Is Denver boring? (Arvada, Westminster, Boulder: homes, school, tile)

[Scott5280]

The ROO BAR was an institution in the eighties before I could legally drink,,used to sneak in---Pogos in Boulder was like it's sister club...young wanna-be goths& punks,a
and let's not forget Rock Island.....

[wanttomoveeast]

hahaha, back in the day!!!!!! Roo Bar, yep. OK, not only Rock Island but Fish Dance, then Aqua Club, then several others (back door???). Wreck Room, 1082, 20th Parrish (?), F-Stop, that one in Glendale, what the heck was it's name. It had 20th Parrish and then something else upstairs.

[Scott5280]

I remember 23 Parrish and the Garage on I think Market around 1986-1990,
not sure of the Glendale place your talking about...I remember stumbling out of Fish Dance on 17th more than a few times...I was a door guy and bartender at Taylor's on
the Hill in Boulder than...Good ole CU-Days....

[wanttomoveeast]

The Glendale place I'm talking about had the same owners as Rock Island and 1082, then later the Church. If you paid a fee at one of them, you could get into all of them for free. I'll come back with the name.

oh and what about Club America was it, in the Tivoli? And Thirsty's!!!

[Scott5280]

Thirsty's "wow, that brings back memories; last of the 3.2 clubs...

[wanttomoveeast]

YES!!!!!!!!! the Deadbeat Club (Colo. Blvd. and Evans).

[mountaingirl2008]

We have spent little time in Denver, but the impression we got was that you cannot compare it to other big cities. We have traveled a lot and can agree with some of your observations.

We live in Boulder County near to Boulder and love living here. Some thing we love in Boulder:

-Good bike paths connecting the city, you can bike to grocery stores restaurants.
-Boulder creek (During summer time this place gets really crowded with people tubing, its a lot of fun)
-Pearl street mall (good place to people watch, good restaurants, street performers)
-Boulder Farmers Market (fresh produce, awesome tamales)
-Dushanbee tea house (great tea collection, especially the Indian spiced chai)
-chautauqua park
-Since CU is here, there are some good cultural events and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival is very good. We will be seeing the Childs Christmas in Wales this Thanksgiving.
-Try out brunch at Lucile's (wait can be long, but food is good and you can sit at the community table with others)
-Good city bus system
-29th street mall
-Boulder creek festivals

Its not a big city but unique..check it out if you get a chance.

[wanttomoveeast]

Great thoughts on Boulder! And totally relevant IMHO because Boulder is the one thing that can keep Denver interesting. It's very closeby which is nice. And even I haven't tried the 29th Mall, but I thought it was just like any other mall so haven't been. And still... it's a mall!

[mountaingirl2008]

"Great thoughts on Boulder! And totally relevant IMHO because Boulder is the one thing that can keep Denver interesting. It's very closeby which is nice. And even I haven't tried the 29th Mall, but I thought it was just like any other mall so haven't been. And still... it's a mall!"

Thanks You are right about 29th street mall..Its just another mall, so I wouldn't drive out here for it, but since we live near here (or if you are already in Boulder) its a good place to hang out..Nice view of the Flatirons..We like the Borders here because of the view...the mall has its own events, couple of good places to eat, and a movie theatre.

[wanttomoveeast]

Actually, I'm about 20-30 min. away. Sometimes we go to Boulder just for a change of scenery. In fact, we just might do so this weekend!