Ke noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kahi hōʻoluʻolu hoʻomaha a me ke alohaʻana ma Denver, Colorado? ʻO ka Mile-High City nui nā kāne e hana aeʻike. Ināʻo Denver ka hopena hopena a iʻoleʻoe e hoʻolālā e hele i nā Pōhaku a ma'ō aku paha, eia nā hana a me nā mea hilinaʻi e aloha ai nā mea aloha.
ʻO DIA, ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo Denver International Airport, ke kū nei i waho o ke kūlanakauhale. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i kahi 45 mau minuke e hiki ai i ke kikowaena mai ia wahi aku, aʻaʻole he kaʻa kaʻauna. No ka mea o ka mea hope loa e makemake aiʻoe e kānana i kāu mīkini hoʻohanohano, e hoʻolālā i ka wā ma mua. Kōkua nā koho ma ka hoʻokeleʻana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa, nā noho noho ma luna o ka SuperShuttle, e lawe i ka hōkele o ka hōkele a limousine paha, e noho ana i kahi kaʻa o ke aupuni, a lawe i kahi kālepa a kāheaʻana iā Uber.
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E kiʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe pōhaku
ʻO Denver's International Church of Cannabis. ʻO Marc Piscotty / Stringer / Getty.
Hanaʻia ka wānana pāhana ma nā mea āpau o Colorado. ʻO ka kukuna nui loa o nā hale kūʻai kūʻaiʻia a me nā meaʻai i Denver. E hoʻomanaʻo iāʻoe iho me nā kānāwai e pili ana i ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka wana i nā malihini a me ka poʻe noho - e hoʻomaopopo he meaʻaeʻole kaʻaiʻana i ka mariuana i ka lehulehu - aʻike i kahi e kūʻai aku ai i hoʻokahi auneke i ka manawa.
Ma mua o ka hoʻolālāʻana o Ralph Lauren i ka nānāʻana i ka'ōpiopio,ʻo ka pōhaku nui ke kāpili pāpiliʻohana. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka hoʻolālā o ka'ahuʻula hilinaʻi o ka hui ma ka hoʻomau mau loa o ka Smithsonian Institution. Ma ka hale kūʻai ma ka moku Denver's LoDo, nā kāne lūlū a me nā meaʻoluʻolu'ē aʻe e hiki ke kiʻi i kona mauʻano a me kona mauʻano e pili ana i ka'ōhumu a me nā mea kiko'ī a me nā'ōlohelohe. Ke kūʻai nei hoʻi ka puʻu pōhaku i nāʻaʻahu, nā pāpale bolo, nā pale a me nā pale. Ma luna o Larimer Square, e kāhea aku i kahi keiki hānai (aloha i ka inoa!) E mālama i nā cowgirls, me ka koho maikaʻiʻana o nā kāmaʻa hauʻoli, nā mea kūʻai, nā lole, a me nā mea e hoʻonaninani ai no ka home. I ke kūʻaiʻana i kahi e hana ai nā poʻe'āina, hiki i ke kulanuiʻo Cherry Creek, a lawe mai i ka nui o ke kālā.
Eʻike iā Denver e like me kona poʻe i hiki mua mai ma ka hikina, i kahi kaʻa lio. Maikaʻi me nā kāne lūlū a me nā mea'ē aʻe, he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ho'ēmi iho ai a lawe i kahi e nānā ai. Ke hana nei nā hui likeʻole, e mālama ana i ka uku kūʻai o ka hakakā. Hiki i nāʻili a me nā hoʻokele i nā kau a pau -ʻoiai mākou e noʻonoʻo nei i ka wā e hoʻonoe ai i ka pākū i ka wā hoʻomaha i ka makahiki Honua o nā Lākini,ʻo ia ka wikiwiki loa o nā mea a pau.
Ma muli o kona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi no ke kūlanakauhale nui, ua kākoʻoʻo Denver i ka nui o nā haleʻai. Inā makemakeʻoe i ke aloha, e huli i ka 1515, Rioja, aiʻole kekahi o nā haleʻaina Kevin Taylor, nā mea pono a pau i nā hoa noho aloha a me nā mea'ē aʻe e makemake e hawanawana i nā haʻawina no ka pāʻani lanakila. No ka poʻe Italia-meaʻai, Panzano ma Hotel Monaco kahi mea punahele i kahi wahi. Ināʻoe e pololi nei no Mexico - aʻaʻole au e'ōlelo i ka nani o Tex-Mex - e mālama i kahi papa i ka Zengoʻo Chef Richard Sandoval. ʻO nā wāhine i makemakeʻole i nā mea'ē aʻe akā e mahalo ana lākou i ka loli o ka wikiwiki e pono ke kuʻi i ko lākou mau niho i loko o nā meaʻona bison ma Ted's Montana Grill.
Uaʻike aneiʻoe e loaʻa iā Denverʻehiku mau hoʻokani pīhili 'oihana? Ināʻoe pā o baseball, basketball, football, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, a me ka pāʻani kaʻi, aia kahi pūʻulu noʻoe e aʻa i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā meaʻelima kaulana loa,ʻo ia nā lālā o ka Denver Broncos, e pāʻani ana ma Invesco Field ma Mile High Stadium. ʻO kaʻona a me ka quarterback mua John Elway heʻelua haleʻai i ka pā; E like nā mea hoʻokani hākalo like me ka mea ma The Ritz-Carlton, Denver.
ʻO Denver's Art Walk, i mālamaʻia i ka Pōʻalima mua o ka malama, hoʻolaha i nā huakaʻi hele i keʻano o nā taleni ma ka mokuʻoihana o Santa Fe a hiki iāʻoe ke hālāwai me nā mea hana kiʻi. No nā kāne lūlū wahine, he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hōʻiliʻili i kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi e lilo i hapa o ko lākou home hou. ʻO kekahi o ka hana he meaʻono, akāʻo ka wainaʻona me nā kuki e hoʻomāmā i nā'āpana. ʻO kahi wahiʻoihana kūpono āu e nānā ai,ʻo ia ka Denver Photo Art gallery. Hāʻawiʻia e nā'āinaʻo John Fielder a me nā kiʻi o nā holoholona hihiu e Jackie Crivello i nā mea kupaianaha maoli o Colorado.
I ka hāʻuleʻana, hiki i ka American American Bebe Fest ka mea hoʻohihoihoi i nā mea aloha i Denver; ma kahi hanana i hala koke aku nei ma mua o ka 2,400 mau peia likeʻole i hiki keʻono. ʻOiai, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohauʻoli i nā kumu i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e kipa aku ai. ʻAʻoleʻo Denver wale nō kahi home i ka hui nui Coors Brewing; aia i loko o ke kūlanakauhale ka nui o nā microbreweries a me nā lālā e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻomaha a me nā meaʻona e makewai i ka make wai.
No nā kāne he nui i ka manawa momona,ʻo Denver kahi wahi e hoʻomaha ai ma mua o ko lākou piʻiʻana i nā Pōhaku. Aia kekahi kumu maʻalahi no ka hanaʻana pēlā, keʻoleʻoe ke hele mai mai kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa: Ma 5,280 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai, he 25% ka nui o ka oxygen ma ka ea ma mua o nā kūlanakauhale kaiākea. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻeha i ka maʻi nui, akā e hiki paha iāʻoe ke kaumaha ma mua o ka manawa maʻamau. No laila, hoʻoneʻeʻia i kahi e hoʻolaha ai, a laila e hele i Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, a iʻole kekahi o nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o ke ao kaulana o Colorado no ka hauʻoli i ka hoʻoilo a me ka heleʻana i nā kauwela (a me nāʻanuʻu haʻahaʻa) i ke kauwela.