Walking in the Springs

Twice a year, I spend about a week in downtown Colorado Springs for work. It's kind of an interesting place. I brought my camera along the other day and decided to take a few photos for the blog. The first one is a picture of the side of V Bar. The colorful mural was added three or four years ago.

Here we have a picture of Phantom Canyon Brewing Company. It's an easy walk from our client and so we've often had lunch here through the years. We never refer to it by the actual name - we call it "the brewpub". They have pretty good food but I can't speak as to the quality of the brew.

 This statue is up the street from the brewpub - I'm actually not sure who it is supposed to be and I didn't walk over and read the plaque. I'm so lazy! Maybe I'll do it next time.

Street preaching seems pretty common in downtown Colorado Springs. Maybe it's common in Denver as well, although I rarely visit downtown Denver so I wouldn't really be the one to ask. I like that people often seem to stop and engage (argue) with the preacher.








This is the marquee at one of the night spots. Oh, if we only could have stuck around long enough for the Hootenanny! I'm sure it would have been epic.

And here's a shot of the intersection of Kiowa and Cascade. The church is St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral. It's pretty big.

So in conclusion, I'm not a great photographer. There were many other interesting things to see on my walk around the block (especially people) but I felt weird walking around snapping pictures. I guess you can't really have many inhibitions if you want to be a great photographer.