Well, today is technically the start of the Democratic Convention in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Sunday, August 24 was no yawner, however! Nicol and I made our journey into town, to join in the pre-Convention festivities, and was it ever fun!!! Our first stop was the Colorado Green Frontier Fest, at Sculpture Park of the Denver Performing Arts Center. The biggest majority of vendors were involved in "green" technology, from solar houses to electric cars. We also saw Daryl Hannah, who was a speaker for the day.
From there, we were on a mission to find a Barack Obama tshirt. Believe me...they're everywhere!
On the way, we saw the "Bush Legacy" traveling show.
Posed for a picture with one of Denver's finest. (They're everywhere, too!)
Then headed toward the Pepsi Center, site of the Convention, for pictures.
I really wanted a picture of MSNBC, but I guess CNN will have to do. Faux news is in a small building to the right on CNN, but they aren't being treated warmly in Denver! One of their smart @$$ reporters got mobbed at a protest yesterday...the protesters were chanting "F*ck Fox News!" I love Denver!!!!!! They also tried to interview Spike Lee in front of a Mexican restaurant yesterday. Spike said, "I don't do Fox News" and walked off!
After the lonnnnng walk, we were in need of sustenance. So, it was off to Larimer Street. We had a delicious lunch at the Market Street Deli. What a great place to eat! Below are pictures of Larimer Street. There are 50 flags, representing each state. You'll see the beautiful Zia symbol of the great state of New Mexico in the first one! Colorado's flag is in the next row.
The young man in the photo above with Nicol is Nathan. He is a pre-med student from Austin, TX. He and his schoolmate, Sanjay, came up with Gay Republican playing cards, and are in town selling them. Pictured on each card is a Republican, politicians mostly, but chief hypocrite Ted Haggard is also pictured, who rail against "gays" but have since been "outed" by their own homosexual tendencies. http://www.reallystraightrepublicancards.com/ . We spent several hours with them, and took them to one of Denver's gay clubs to make some sales! (Nathan and Sanjay are straight, by the way). They are just turned off by the hypocrisy of the Republican party.
We had a great time! I have so many more pictures to post, but I think I'll do that on it's own blog. I'll have more to report later!
1 comment:
yay!!!!!!!!!!!
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