Chinese New Year 4703

Chinese New Year 2006 or is it 4703? Jan. 29, 2006 is the first day of the Chinese new year. It is the year 4703 on the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the year of the dog or its formal name bingxu. There are 12 animal names and they are reused every 12 years. The Chinese calendar predates the International Calendar and has been continually used for centuries. In Denver, the spirit of the celebration was alive and well. On Sunday I went to the Far East Center on the southwest corner of Alameda and Federal. Click on the Photo above to view the gallery. Feel free to comment. Enjoy.

Aspen

In Aspen for the X Games, I got a chance to wander around the town and get a feel for the place. I stayed at a hotel overnight in Glenwood Springs (yeah, it’s cheaper) and visited briefly the town of Carbondale, which I have heard a lot about. I met a guy in a bar (Shut Up Frank’s) down in Todos Santos in Baja who was from Carbondale, so I wanted to check it out. Read on …

Snowmobile Race

On Friday and Saturday, I was at the X Games in Aspen. Broadcast on ESPN and ABC, it was a gigantic affair, with TV cameras everywhere, giant lights for filming at night, loud music, corporate logos, vendors hawking X Games related paraphernalia, and a large (but somewhat subdued) audience. Read on …

Jose Canseco at Auraria

’Roids, Racism and Reality In Today’s Pro Sports. Yesterday, Jose Canseco spoke to students on the Auraria campus as part of a national college tour. He talked about his career playing major league baseball, the effects of steroids on his performance and his controversial New York Times best-selling book, “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits And How Baseball Got Big.� Canseco spoke for approximately 90 minutes, fielding questions from the audience and finishing with a book signing. Click on the photo above to view the gallery. Please feel free to comment. Enjoy.

-Matthew

Red Rock Ocean Wave

Sometimes, I go to Red Rocks to walk the trails and escape the city and its craziness. It is a beautiful, unique place on the Front Range: the massive chunks of redish rock rising up like frozen waves from the earthy plains, the cottonwood trees with their thick, wavy bark, the winding, red soiled trails, the panoramic views, and above all, the silence. Read on …