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24-hours of Free WIFI in Old Town Courtesy of our BlogJam Sponsor
::: Friday, April 25, 2008 ::: 24 hours of non-stop blogging ::: What will the bloggers of Fort Collins, Colorado have to share? :::
24-hours of Free WIFI in Old Town Courtesy of our BlogJam Sponsor
About Us
- Beet Street
- fort collins, colorado, United States
- Beet Street is designed to foster and celebrate creativity through education, participation, and entertainment; and to define downtown Fort Collins as a center for intellectual, cultural, physical, and spiritual rejuvenation and personal growth. A non-profit center for cultural education and entertainment, we promote the performing and visual arts, local culture, and experiential sciences community of Fort Collins, Colorado. LEARN MORE ABOUT BEET STREET AT: http://www.beetstreet.org
Fort Collins BlogRoll
- A Fireside Chat with Dr Patrick Williams
- Artists Assembled
- ArtPalaver
- Arts in Fort Collins
- Beet Street Blog
- Choice City Ramblings
- Coloradoans for Immigrants Rights
- Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
- Eat Fort Collins
- Eat Local Challenge
- Eclectic Epiphytes & Electrophoretic Epigrams
- Felix Wong
- Fort Collins Platinum Bike Plan
- Geeks Who Drink
- It's all about M.E.
- Kevin Houchin
- Lyric Cinema Cafe
- Peace Corps Reunion
- Rocky Mountain Holla
- Stuff to do in Northern Colorado
- The Art of Bryan C
- The Built Environment
- The Christian Imagination
- The Indecisive Blogger
- Vita Brevis, Ars Longa
- What's a Bopreneur?
- Why Howard Laughed
- William & Horace
523 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 523 Newer› Newest»I love to see the young blind guy who goes running full-tilt down Mountain Avenue, cane out in fron of him, and that we're a community in which he can be safe to do that
Taking kids (and myself) to the Farm at Martinez Park, and getting to see the babies born there every year.
That we have world-class medical and science research stations in our community, like the Centers for Disease Control and CSU
Fort Collins is the home of Club Tico, a wonderful dance venue in City Park, where a variety of dancing is offered. Something for everybody! Regular contra-dances, swing dances and waltz nights - all encompassing a wonderful community of people of all ages and interests. Recreational fun – right here in your backyard.
The people along the Front Range are, for the most part, conscientious about watching for motorcycle riders. Those of us on bikes appreciate it!
I love Downtown and all the unique people you run across their anytime anyday!
Barney is the BEST!
Colorado Brewer's Festival the greatest weekend of the year!!!!
and O'Dell Brewery's and Flip Flop Fridays
I think Old Town is like paradise. You can do everything you want to do and even do things you didn't know you wanted to do!
Jane, 10
BrewFest Yes!!!
Free wireless internet downtown
Avery the downtown squirrel!
great this town is. it almost seems that there is a certain respect for those who live life as they want. likewise the fact that despite what you may look like there is never a judging eye
I love the fact I can bike everywhere! And we actually have a bike library as well as a bike co-op
The fact that Santa sells hammocks in the summer, teaches Spanish and is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer!
All the great stuff you can find at the thrift stores and goodwill
Ice skating in Old Town Square during the holidays.
I love picking my own raspberries at a farm only 1 mile from my house!
Did anyone say Fort Collins Science Cafe yet? Because it RULES!
Watching Bike-In movies at New Belgium.
Going to the Sustainability Fair at New Belgium Brewing is a really cool experience. I imagine it's a little like the "happenings" my parents attended in the 1960s!!!
Wathcing 4th of July fireworks from atop the Horsetooth Dam road. You can see the displays in Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and more.
That we are leading the country in green practices and green technology!
Jean Lamm is my favorite thing about Fort Collins!
Watching thunderstorms in the summer.
biking + beer + disc golf
I Love Fort Collins for the Live Music Atmosphere, the Nice, Friendly People. The Beautiful Weather and Sunshine an that Fresh Mountain Air. Mile HIGH!!(almost);)
-Matty Loads
I love that the name of our river Cache la Poudre is pronounced POOTER not POO-DREH!
I love how everyone in Fort Collins believes that the school their kids attend is the BEST school - no matter who you talk to!
The new and impvoved bike lanes on Laurel, Remington & Mountain. No having cars parked along Laurel along the north side of campus is safe and sane.
Spring Canyon's more than 2 acre dog park that includes a lake for doggie paddlin'!
Inspiration Playground, Colorado’s first universally accessible playground!
The 18-hole Disc Golf Course at Edora Park
Gliding on your bike underneath College Avenue and through the horticulture garden.
Pedaling the Poudre trail after new concrete trails have been put in.
More than 40 community parks and over 5000 acres of preserved open space
Some of the best beer in the world, fresh every day!
I love that Fort Collins has a drive-in movie theater. SO FUN!!
I love: being PROUD to be from Fort Collins. And love that every time I come home from travels, I'm happy I still live here. It's great experiencing the smart growth and cool cultural arts additions.
Critical mass bike rides!
The "AHHH!" when I round the corner to Horsetooth and see the mountains reflected in the water!
Great independent radio stations: KRFC - KCSU - KUNC
The Drive-In Movie Theater... Lawnchairs, Blankets and your dogs by your side.
You can always tell which direction your going because the mountains are to the west.
Strolling Old Town with my dogs in the morning, rafting in the afternoon and heading out to an awesome local restaurant for dinner! Fort Collins has it all!
Beer, Mountains, Music, Dogs, Bikes, Sunshine, the Poudre River, Friendly Faces, Friendly Places
The incredible business community and the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce!
I love to see art everywhere I go in downtown - even the electrical boxes are works of art!
Bike lanes on almost every road here.
All the great parks! Baseball, football, soccer, frisbee golf, bike trails, lots of fun in the sun!
That people call the town Fort Fun...and mean it.
Biking and Beer, need I say more... OK, How about our unique local food businesses, the fantastic farmers markets(all 3), the growing green-ness of the community, the fact that we plow our bike paths in the winter, clean energy companies, Old Town, the Chamber of Commerce and the CVB, and all my friends
I love the old ad signs painted on the buildings.
Fort ZED baby!!! Fort Collins is one of nine communities chosen to advance their sustainable energy vision with a HUGE grant from the Federal government. In the very near future, downtown with be a zero energy district - generating more energy than it consumes! Go Fort Collins!
The foot bridge on Drake, West of Shields with feet sculptures on the railings.
Just got in from Vancouver, Canada. Great town, everyone's so nice.
Just checked out the New Belgium Brewery - the most sustainable brewery in the world - and talked to some folks about what they want to do before they die.
There is live community theater almost every weekend from Bas Bleu, Open Stage or Nonesuch Theater Companies.
The wonderful Colorado State University - it gives the city such a vibrant spirit.
CSU football games in the fall and the tailgating that goes with it!
Individuals can make a difference
Hanging out at FC Bikes in Old Town Square. Come kick it and bring some blog with you.
Outdoor Raquetball Courts at Roland Moore Park.
Just came in to the Cafe Bicyclette to check out the great Fort Collins Bike Library in Old Town Square.
I love this city!
Showing off Fort Collins to visiting friends and relatives. Everyone is impressed by the amenities of the city.
Being able to walk from home to work to dinner to a museum to the theatre to a bar to a concert and home again...I love Old Town Fort Collins
I love when the buzzards return to NoFoCo. I love that the poppies pop up first in town and then in the foothills.
Fort Collins - the Napa Valley of beer!
Fort Collins: Christmas lights on the trees lining College Avenue during the Winter, Brewfest, NewWestFest & live music every weekend in the Summer, patio season in the Spring and Aspen trees & quite possibly the most beautiful Autumn in the country!
I love how no one I know drinks pop (soda). We all drink water or coffee because we save our carbonation capacities for BEER!
ReSource -- great place to get buildign materials that have been kept out of the landfill! Great for creative projects.
kayaking on the Poudre - let's build that kayak park!
We love the Bee Family Farm!
I love Fort Collins because everything is so beautiful. The view of Horsetooth is the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. This has changed my life for the better! It has given me the best experience and I will never forget living in this BEAUTIFUL city.
I love how my family is never at a loss for things to do - in fact, we never get to do all the things we'd like to do on the weekends!
Sneaking out of work on a Friday and being on the Cache LaPoudre River in 15 minutes catching trout in a mountain setting with absolutely no one around.
Swetsville Zoo is fascinating. My teenagers were smirking on the way in and wondering where they could learn to weld on the way out!
My favorite thing about Fort Collins... I suppose I would have to say it's the opportunity of a large city with small-town charm. It's being able to find people who enjoy Renaissance reenactment as much as going out for a cup of coffee or a movie. It's being near opportunities for film and acting and writing.
In the end, it's just the people. They may be everywhere, and everywhere may be similar, but I have yet to meet a group as interesting and eclectic as in this town.
I love the fact that I can wear jeans to any restaurant in town...and be in compliance with dress code.
The 'Fish & Bear' play area in Old Town Square is an irresistable temptation for young kids.
I love that you can make your Tour de Fat costume out of a basket lying on your dining room table. Or even a paper bag!
I love the people of Fort Collins. Very few towns in America have the friendly community that Fort Collins offers. Though our town has gotten bigger, the people and community still feel like family.
I can (and have) completely reinvent myself here...be a middle aged man in my 50s that plays guitar, hikes, hang out with friends straight and gay...and be considered completely normal.
ha okay man so my favorite thing. . .
hmm well i love the people
and the beautiful sights
haha oh man not really
i just like to fly!!! wooo
yeah i bet you cantn fly
yeah thats right
yeah!! go fort collins colorado!!
sarah nash!!!
I love that this is a City not content with the status quo. When there's a problem people want to fix it. When there's an opportunity or a chance to be innovative - people want to go for it.
This is not a "wait and see" community - living here makes me want to be a better person.
Joann, leader of the morning sing-along at Dandelion toys, is a like a rock star in the eyes of 2 & 3 year olds. No one can jam to "Where is Thumbkin" better than the one-and-only Joann.
Going to Cache Bank where everybody knows me by name.
Check out the live reindeer at Bath Nursury at Christmas time.
i really like the people and the nature of fort collins
Showing my friends from Florida Fort Collins...and watching their jaws drop.
Firt Collins has beautiful landscape and amazing people.
Love this sunny day.
- Pete Jensen
I love the new Northside Atzlan Center - you can workout AND play pool all in one place :)
The Mountains, The Weather, The People! FO CO Rocks!
Bitty League Football at City Park - row after row of young 'uns looking so tiny in those huge helmets and pads on a sunny fall day!
fort collins has an amazing agracultural college
and sarah nash
Watching Ohio State Football at Pappy's Corner Pub with all the Buckeye transplants. Sunny & Gorgeous here . . . not always so great at the Shoe in Columbus, Ohio!
Love this bike store.
So many smart people who also love to have fun!
I love to see the new red kits (baby foxes) run through my backyard every spring!
Long cruiser bike rides on the Poudre River Trail followed by an ice cold Sunshine Wheat while soaking up the summer sun on a patio in Old Town.
A Saturday morning breakfast at Choice City Butcher and some beer at Odell Brewing in the afternoon.
The thousands of wonderful volunteers that keep our community healthy and vibrant!
The Kids at Heart program for adoptive and foster families sponsored by Heart of the Rockies Christian Church.
Ursula Tagliamonte, owner of the Mulberry Inn. One of the most delightful people in this town and my life.
Thanks for the tee beet street. Fort Collins is amazing. Best place on earth.
I love taking a walk on Power Trail between Horsetooth and Drake. There are these great oversized, colorful bird houses, they make me smile every time I see them.
SAVE THE RIVER>>> DONT LET THEM DAM IT>>> DAM IT.
The fact that CSU is one of the only universities in the country with a campus bar. Having a beer at Ramskeller after class on Friday is AMAZING!
Carol Bennis and the Beet Street crew. What an amazing assembly of talent.
Thai Pepper, the best Thai food I've ever had.
We Lolve those Canadians and their movie. things to do before you die. so cool.
Seeing a full moon over Horsetooth Rock...
The students at CSU. Working with them has greatly enhanced my outlook on life.
The Aggie. Such a great venue to see up and coming artists!
The amazing number of Forest Service campgrounds up the Poudre Canyon. What a great getaway minutes from town.
The Tiny Tot parade in Old Town at Halloween...best day in town.
the bean cycle!!!
The flowers at CSU's garden on College, spectacular!
the matter bookstore!!!
And Todd Simmons
the bike co-op!!!
I love to see the young blind guy who goes running full-tilt down Mountain Avenue, cane out in fron of him, and that we're a community in which he can be safe to do that
Dinner at Jay's, need I say more...
It's only an hour away from Boulder and Denver, that's cool... i guess.
Never having to act your age here.
The Library in Old Town for helping us out with this BlogJam.
Articulate City (the group, not the fact that we are all so articulate)
Highest percentage of retired citizens in the United States, outside of Florida.
The deer that live in my backyard.
Lunch on the patio at Austin's downtown, it's amazing and oh so Fort Collins!
Valentine's Day at New Belgium -- beer and chocolate is a magical combination.
The security guys hanging around Old Town and Library Park.
The view of the mountains early in the morning.
Bike to the Movies Night at New Belgium Brewing Company!
The Houska Houska.
No humidity! My hair always looks fabulous!
Deer in my neighborhood every spring without fail.
The way that all the big storms seem to hit just north and just south of Fort Collins.
Concerts in Old Town Square in the summer!
Lounging in Old Town Square during the summer -- and chili beer on Coop's patio!
What's not to love - great natural areas, bike paths, amazing culture for a small town. The local music scene is one of the best in the state - including Denver!
Watching how the Bear and the Fish in Old Town Square seem to have this magentism for children. They see that play area and instantly know it's for them to climb on.
Louis Armstrong in Old Town Square.
We still miss you!
The fact that I don't know a person who isn't in love with this place, it's that special. Bury me here.
Friday night on the Rio patio with a signature marg to cool you off!
the guys at the bike library were nice and SUPER helpful. play disc golf at edora park, home of the EPIC (edora pool and and ice center) as well a killer concrete skate park complete with 10 foot+ vert bowl. the fort rocks!
-albonizio-
All the Coffee Shops in Old Town. They're just as busy in the afternoon as they are in the morning.
All time favorite -- going to the drive-in theatre in my El Camino.
Fort Collins doesn't smell like cow poop... like Greeley.
Taking kids (and myself) to the Farm at Martinez Park, and getting to see the babies born there every year.
The relative safety of the town. I only hope it can remain that way, and become safer still.
Walking from work, to lunch, to the bank, to the post office all during my lunch hour.
I think Old Town is like paradise. You can do everything you want to do and even do things you didn't know you wanted to do!
Jane, 10
Sun Sun and more Sun all 300 days or so
All of the galleries and the wide variety of art in town. I love walking downtown and being able to walk in a gallery and browse, for the fun of it.
The fact that even though i live right in town i see fox, raccoons and a great variety of birds right in my yard.
Envision Young Professionals - A great group of people to meet with opportunities to learn something new, volunteer to help the community, and even drink a beer.
This is all very neat. What a great idea. Thanks Beat street. Great to hear about the Secret conference.
The best thing about Fort Collins is being so close to "my" mountains! Their beauty bankrupts the English language!
The History Mystery Tour is the most fun you can have with dead people involved!
The great people that work at the Library. Their friendly and helpful!
People in Fort Collins are so nice. Strangers say "Hi" to each other on the street. Men open doors for women. It's great!
I love dancing at Zydecos it's the best bar in town when it's full. FC rules. Best place to retire.
very bike friendly!
it's pretty close to the mountains
That we have some of the best teachers anywhere, thank you PSD!
Conversations from my front porch with my neighbors...we have such a great sense of community here.
The old trees in Old Town provide shade in summer and beauty in winter. I love the wide streets and the minds are getting less narrow as time goes by.
love all the geese and dont mind the poop
Chip Steiner and Ed Stoner; Old Town's grumpy old men.
Rasta Pasta!
Old Town.
Rio.
Putting on my most outrageous outfit and joining other colorful characters on bikes at the Tour de Fat.
The Fort Collins Senior Center is one of the best in the country offering seniors an unlimited number of ways to stay involved.
Woodward's holiday display, we go every year, roll down the windows to hear the music, crank up the heater to stay warm and smile while we enjoy an enchanted moment together.
We love the great free concerts in August at New West Fest. Makes me proud to be a native to Fort Collins!
Free computer classes and interstesting programs for adults at the public library
Sweatsville Zoo, whether your 5 or 65 you feel like a kid when you are there...
Wonderful live theater: Bas Bleu, OpenStage, Nonesuch, Carousel and CSU. And in summer and at the quadrennial national elections: The Mostlies!
Sitting on the swing at Sheldon Lake in city park just watching the sun set over the foothills.
The downtown Ace Hardware crew. They are so friendly and knowledgeable. Always ready to help you find what you're looking for.
Driving next to the train down Mason. Where else can you do that?
I moved here from a big city and at first it freaked me out but I love how people smile at each other just walking down the street.
Amazing people like Tom and Jean Sutherland live here and contribute so much to the community.
Open hearts and open minds of the people of Fort Collins. Pride in the Park has gone from just a handful of gay and straight people gathering together in peace to a major annual event. Thank you!
Sitting in Old Town on my lunch hour. Basking in the sun, people watching, or reading a book while listening to the water in the fountain.
Bas Bleu Theatre!
the trees
On a warm night, my wife and I love riding our bikes into Old Town for drinks and dinner, and then taking a easy ride back home. What fun!
The beautiful fall colors in the many, many trees throughout town.
Bisetti's Italian Restaurante - Great food, romantic atmosphere, and early bird specials!
The way it seems like everyone you meet isn't actually from Fort Collins, but they live here now and love it!
The community at Everyday Joe's Coffee House!
The beer!
Beer, Bikes, Art, Sunshine, The Poudre River, The patio at Avo's, restaurants, Old Town, bbq's, and Tour de Fat.
I love that we celebrate the local artists, such as Barbara Moore, and everyone can see her work at the Silver Grill, while enjoying its own history. Best breakfast in town!
Colorado State University, where ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things because their passion in life is to make a difference.
The Colorado State University Marching Band's Trombone Suicide routine. The whole football stadium goes wild.
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