Word from the West

Still no sponsorship deal from Bustang, despite my evangelism of their delightful express route from Fort Collins to Denver and back. Man I love that bus. Union Station is dressed for Christmas! I had a few errands to run in Denver this time around. Luckily, one was meeting a new friend at the Denver Art […]

When last visiting Denver, Dan and I strayed from our usual path to explore the River North (RiNo) Art District. I had known it was a trendy neighborhood with cute shops and a funky market, but I was unprepared for the overwhelmingly beautiful murals on practically every wall. (Read about RiNo’s CRUSH initiative here.) The shots […]

To mark 4 weeks in Colorado, Dan and I drove to Denver for a docent talk on an Ai Weiwei installation. These bronze animal heads are reinterpretations of zodiac heads that used to form a Chinese “fountain clock” — apparently each animal would spout for one hour, then they would all spout on the hour, […]

I am in the midst (honestly, the early-st) of building my freelance career, which leaves me with (terrifyingly) open days. On Thursday I decided to take an inaugural ride on the Bustang, which travels from Fort Collins/Loveland to Denver. Let me first say that I loved Bustang. I walked to the Fort Collins transit station, […]