Borrowing the words of Chico Esquela, this year, 2009, has been very, very good to me. I began the year, right at midnight, in Jackson Square in New...
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Yesterday was Easter and I took full advantage of the holiday to do all the things one should do on a holiday despite the uncooperative weather,...
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With the recently passed presidential elections, and discussions about how to save the struggling economy, a lot of talk has surfaced around...
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In light of the recent problems with peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, it seemed timely to remind readers about the Retail Food Inspections...
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Recently, a reader wrote asking for suggestions for a place where she and her husband could celebrate their anniversary. I immediately thought of the...
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Remember when Valentine’s Day was easy? All you did was make a big envelope or folder out of constructions paper, cover it with hearts and put...
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It was April 30, 1789, the first Presidential Inauguration. George Washington won the election unanimously garnering all 69 electoral votes in...
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Some Denver visitors familiar with the Unsinkable Molly Brown come to town with the notion that the Brown Palace Hotel was the baby of Margaret Tobin...
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Remember when you went to an Italian restaurant and the entrees included your choice of soup or salad, (at some places you got both), bread and maybe...
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Friends asked about my trip to New Orleans. One told me it was “sleazy” down there, but I soon discovered he had never visited. Another...
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