenako mubwerere ku Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, kapena malo ena onse otchuka a mapiri a Colorado omwe amapita kumalo otentha komanso m'nyengo yozizira.