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08.29.08 · 12:09 PM

Spectacle

The day after the convention, Denver breathes a sigh of exaltation and relief. The highways are open again. Neighborhoods near INVESCO Field can get back to normal. The crowds have gone. Yesterday was a whole different story. Crowds all day long. Mile-long lines in the Mile High City, snaking around buildings, down long stretches of the street. And on the way out of INVESCO, not a line but a wedge-shaped mass of people, pushing into one another, poking one another ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 9:41 AM

Not quite a Grand experience in the Junction

It’s morning in America. Especially in Denver. Yesterday it was morning in Grand Junction, which seems forever and a mile ago, back on Interstate 70. Plans turned sideways on ToddKats as we left Green River and were hit with this wild thunderstorm. We’d planned on staying with some good friends of ours – which is to say these were people we had never met – who are the parents of Scott Dickensheets. Didn’t happen. Scott’s folks live 40 minutes on ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 9:42 AM

Energy is King

Grand Junction is the largest town on Colorado’s conservative Western Slope, and a welcome sight after trudging through the all-encompassing barren landscape of eastern Utah. Dennis Herzog, editor of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, has been in Grand Junction for 29 years. The guy feels like an editor’s editor—there’s even a poster from All the President’s Men in his office. Herzog thinks that folks out here are tired of the hyper-partisanship of politics—and he’s tired of cable news, which is ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 11:32 AM

The Bubble

Apparently if you run into Aspen residents outside of Aspen, they’re not likely to tell you where they live. “The Roaring Fork Valley” might be the best you get out of them—this modesty is, one imagines, the equivalent of Harvard alums vaguely telling people they went to school in Boston. Some places just carry too much expectation. Founded in the 19th century as a mining town, Aspen’s history as a ski resort began in the mid Forties. In the Fifties ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 11:48 AM

Radio Woes

A few days ago, as we were surfing the web on the interstates of Nevada and Utah, John and I were congratulating ourselves on the telecom miracle of the early 21st century. But several hundred miles of spotty service and a busted video camera have humbled us, and yesterday we played a frustrating round of hide and seek with radio reception through much of the Colorado high country. We left Aspen along Highway 82, a beautiful drive through the aspen ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 1:35 PM

Worming through Denver

Thousands of Democrats are streaming into INVESCO Field, but ToddKats is moving against the tide. At the moment we’re even less than commoners, no tickets or credentials for tonight’s speech. But I do have a line into one pass to the show, and that pass is at Willie G’s in downtown Denver. So we have parked at a surface lot near the stadium, worming our way into that lot by claiming - accurately - that we are with the media. ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 2:04 PM

‘Gimme an O, Gimme a B …’

As they say, “Mission Accomplished.” On the way back to the stadium from downtown, I just passed a group of Second City aspirants dressed in purple gowns as part of the Temple of Obama. The Pat Robertson of the group, wearing a Clemson Tigers ballcap, is yelling, “Gimme an O! Gimme a B! …” I know where this is going. Walk on. Read more...

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08.28.08 · 4:40 PM

Long, long lines

It’s hard to tell how long the line is when you’re in it. We expect this one is maybe four miles long. Long enough that people are looking at street maps of Denver to figure out just where INVESCO Field is located. A few minutes ago dozens of people were nearly caught on the RTC tracks as the city’s public transportation train rumbled through. Long enough that a member of the Obama campaign is playing “Long and Winding Road” on ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 4:55 PM

Finally, we’re in

Security at INVESCO is about as stringent as the TSA setup at McCarran International Airport. Shoes on, though. And we’re in, and our time on line was about two hours. A couple of noteworthy comments: — From a kid selling Obama Change buttons, “I’ve had it with the past eight years! That’s half my life!” — And from a cop monitoring the line, “Stay in line! No strife! This is a peaceful line!” I talked to one of the many ... Read more...

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08.28.08 · 4:57 PM

A Bernie Yuman sighting

John Legend is onstage, singing the song, “Yes We Can,” but the real news was down at the elevator a few minutes ago: a Bernie Yuman sighting. I deduce that Yuman, the longtime manager of Siegfried & Roy, is here with his client Muhammad Ali, who is reportedly on hand, somewhere, at the moment. I caught Bernie, dressed in is usual jet-black suit, as I was departing and he was boarding an elevator here at INVESCO. It went like this: ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 20, 2008
by Xania Woodman

The Capital Grille $1,000 Luxury Martini

What could be better than a martini and caviar? Nothing! Especially when the caviar in question is a limited-edition White Topaz and Diamond Caviar rope bracelet, served up with a ...
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