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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
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 523 of 523Smiles on all sorts of faces directed at all sorts of people, making everyone feel like they have arrived home.
We should not forget The BE LOCAL Coupon Book!!!! The Northern Colorado Food Incubator and the Local Living Economy project and their efforts to network our localy owned and operated businesses. Working toghether to keep them thriving.
The Oval at CSU, a place for a first kiss, daydreaming, a picnic lunch, a nap in the sun, watching fall leaves make their way back to earth, and simply being alive.
I love the day each year when the Colorado State community stacks cans of food around the Oval in the largest food drive in Northern Colorado.
I love the anti-war and pro-military protesters on opposite corners at College and Mulberry, exercising their first amendment rights in time-honored fashion.
New West Fest
You can see for miles and miles and miles.
Thai Food in Fort Collins!!! LOVE SRI THAI...Thai Tea, chicken panang and chicken panag!
I love the Ram on the hill in front of the Alumni Center at the end of Laurel Street.
The the Mother Circle/Attachment parenting group of families and mothers here in Fort Collins. They provide support, encouragment, play groups, education and friendship! Powerful mama's for a better tomorrow!
Luch buffet at Toys Thai on Thursday's...all you can eat! To die for!
Eglish Department at CSU..WORD!
Elliot's Martini Bar is a great place to unwind and have a unique drink.
I love when the CSU foootball team runs out of the tunnel, through the smoke, right behind Cam the Ram and the flag bearers. It is a moment of Green and Gold fervor that stays with you forever.
The hugs and tears and bittersweet emotion of CSU Commencement at Moby, when an important part of our community departs for the next stage of their lives.
La Leche League of Fort Collins! We have the best Leaders in the country and best breast feeing support system. Babies were born to brestfeed!
The CSU oval in Autumn! Stunning beauty, glorious colors.
Love people-watching in Old Town and the lovely, lovely weather most of the year. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else!!
Roger's Park Barn. Big, red fun.
The vegetarian plate at Tai Pepper. Yum!
The view of Horsetooth from anywhere in town.
City park pool's slide. Wee!
It snows in the summer (Cottonwoods), you can play golf in the winter, cycling year round, the collegiate nationals road race, micro brews, poudre fly fishing, cute college girls, interesting retired folks, a place you can put down roots and enjoy life., and of course the town pump.
I love sitting on the patio at Coopersmiths, enjoying the beer tasters and people watching.
Brew fest is great fun and entertainment every year!
Coopersmith's seasonal beers.
I love that you can wear jeans to any event and still fit right in
Wilbur's amd Supermarket Liquors great beer selection. Each have over 600+ beers from around the globe.
I love that we have the quaintness of a small town and the ease for getting around - yet all the conveniences of a big city
Medical care is excellent!!!
My wife is able to comfortably breastfeed our children out on the town.
Cam the Ram! Go CSU!
Jax! The best outdoor gear store in Colorado.
The Colorado Eagles rock.
The mamas that carry their babies in slings and wraps. Human touch is good for the soul.
I love the sustainable fair. What a great place to find environmentally friendly resources.
The weekly farmers' market on Remington and Olive.
The freedom of expression rallies at Mulberry and College on Saturdays. Which ever side of the political spectrum, you have freedom of speech in Fort Collins.
Hiking Horsetooth Mountain Park.
Saturday mornings at Silver Grill. The most cozy breakfast anywhere.
My children were lucky enough to be born here.
The Farm at Lee Martinez Park!!! We LOVE farmer Mary and the staff at the farm. We are greatful to the City of FC to provide this service to our children!
How supportive this community is of artists.
Kelly Ohlson is a tremendous asset to this community. Open space initiatives, vigilance against special interests, E-chievement award, and good sense on City Council.
Clothes Pony/Dadelion Toys is the best parenting store in Fort Collins! They have the best wooden toys, imaginative toys, chilrens clothing and book selection. The only place in town for a great selection of baby slings, wraps and carriers. And a Nursing friendly store!
I met my husband here in Fort Collins.
The great Holy Family parish Fiesta in the summer --music, dancing, food(!), community-- there is a vibrant Latino community in Fort Collins, everyone--all are welcome, first weekend of August!!
I love finding the lady who sells tamales from a pull cart on the weekend.
My three year says... she loves the playground in City Park, and she wnts to know (already) when the pool will open!
They let the dogs come swim on the lasts days of the outdoor pool each year... and it's a fundraiser for larimer Humane
I love that cafes like Ardour and places like Avo's have toys for the kids to enjoy themselves too. This is a family-friendly town.
Brother Mel's! He opens, he closes, he moves and he's open again-- all the while with super barbeque. Moving here from the South I almost cried the first time I ate his food. Thank you sir!
The shag on the walls and western art at the Charcobroiler
THE best thing about Fort Collins is the Swetsville Zoo! We bring all of our out-of-town guests there -- it is restful, amusing, charming, and free (but so inspiring you will want to chip in and donate!)
The test gardens on College by the old high school -- [erfect to help plan your garden, or just to enjoy.
Why, the Little Shop of Physics, of course! This one-of-a-kind program brings science and fun to people all over the world (really!) and it is right here at CSU! The public open house in February is one of the best events all year!
Mondays and Tuesday at Canino's -- super inexpensive housemade pasta, with a lovely setting and good service.
Jay's Bistro. The best creme brulee anywhere.
Crossroads Safehouse. Dedicated staff and volunteers in a nationally recognized anti-domestic violence program. And the great community support that it has!
OK, so it's NEAR Fort Collins... I'm not a hunter, but the taxidermy at Vern's is something else, and good breakfast on your way up the Poudre
I love that the Armstong Hotel loans out bicycles! (And that we have a downtown hotel to offer! )
I love the trees, the wild animals, the sun, the view of the mountains, and that the people of our town are so involved and helpful to those who need assistance.
Ft. Collins has its own public access television station, through Comcast cable channel 22. It's on 24 hours a day. The public is invited to post announcements, display art, films, speeches, panel discussions, and more.
Public Access tv! Ft. Collins has great and growing public access television. It's channel 22 on cable. The public is invited to submit its announcements, films, political statements and soapboxes, speeches, panel discussions, art, sports, government comments, and more.
I love that you see people of all shapes, sizes and ages on bikes. And every possible form of bike on on the road here - everything from fat-tired cruisers with handlebar baskets to off-the-charts expensive road bikes. We not a community of bike snobs!
Fort Collins is populated with many interesting people who are doing innovative projects from cancer research, authors, high-tech product development, manufacturing innovation, and so much more. With a citizenry that includes college graduates totaling over 42%, that stimulates a lot of innovation.
Knowing that so many of us live here because we chose to.
Carol McClean, The best teacher ever!
I love the entrepreneurial spirit of the small business owners in Old Town. I love Treetop Studio and the yoga there, then Cambric Tea Lattes at the Bean Cycle.
Treetop Studio, high atop the toy store in Ft. Collins Old Town. Beauty & fun rolled together for family style yoga.
Being able to work in Old Town. What a great spot! Thanks to the hard work of the DDA and DBA to keep it that way.
The Alley Cat - a 24-hour coffee shop with personality to burn!
On a clear evening, the stars are AMAZING in Fort Collins.
Access to white water rafting
Coffee and an amazing French pastry at the Olive Street bakery!
Free WIFI all over town!
My kids love to play in the Oak Street Plaza fountains in the summertime.
Birthplace of MAD-TVs Frank Caeti
Birthplace of Jake Lloyd who portrayed Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
We are home to Rocky Mountain High (in Colorado!)
Eggs and trout breakfast at the Silver Grille - I've never seen it served any place else like this.
The Fort Collins Trolley makes us internationally famous...the TROLLEY!
This new scrapbooking store that I've discovered called Capture! It has beautiful scrapbooking supplies, very friendly people working there and a nice, open workroom that's available to use!
The arts and culture is thriving in this town- with numerous art galleries, live music, great intimate theaters, poetry readings and more- you could do something different every night of the year.
Bike-In Movie Nights with Arts Alive at New Belgium every fall.
Fish tacos at La Luz!
Going to see a show at the Aggie Theater and running into 20 of your closest friends on the dance floor.
Museum of Contemporary Art - can you believe our community has such an impressive and cutting edge institution in our midst?! And students are free!
We love watching the pelicans on Terry and Lindenmeier Lake!
The root beer, ginger ale and cream soda brewed at CooperSmiths is delicious!
The Cinco de Mayo festival!
The Houska!Houska! 5K race and community festival. I have never participated in something so amazing!
I'm proud to have been a part of the Women with Wings art project.
The Old World Market is an incredible international grocery store. I can pick up the same products my grandmother used when we were growing up in England.
I love to see the Liberty Tax Service Statue of Liberty mascots waving to traffic in the weeks leading up to tax day.
Fort Collins is a very spiritual community - in the traditional organized sense and in an untraditional, open-minded way.
Fort Collins is home to the Colorado Marathon!
Thomas Sutherland, Colorado State University professor and former Beirut hostage still lives in Fort Collins - the community who kept vigil until his safe return and grateful recipients of the Sutherland family's generosity.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) is widely accepted and thriving here.
Colorado peaches in the summertime!!! Is there anything more wonderful?
September's Tri-Media festival is one of my favorite things about Fort Collins - locally produced films, local glitz, and excitment. A must for film buffs.
I loved watching the sculptor on Old Town Square last summer - art coming to life every day!
I love to see CSU students volunteering all over the community during the school year.
The vintage bicycles in the windows and on display all over Old Town establishments - so charming!
I love that citizens are working together to create a Peace Corps museum in downtown Fort Collins to celebrate our unique contribution to its creation.
How weird is it to turn the corner out of my development into a horse field???
As soon as spring breaks, area musicians appear on Old Town Square to play their own brand of music. It's special when students play in quartets and trios!
The wide streets and huge trees.
Not too big, not too small, liberal and progressive, bicycles are ubiquitous and even grown-ups get into them, and Hurray for MOCA! Our Museum Of Contemporary Art is awesome.
Hearing the church bells of St. Joseph when walking through Old Town.
Walking across Old Town Square on a Saturday at midnight and finding people in line to get into clubs and pubs!
I love that our legal counsel rides a bike to work every day - no fat cat attorneys for us!
Authentic New York-style pizza at the Pizza Casbah - heck yes!
Local poetry readings at various locations around town.
Art is everywhere and everything is art here!
I love how the world seems to intersect in Fort Collins - everyone you meet knows someone from Fort Collins or someone who's relocating. It's incredible.
I love how my husband and I simultaneously decided we HAD to live here on our first visit. I hope we never have to leave. Ever.
Is it me or can you find every possible cuisine here? I can't think of anything that I'm missing.
Children are welcome here. Everywhere.
People value education, good health and peace.
Everyone waves when you drive through a neighborhood!
Father's Day 5K in Old Town!
Magpies. Pelicans. Raptors.
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