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DarkSteven -> RE: Hi from Ottawa (7/10/2011 6:17:25 PM)
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So ya wanna know about Colorado? Here's my standard spiel:
There are several local kink groups. Scarlet Moons is a spanking party on the third Friday of each month in Aurora. Colorado Whips is a potluck social/whipping party the third Sunday of each month. Skales is a mini-seminar series every Wednesday night. The Sanctuary is the BDSM club. And there are munches in Denver and Longmont.
More info on nonkink Colorado...
Here's a summary of Colorado that I had lying around. 1. We have low humidity. Translation - few bugs, the weather doesn't go straight to your bones, less vegetation. Also, fewer clouds - I love clear days. 2. The economy is different. Despite the guy in 'New York, New York' singing that if he can make it in NY, he can make it anywhere, it's harder to get a job and keep one here than on the East Coast. 3. We have some very nice mountains. The mountains result in some strange weather since there are three separate fronts that try to get through, and we occasionally get surprise weather. We have gotten blizzards one day and 80 degree weather the next. It is rare that snow sticks around more than a week or two. We have fresh white snow out here, not that dirty sullen snow you would get in Chicago. 4. We have diversity. Not so much ethnic diversity (we're much less ethnic than the East Coast) as much as diversity of towns/cities. Denver is of course the big city. Colorado Springs is the conservative, born-again Christian city I managed to get away from. Boulder is the hippie place, a bit of Southern California. North of Longmont you find a solid Midwestern farming ethic. The mountain towns each have their own flavor - Gold Camp is a pretty Disney idea of a mining town, with gleaming houses, while Ward looks like Alaska with cinder-blocked vehicles oozing oil onto front yards. Vail and Aspen are for the uber-glitterati, while Nederland is a funky little town (Dan Fogelberg used to live there and Google 'Frozen Dead Guy Days' if you want to know more). Golden is a solid working class town famous for Coors. Lots of restaurant chain activity here. VIcorp (Village Inn's parent company) is HQed in Denver, as is Boston Market (all right,they're in Golden). I believe that Red Robin's HQ is in Denver as well, and Rock Bottom brewery is in the Boulder area. Chipotle is HQed in the Denver area. Economically, tourism is big throughout the state. The Boulder area is hooked into high tech and consequently has been hurting for years. The Springs area is driven by defense and Christian groups. Denver is somewhat diversified, with lots of government jobs, mining companies, finance stuff, etc. Northern Colorado is dominated by Hewlett Packard. Places to go: The Dushanbe Teahouse in Boulder is a must-see. Islamic decor, fantastic Eastern food very reasonable, and the ambiance of an Eastern European teahouse. Coors, Leanin' Tree, and Celestial Seasonings offer tours. The Pearl Street Mall in Boulder is the best place to people-watch in the state. Pikes Peak in Manitou Springs is unbelievable. McGuckin's hardware store in Boulder is actually a fun store to shop in, believe it or not.
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