Well talk about starting off my stint in Boulder with a "bang." Less than one week after moving into my new place an uncontainable wildfire erupted only four miles outside the city. Every town West of Boulder was evacuated, in fact if you look at this picture, I missed the evacuation cutoff by less than a mile. Insane. I first caught wind of the fire on Monday afternoon as I stepped outside to shoot some hoops in my fresh Rod Strickland Bullets jersey. The skies were a shade of gray that I've never seen before. It was so weird because the sun was still shining but the sky was dark. I didn't have cable or internet at the time so I really had no idea what was going on until people from home started texting me to see if I was ok. Well, I wanted a new experience out here and I guess im already getting it.
Other than the fire (and hopefully I wont get evacuated) I have been getting accustomed to my new town, and I have to say that it is just awesome. Boulder is definitely a unique place, you get a good mix of young professionals, college students, aging hippies and new age hippies that are settling down with kids of their own. Downtown Boulder is located on West Pearl street and for about 4 blocks is completely shut down to traffic with no roads. Instead you have a red brick walkway with all sorts of shops on either side. It really reminds me of Shrilington in terms of how it looks. The streets are lined with coffee shops that are perfect for people watching, unique clothing and apparel shops and lots of bars and restaurants. All of the bars on the strip are real chill, mostly sport-bar style with games like foosball and pool and TVs. There is also awesome beer everywhere you go. Boulder has the most micro-brews per capita in the country, its true. You cant walk into a bar without having to choose from 10 different beers you've never heard of before. The beers are cheap too, about 1/2 the price of what it costs in DC. You also have street performers that just set up in the middle of the downtown area and pour their hearts and souls into what they do. The other night I came across a pianist who was outside performing improvisational piano between 1:00-3:00 AM. This kid was so good, his piano didn't even have any A notes but he still just killed it.
Last weekend me and Rob went to Pike National Forest for a day at his cousins cabin. Pike is about 90 minutes west of Boulder in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. I've attached a picture, the sheer number of trees on the mountaintops is a truly beautiful sight. I mean, sitting out there, we were really miles away from anything, could see every star in the sky, it was awesome. Not to mention we were greeted with a meal fit for Kings (Salmon and Steak cooked to perfection plus all of the fixins)
Other than that im still just trying to get situated here. Still on the job hunt and still exploring the surrounding areas. What's on tap for this weekend? Looks like Thievery Corporation at Red Rocks on Friday, College Football on Sat (The Denver Gator Club has over 600 members and is sill growing), and a Road trip to Santa Fe on Sunday. Ill put a couple pics of my road trip up on this now, but if you want to see all of them, check me out on Facebook. I have some silly pics of Chicago and Omaha definitely worth checking out.
Until next time friends,
Sil
The ones below are all of Chicago:
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