{"id":49536,"date":"2019-01-03T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49536"},"modified":"2019-01-04T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:11:27","slug":"49536-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49536","title":{"rendered":"Around Denver with Ruth and SeoAh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Year’s Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last sliver of the stent moon.<\/p>\n

A day out yesterday. Took Ruth and SeoAh over to Red Herring Arts only to discover that, in spite of their web page, they opened at 1 pm. Since they’re only open on Wednesdays during the week, that meant we’d have to give it a pass. Red Herring is on Colfax, a really long street that reminds me of Lake Street\/Marshall in the Twin Cities. The western part of it, where Red Herring is, was once the Orthodox Jewish center of Denver. My friend Alan Rubin grew up there.<\/p>\n

Now it’s filled with cheap motels: The Bunny Rabbit, The Swan, The Western, The Rocky Mountains, marijuana dispensaries, tattoo parlors, many Mexican restaurants. Casa Bonita, a Denver landmark known for its bad food and cliff divers, shares a wall with Red Herring. Casa Bonita advertised this Sunday in the Denver Post for cliff divers. I’ve not been, but someday.<\/p>\n

We drove all the way into downtown Denver on Colfax, some miles. I love the transitions of these long, older streets. At one point we passed a Russian\/Turkish bathhouse. Next to it was the Pleasure Palace.<\/p>\n

\"Misaki\"
Misaki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we neared Broadway we passed Civic Center Park. In a colonnade there Ai Weiwei, the dissident Chinese artist, has a set of bronze heads mounted on poles. They represent the Chinese zodiac.<\/p>\n

At Broadway we headed south to Meiningers, Denver’s largest art supply store. Ruth’s working on a portrait of SeoAh and Murdoch in black and white, so I bought her some oil paint. I picked up a few things, too. A palette I can clean, unlike the wooden one I’ve been using. A few brushes, some paint and a color mixing guide. “You have to have one,” Ruth said. An expensive visit.<\/p>\n

\"20190102_125509\"\"20190102_125513\"Next stop Stanley Marketplace. It’s one of many repurposed aviation buildings in Stapleton, a new urban development project on the site of the old Denver Stapleton Airport. SeoAh, Ruth, and I all love sushi and the Stanley has Misaki. We got ourselves a table and ordered. Two wooden serving platters later we were all full. I went next door to Maria’s Empanada’s and bought Kate, as requested, two mushroom empanadas. I also picked up a couple of italian sausage and beef empanadas, too. Dinner.<\/p>\n

While I sat in a large open air lounge, Ruth and SeoAh went shopping. Jon lives nearby so we returned Ruth to his house and came back home. I find these outings take a lot of energy these days. Specifically these days in a nearly 72 year old body.<\/p>\n

A good day. SeoAh had fun, got out of the house. Ruth picked up some supplies, so did I. And, we all had sushi. Better. We had a few hours to talk, cement bonds, build for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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