Pehea e hoʻolālā ai i kahi lā hauʻoli ma Denver
I ka wā e pili ai i ka pilina ma Colorado, keʻano o ke aloha o ke kūlanakauhale o Loveland no kekahi mau kumu kumuʻole. ( Psst , hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kāu kāleka Valentine ma o ke keʻena o Loveland a loaʻa mai i kahi leka uila ma nā envelopes e'ōlelo ana "Me ke aloha mai Loveland." Eia ka pehea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hana pēlā!)
Akā,ʻo Denver, e like me kāna puʻu wahine i aloha ai i ka'ākau, hanaʻia kekahi mau hana nui a me keʻano koa - hoʻopihaʻia me nā pua, nā kāleka, nāʻahaʻaina pāʻani a me nā holo lio.
Ma ka hanohano o ka lā Valentine, eia nā meaʻono he 10 hiki ke hana iāʻoe ma kēia Mile High City, inā pahaʻoe ma kahi hoʻomaha a iʻoleʻoe he hoʻolālā kūloko i ka pō o ke kauhale. Akā, inā heʻoluʻolu makahiki kāu, eʻoluʻoluʻoe e huki i kēia mau manaʻo i ka manawa o ka makahiki'ē aʻe!
01 o ka 10
E holo i ke kaʻa ma waena o Denver
Hoʻokaʻawale i kahiʻaoʻao mai kahi mele maile ma ke kākauʻana i kahi kaʻa huki hukiʻana e huki iāʻoe e hoʻokele iā Denver, e kaomi iho i kahi iho he 16th Street Pedestrian Mall a me ka holomua ma kahi o Larimer Square. (E nā malihini, eʻikeʻoe aiaʻoe ma Larimer i kaʻikeʻana i nā kukui keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i uhiʻia ma luna o ka moku). ʻO Irish Rose Drafts ke alakaʻiʻana i nā holo kaʻa o ke kaʻa a me nāʻauʻau me nā'auwaʻa lio,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Belgian, Clydesdale, Percherons, a me Suffolks. Hiki iāʻoe ke koho i nā pāʻokoʻa a me nā ala likeʻole, e hiki mai ana mai $ 130 a $ 343. (ʻO ka holo kaomiʻoi aku i 1.5 mau hola).
02 o 10
ʻO Slurp kekahi mau nalu ma Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
Uaʻikeʻo Legend Giacomo Casanova i nā oysters e ka'umila. Hiki ke hele i kahi mea, no ka mea, ua hoʻopihaʻia ka piha o ka iʻa me ka zinc, e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i kāu kamehameha, e like me ka noi i hāʻawiʻia e ka American Chemical Society. Ka hopena nui: Mai hōʻike aku kekahi mau maka'āina iāʻoe i ka "Rocky Mountain Oysters" keʻoleʻoe i kahi palaki mua. ( Ahem , no ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻoleʻia,ʻo ia nā'ōpala o ka bipi i'ōhinuʻia a loaʻa iāʻoe i nā manawa ma nā mea o Colorado).
Akā, e kuhikuhi i kāu GPS ma ka Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, 8100 E. Orchard Road. Hoʻokumuʻia ka haleʻaina me ka "'Oysters & Pearls For Two" plate, $ 48, e hele mai ana me nā hulu liʻiliʻi i ka hapalua o nā pūpū i hoʻouluʻia me ka mignonette caviar, meʻelua mau aniani o Vefa Clicquot Champagne a iʻole Gray Goose VX Vodka.
(Kūpono nā'ōlelo hoʻolaha, a hiki ke hanaʻia ma ka kāheaʻana 303-796-0100).
03 o 10
E papa i pākaukau no nā meaʻelua ma Vesta
E nānā ana e paʻi i ka pahu me kahi haleʻaina kūpono. ʻO kaʻoni Aim Cupid ma Vesta, kahi haleʻai LoDo, kahi, ma kahi hua'ōlelo, he sexy me kona mau kukui uila a me nā pilikino. ʻO ka luna hoʻomaluʻo Nicholas Kayser he lālani Valentine i mālamaʻia me kekahi mauʻano leʻaleʻa like, e like me ka mea i hanaʻia me ka wai rose a me ka champagne granita. ʻO Vesta, 1822 Blake St., he lā nui o ka pō i ka makahiki a puni. Hoʻokumu kūikawā i kā lākou papa kohoʻokoʻa, kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke kauoha i nā mea e like me kahi keiki hipa a me ka iwi āpau o Colorado a laila e hoʻoponoponoʻia me kaʻomi'oliʻona ma nāʻaoʻao. Ke'ōlelo nei mākou i nā pālahalaha pālahalaha pālahalaha, nā'alapa nui a me nā fig jamalapeño.
04 o 10
E hele i waena o nā Denver Botanic Gardens
No ke aha e hāʻawi ai i kahi mau hua līlū kahi hiki ke hāʻawi i kāu lā i kahi māla maikaʻi? Holo i ke anu a me ke poʻo i ka Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St. ma Denver. Kūleʻa nā māla nani i ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka lā hoʻoilo. Ke hana nei ka Hōʻailona Orchid mai kēia manawa a hiki i ka lā 20 Fepeluali, 2017 ma loko o kaʻOhanaʻAha a me ka Hale Paʻi o Marnie. Hiki i nā'ōpena ke hōʻike iā lākou iho no ka mea heʻano likeʻole nā pua, me nāʻano likeʻole he 25,000. Hōʻike ka hōʻike o ka hōʻailona o Botanic Garden i nā lālani likeʻole a me nā meaʻeleʻele'ē aʻe. Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i nā pua mai 9 am a 2 pm i ka lā 11 o Feb. 11, 2017 a me ka lā 18 o Pepeluali. 2017. No ka hoʻopiliʻana i kahi kiʻi a kaʻana aku ma ka pāpaʻi Botanic Gardens Facebook me ka hashtag #dbgcontest hiki iāʻoe ke lanakila i kahi ʻO kāu mea kanu pono'ī paha. ʻO Bonus, inā e loaʻa anaʻo Denver i ka wanaʻao o ka wanaʻao a heʻoluʻolu ia, e hoʻouka i ka pikiniki aʻoliʻoli i kaʻaina awakea ma ke kulaʻo Cheesman kokoke i nā Botanic Gardens.
05 o 10
Clink Champagne Glasses ma Corridor 44
I kēia manawa, heʻano alohaʻo Larimer Street, me ke kaola o nā kukui e hāʻawi ana iā ia i kaʻoluʻolu o ka makahiki āpau a me nā haleʻaina kiʻekiʻe e laina i ke alanui. Ināʻoe i noho i kahi pō ma kahi kokoke i Corinare 44, 1433 Larimer St. Ma kēia kīʻaina champagne maikaʻi, hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi i ke aniani o ka huahua a hoʻonohonoho i ka lawelawe caviar. ʻOiai, hiki iāʻoe ke hele me kahi papa mele champagne maʻamau. Akā,ʻo nā mea hakakā maʻaneʻi, he mea hana hoʻopunipuni wale nō, a kau lākou i nā wili manaʻoʻoleʻia ma ka wainaʻona. Hāʻawiʻia ka "Raspberry Truffle" me ka vodka viceska, ka waiquere chocolat Godiva a me ka champagne. (Kahe!) Ka inu inu? E ho'āʻo i ka Black Velvet, a paulele i kēia. Heʻano huiʻo Guinness a me ka Champagne. ʻO kekahi mea'ē aʻe,ʻo ia ka Italia Italia e hoʻopili ana i ka champagne a me ka limoncello, i ka lemon liqueur, a ua hoʻonaniʻia me kahi hua o lemon.
06 o 10
ʻO Hammond's Candy Factory
Uaʻike aneiʻoe aia ma ka'ākau o ke kauhale wale nō,ʻo Denver ka meaʻoi iki iho-Candyland? No kaʻoluʻolu-maoli maoli-hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ka Hammond's Candy Factory, 5735 Washington St ma Denver. (PSʻAʻole mākou e haʻi aku i kou lā e komo ai ka hoʻokomo aʻaʻoleʻoe i kākau i kahi palapala) . I ka wā o ka huakaʻi hele, eʻikeʻoe i nā mea hana ma kaʻoihana puaʻa, hoʻohuhi a hana i nā kāpena candy lima i hanaʻia, nā lole kāpili a me nā lollipops. Ua hoʻokumuʻia keʻano hana ma hope o ka weheʻiaʻana o Hammond i ka makahiki 1920. Ma hope iho, e kū i ka hale kūʻai lole a lawe mai i kekahi mau meaʻono. Loaʻa nā candies o Valentine i nā kānana puʻuwai a me nā lollipops i hoʻopiliʻia. Ua weheʻia kahi hale lole hoʻolālā i kaʻaneʻane haneli mau makahiki i hala aku nei e Carl T. Hammond, a ua hoʻomakaʻo ia i kānaʻoihanaʻoihana ma keʻano he hoa hana lole. I kēlā manawa, ua hanaʻo ia iā Honey Ko Kos, kahi i hoʻopiliʻia me ka pahu niu.
07 o 10
E kākau i ka spa piha ma ka Ritz-Carlton
Ma loko o ka puna hoʻokūkū, hiki iāʻoe ke kākau i ka hoʻomaha maʻamau hope loa o ka lā ma Ritz-Carlton spa, 1881 Curtis St. ma Denver, aʻoʻoe a me kāu mea aloha eʻoliʻoli i ka spa a pau iāʻoe, kahi manawa kūponoʻole. Ke kāheaʻoe i ka concierge spa ma 303-312-3830, e nīnau e pili ana i ka "Spa Cou Spa's". Aia ma loko o kēia pūkowele he 50 mau minuke, ma nāʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao ma ka lumi o ka lumi a me ka loaʻa piha i nā mea a pau, nā paluhi, nā lumi hoʻomaha a me nā loina hoʻomaha. Eia kekahi, loaʻa iāʻoe kahi kaʻapona valet. Ua hoʻolimalimaʻia ka hōʻai'ē $ 450. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomalu a puni no kaʻaina awakea ma Elway (ʻo ia, e like me ka mea hoʻokani pila o Bronco). Inā loaʻa iāʻoe kahi hoʻolaha ma ka Lāpule a me ka pō Poʻapoʻi, hiki iāʻoe keʻoliʻoli i ka wainaʻono i nā meaʻelua, nā salakeke, nā mokuahi o New York Strip me kaʻanuʻu peppercorn,ʻelua mau aniani o ka wainaʻulaʻula, nāʻaoʻao a me kahi kope melekele e mahele.
08 o 10
E hoʻolālā i kahi ahiahi ma ke kaʻina keaka
He Denmark Center Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St.,ʻo ia ka hale o Colorado Ballet, ka Colorado Symphony Orchestra, ka hale hōʻikeʻike a me Broadway i hōʻikeʻia e Denver Center for the Performing Arts a me Opera Colorado. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kekahi pō o ka laweʻana i nā tickets hōʻike a loaʻa i ka wanaʻao eʻono i kaʻaina awakea a me nā mea inu ma ke alanui ma loko o ka Curtis Hotel ma ka Corner Office. Pono pono e hana i ka wā e noho aiʻoe, e hele i kahi lumi hoʻomaha a waiho i kahi leka aloha ma ka paia. ʻO ka papaʻaina i hoʻopiliʻia i waho o ka Post-It memo e hana ai no ka leʻaleʻa heluhelu.
09 o 10
ʻO ka lumi hale ma ART ART
Aia ma ka waena o Denver's Museum Museum ka ART ART, kahi, me ka nui o nāʻoihana i loko o ia mea he mau lua wale nō e like me kahi hale kūʻai pono'ī. Ināʻoʻoe a me kou aloha lā e nānā i nā hale hōʻikeʻike, e nānā i ka hōkele a hoʻopuni iā lākou, me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Colorado ma kekahiʻaoʻao i ka Denver Art Museum ma kekahiʻaoʻao. Akā, hoʻokahi "mea hou" a mākou i aloha ai no kēia hokele,ʻo ia ka FIRE Lounge, a he ahi ahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻomaha a hōʻoki i ka cocktails mai nā menus seasonal. (Ināʻoʻoleʻa, e hoʻolei akuʻo FIRE i nā pale'iena huluhulu noʻoe. a me kou lā e hoʻomaha ai me). I waena o nā mea hoʻonaninalu hoʻoʻokoʻa, me kahi "Jam Juice" i hanaʻia me syrah, Grand Marnier, vanille māmā, cinnamon a me ka'ōpala. A iʻole, ua hanaʻia nā Knees o Bee me Old Forester,ʻo ia ka pāpale koko, a me ka meli Lerado, ka lemon a me ka mint.
10 o 10
Hana i ka 4/20-pūʻia me ka pō i loko
ʻAe,ʻo nā hale kūʻai o Colorado ka meaʻike i ka loaʻaʻana o ke aloha. Inā hiki i kāu lā ke ola i ka cannabis, hiki iāʻoe ke hana ia i ka pō i loko o nā kāpili mele cannabis-infused a me ka hui puna maikaʻi EVOS, kahi i hoʻokomoʻia me THC ma mua o ka petroleum a me nā parabens synthetic i loaʻa mau i loko o nā lubes. Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa ma nāʻanuʻu Native Roots, kahi kālepa kaulanaʻo Colorado e loaʻa iā ia he mau wahi he 19 ma Denver. Ke holo nei nā'eneke aliʻi i kā lākou kālepa mele me kaʻaila ponoʻole i loko o ka mahinaʻo Pepeluali e like me keʻano i ka lā Valentine.