CO Travel Guide
7/02/2008 at 1:00 PM
Tags: Ski-Resorts-in-Summer, Beer, Beer Travel, Music Festivals, Festivals, Summer Travel (all tags)
Although this 3-day weekend of live music and great microbrews from the southwest and beyond is not technically at the resort, the town of Telluride, Colorado wouldn't be much more than a tumbleweed museum and billy goat hang out without the mountain destination.
You can expect lots of great blues and roots bands at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival starting September 12, including Canned Heat, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, G. Love and Special Sauce and Gov't Mule. The list of brewers is 56 strong and will include heavy hitters and little-knowns alike from as far way as Georgia. Big names to look for include Sierra Nevada, Moab Brewery and Santa Fe Brewing Company.
There are lots of hotel options available in town and there is camping available for $40. Entrance to the festival can be purchased day-to-day or you can go for the full monty for $155. Birkenstocks, patchouli and dreadlocks will not get you any discounts either, hippies!
Related Stories:
· Telluride Blues and Brews Festival [Official Site]
· Ski Resorts in Summer coverage [Jaunted]
· Summer Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo of The Black Crowes at Blues '07: Barry Brecheisen]
by DanielR
6/27/2008 at 3:30 PM
Tags: Missed Connections, Bars, Coffee, Coffee Shops (all tags)
We were tickled by this week's story of kids being accidentally exposed to strippers on a Colorado golf course. But with all due respect to the fundraising caddies at this event, maybe a charity tournament like this one isn't the best place to meet someone, caddy or player.
Instead, why not head to one of these hot spots in nearby Boulder? We've even given each locale a possibility-of-seeing-kids rating so you can avoid any gaffes!
Walnut Brewery :: Taste a uniquely named microbrew like "Devil's Thumb Stout" or brandish your cigarette case at the bar. Kids? Only if you're in the restaurant section. 1123 Walnut St.
Catacombs Bar :: Stake out a pool table at one of the first bars in the city to serve liquor. You might meet someone tattooed and long-haired. Kids? Doubtful, though it sounds like a fun dark place to explore. 2115 13th St.
The Laughing Goat :: Bring your laptop and your scruff or enjoy a live show at this Starbucks-free cafe. Kids? Probably, as the place has its own MySpace page. 1709 Pearl St.
Related Stories:
· Missed Connections coverage [Jaunted]
· Boulder Hotels [HC]
[Photo: helloloveexperiment]
by egw
6/26/2008 at 12:35 PM
Tags: Golf Travel, Summer Travel, Strippers, Golf (all tags)
Golf is often called a lifelong sport, the kind of athletic activity players can enjoy from 4 to 94. We prefer mini-golf ourselves, but we're sure the kids competing in a junior golf tourney on Monday at the Eagle Trace Golf Club were some sharp shooters. But the 7- to 12-year-olds were a little puzzled when ladies wearing definitely-not-course-friendly attire piled out of limousines and onto their greens.
The women were caddying for a charity tournament held by Denver strip club Shotgun Willie's, which is why they weren't wearing polo shirts and matching madras shorts. Unfortunately, they had started drinking at 8 am and, as one caddy admitted, weren't aware enough of their audience to keep things G-rated.
Course manager Evelyn Koch gave perhaps the best guarantee in history:
I cannot tell you the girls didn't flash out there but it wasn't a free-for-all.
Makes televised golf seem all the more boring, doesn't it?
Related Stories
· Eagle Trace Golf Club [Official Site]
· Youth Golfers Get Blindsided By Boob-Infested Golf Outing [Deadspin]
· Golf coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo of Eagle Trace sans strippers: petercipollone]
by egw
6/24/2008 at 3:15 PM
Tags: Christina Szele, Drugs, Drug Travels (all tags)
Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation is a Colorado-based group that says marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. And what better time to get that message out there than after a boozed-up passenger got thrown off her JetBlue flight at DIA.
Says SAFER Excutive Director Mason Tvert:
Adults should be allowed another option for relaxing and dealing with their anxiety when they fly. It is irrational and potentially dangerous policy to continue allowing passengers to get drunk before and during flights while prohibiting them from simply making the safer choice to use marijuana prior to boarding.
We can think of at least one travel guru would probably get behind this effort: Rick Steves. And come to think of it, SFO already has one pre-boarding pot lounge. Book those flights now, Snoop!
Related Stories:
· SAFER [Official Site]
· Group Calls for Airport Marijuana Lounges [KUSA]
· Nicotine Fiend Flips out on JetBlue [Jaunted]
[Photo of Snoop's 2006 arrest at BUR: US Weekly]
by pbb
6/11/2008 at 12:17 PM
Tags: Ski-Resorts-in-Summer, Food Travel, Wine Travel (all tags)
The Food & Wine Classic, takes place this weekend in the swellest mountain town in the USA, Aspen, Colorado. It's the Art Basel of American cuisine, a place where you can sample some of the country's finest wines, attend a "Future of Flavor" seasoning seminar by high cuisine juggernaut McCormick and steal away to the US Open viewing lounge to gripe to other dudes about how all you want to do is play some golf and get away from your wife and her drunk friends.
Beginning this Friday afternoon, there are some really quality events such as the Sam Adams beer pairing with food and a documentary about Spanish wine country held at the Aspen Opera House. (We're pretty sure Aspen is the only ski town with an opera house.)
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by DanielR
6/06/2008 at 4:30 PM
Tags: Missed Connections, 2008 Candidates Travel, Restaurants, Bars, Gardens, Botanical Gardens, LGBT (all tags)
The Democratic National Convention won't happen till the last weekend in August, but campaign staffers were finally able to take a brief travel break with the media anointing of the Democratic nominee for president.
While political road warriors take a break, we're thinking ahead to the convention--and the delightful Dems coming to the Mile High City. Drinking liberally? Try dating liberally:
Hambrger Mary's :: Tasty burgers and stalk-y patrons tantalize at this LGBT-friendly restaurant with a full bar. 700 E. 17th Ave.
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by egw
5/07/2008 at 4:00 PM
Tags: Music Travel, Music Venues, Music Festivals (all tags)
Nothing quite says summer like traveling to your local pavilion, shed or whatever you want to call it, and parking yourself on a piece of green lawn to experience the sounds (and smells) of a concert. And if you're looking for a full concert experience with a healthy dose of nature thrown in, then look no further than the Red Rocks Amphitheatre just outside of Denver.
Situated between Ship Rock and Creation Rock, Red Rocks is arguably one of the world's most unique and stunning musical venues. These natural walls,
each of which is taller than Niagara Falls, provide excellent acoustics as well as a natural beauty that is distracting no matter how talented the act. Playing on nature's stage this summer are acts ranging from The Police to Willie Nelson. (Speaking of concert smells...)
If you have grown tired of the more mainstream musical acts, the Monolith Festival may be more your style. Celebrating its second year at Red Rocks, the festival features two days of indie rock groups with headliners DeVotchKa and Silversun Pickups on day one, followed by Justice and TV on the Radio closing out the weekend. Tickets for both days start at $110, and the festival runs from September 13-14 this year, just in time to get in and out of Colorado without needing your skis.
Related Stories:
· Red Rocks Amphitheatre [Official Site]
· Monolith Festival [Official Site]
· Music Venues coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Uriah Welcome]
by kjb
3/05/2008 at 3:35 PM
Tags: DEN, WiFi, Free WiFi, DIA (all tags)
Apparently the reporters over at the Denver Post don't read Jaunted. If they did, they'd have heard months ago that Denver International censors the web. But we suppose if you haven't heard, it's breaking news to you.
Here's the scoop. DIA implemented Webwasher, a filtering product, after it made its wireless network free. Ostensibly it's to keep bored people from looking up porn, but the filters are also blocking gossip sites like Perez Hilton and Jossip as well as geek fave Boing Boing. We'll concede that Perez may not be embodiment of gentlemanly discourse, but he's hardly worth censoring.
Amazingly, some of the Denver Post's more puritanical readers think it's a good idea for the airport to implement this heavy-handed filtering. Us? We'd rather be left alone--and free to surf the whole Internet as we see fit.
Have your own travel-related web censorship tale? Take a screenshot and let us know.
Related Stories:
· DIA Keeps WiFi on the Mild Side [Denver Post]
· Denver Airport, Hotels Censoring the Web [Jaunted]
· Is United Blocking Jaunted? [Jaunted]
by pbb
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