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::: Friday, April 25, 2008 ::: 24 hours of non-stop blogging ::: What will the bloggers of Fort Collins, Colorado have to share? :::
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1 – 200 of 523 Newer› Newest»Bicycling is the single best thing about this community. Check out the Platinum Bike Plan Blog at http://platinumbikeplan.blogspot.com
Coffee and a brownie at the BeanCycle.
I love that Walnut Street Gallery is actually on Linden Street!
Breakfast burritos from Consuelo's!
Tubing on the Poudre River on a hot day in July.
Four amazing seasons of weather with very few extremes. (But Spring and Fall are the best here!)
Visiting the Museo de las Tres Colonias is an amazing and humbling experience.
Perennial Gardener - if only I had unlimited income!
Hanging out with my friends in the basement of Mugs Coffee Lounge.
Every time I turn the Cache Bank & Trust corner on the SE corner of Mountain and College, I wonder how many people realize they are walking by Jack Benny's handprints memorialized in the concrete.
Al's Newstand. It's like stepping back in time.
Free peanuts at Lucky Joe's!
The view of the foothills and the surrounding area from the top of the city parking garage on Mountain is breathtaking!
The Food Co-op is my favorit thing about Fort Collins
Vern's Toffee - seriously - is there anything more dangerous than getting a box of that addicting confection??????
Carolfest
Matter Bookstore at the BeanCycle -I dont' buy my books anywhere else
Holiday Twin Drive In Theatre on Overland Trail - I didn't think there were any drive-ins left in America!
Little pink houses in Old Town (like the John Mellencamp song!)
We LOOOOOOOVVVVE dogs in Fort Collins. You'll see water bowls for dogs everywhere: sidewalk cafes, bars, shops, EVERYWHERE
Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an academy award (Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone With The Wind) and the first balck woman to sing on the radio in America - lived here.
Actor Jon Heder (Napolean Dynamite) was born here.
Drake Road farmer's market in the summertime.
We have the best Santa Claus on the square for Christmad.
Fort Collins Bike Co-op (formerly Bike Against)
Summer Bike-in movies at New Belgium Brewing.
The new Bike Library is so cool!
Lyric Cinema Cafe - they show the best movies in town
Geeks Who Drink trivia nights at Coopersmith's Brew Pub.
First Friday Gallery Walks in Old Town
Walrus homemade ice cream! Yum!
Free summer concerts on the CSU Oval
We have a lot of sunshine
I love the grainy, malty smell of mash from the breweries. From CooperSmith's in Old Town Square, all the way out to Budweiser, and all of those in between!
Watching the variety of Hawks and Raptors from my backyard is amazing.
The resort-town feel in Old Town without actually being a resort.
You can spend the day in Old Town and eat amazing food, shop at fantastic stores, even pamper yourself a bit at a spa, all on foot. Like a big mall, but you're outside in the fresh Colorado air. It's wonderful!
Free Noontime Notes concerts in Oak Street Plaza on a beautiful summer day.
Great rec sports programs for kids!
Great LOCAL food--especially Ceasar salad at Spoons, fish tacos at La Luz, mole at Las Salsitas, halvah at the Coop...
The beautiful-from-afar turkey vultures as they glide back into their roost on Mountain Ave at the end of the day. One of my favorite Spring and Summer sights.
The hidden "beach" along the Poudre on a really hot day
All the great Community-Supported Agriculture opportunities--you really can eat locally here
I love the open air lifestyle
I love spending time in my community garden plot at the Gardens at Spring Creek.
I like the adventurous people in fort collins
The natural areas in Fort Collins are wonderful places to take a run
Rock Climbing at horsetooth resevoir
Everyone is welcome at the Library
The holiday drive-in theatre is the BEST place for new parents to have a night out- the baby can sleep/eat in the car without bothering anyone else
I love to go to the beach at Horsetooth Reservoir
Taste of Philly's Mushroom Philly. The best you'll get outside PA!
Breakfast at Choice City Butcher and Deli. Who'd a thought a Deli would have such awesome breakfasts?
Remington Street parking garage. Where else can you park in a garage FREE for the first hour and 50 cents for every hour after that?
Old Town, Old Town, Old Town! I love riding my bike to old town with the kid’s trailer in tow looking at all the beautiful houses along the way. I love eating at one of the many restaurants that have an outdoor patio, walking around Old Town shops, the bear/fish play area in old town square and Oak Street water features in the summer. Oh yeah, and having a margarita at The Rio!
The view of the foothills.
Parking downtown is free for 2 hours on the street and 1 hour in the garage!
Good luck and godspeed with your effort.
Jazz in the backyard of Avogadro's Number
Fab Fridays at OpenStage Theatre - great regional performance and a free beer after the show!
The Masks at MOCA event every year
The CSU Engines & Energy lab is the most fascinating place I've ever seen!
CSU Homecoming is an event for the whole town
CSU Homecoming is an event for the whole town
Annie the Railroad Dog - the next Annie walk is August 23rd
Staying at the Edwards House is a special treat
Mountains of bubbles in the Old Town Square fountain - best April Fool's Day prank EVER!
Fine, fine art open houses at Toolbox Creative
Prairie dogs!
Grilled cinnamon rolls at the Silver Grille (very dangerous!)
Fantastic Mexican food at El Burrito. Home cooking at it's best!
CSU RAMS! College sports, an amazing campus, tremendous professors, outstanding research - it just doesn't get any better than that!
The positive birth community! I love the professional midwives we have available to women here and the great labor and postpartum doulas. I love The Family Journey and the birth chats they provide to our community. It is a great place to have a baby!
One of the best panoramic views of the Fort Collins foothills is from the front door of the JC Penney store on S. College Avenue.
An ice cold Easy Street with a lemon wedge on a hot, dry summer day is pure bliss.
I love that Dick Dale celebrates his birthday every year playing a concert at The Aggie. [Sadly not this year as he battles cancer - Get well Dick!]
Sitting on the patio at Odell's drinking a pint on a warm summer day.
Dining on any restaurant patio in Old Town, people watching, engjoying good food and sunshine.
The flowers all around Old Town starting in the spring through fall. Positively breathtaking.
We get to enjoy great weather sitting out on patios in FEBRUARY!!
The magical feeling of Old Town for the Holidays. It makes you feel like you walked into a fairytale.
Hanging out with friends and a margarita on the back patio at the Rio.
Articulate City - so much fun + a great way to meet people while you're introduced to the arts!
Every third Friday at Avogadro's with the Just Jazz Quintet. FREE Jazz, cheap/delicious pizza, great beer, and good company. The best way to end the week!
That little bag of freshly popped popcorn sold at Al's Newstand.
An abundance of fantastic, live theatre.
People watching in Old Town, especially during an event. The Colorado Brewer's Festival is the best!
The Mostlies!
Arts Alive Fort Collins!
Art on Mountain!
Bas Bleu Theater (+Wendy+Matt+ Kathryn xxxx)
Canyon Concert Ballet!
Centennial Blend Chorus!
Center for Fine Art Photography!
Artist Association of Northern Colorado!
Choice City Singers!
Colorado Coalition of Artists lives here!
CSU School of Theater Arts!
That small town feeling and still having everything you could ever want or need at your fingertips.
Debut Theater!
Yttrium fluorite comes from Fort Collins, the only place where it is found. It is a stone that is a pale lavender colour - quite pretty!
The smell of coffee beans roasting at the Bean Cycle.
CSU Ag Day!
The best thing about FC is the people and the weather!!
Learning to dance to Thriller before Halloween at CSU = FUN!
The paint horses ponies off Vine and Lemay every spring. They're so cute!
brunch at Lucille's
Ice-skating with Santa in Old Town Square.
New Belgium Brewing Tour
Small batch days at Odell's!
FCPAN - Fort Collins Public Access Network (Comcast 22) [I love that they keep plugging away!]
NewWestFest
Bohemian Nights, too!
First Night! Where else can you get all that entertainment for so cheap. Oh, and they even supply the bus to get you to each venue.
We have more restaurants per capita than any other community in Colorado. That's pretty cool.
The older gentlemen (and the younger folks, too) at Downtown Ace who will help you with any project. We love Wayne and Norm!
Fort Collins Museum!
Fort Collins Symphony!
Girls Night Out in Old Town
That we still have independent grocers like Beaver's Market and the Coop that truly feature local products
Hodi's Half Note!
Great Plates - awesome food for an amazingly low price!
KRFC-FM - Community powered radio (come together!)
Lincoln Center (not THE Lincoln Center OUR Lincoln Center!)
Poudre River Arts Center!
Trimble Court Artisans!
Opera Fort Collins!
Storm Mountain Folk Dancers!
Nonesuch Theater!
Rainbow Chorus!
Larimer Chorale!
The Jug Club at Odell's. Not only do you get to bring home some awesome craft brews, you get a free jug fill after 10 purchases, free swag after 50, and a free keg after 100!
Northern Colorado Traditional Jazz Society!
Rhythm Company! (swing dancers exraordinaire)
Front Range Chamber Players!
The CSU gardens along College Avenue are absolutely beautiful.
Alleys! Alleys! Alleys!
Not only does La Luz have the best fish tacos, they serve an awesome breakfast.
Youth Orchestra of the Rockies!
Women's Choral Group of Fort Collins!
Sushi at JeJu.
Indigo Gallery!
Walnut Street Gallery!
Illustrated Light Gallery of Fine Art Photography!
Meko's Gallery!
Artist's Nook!
Colorado College of Contemporary Music!
Carousel Dinner Theater!
Canyon Spirit Gallery
Watching (and riding) the trolley that runs down Mountain Avenue in the summer. What a fun way to remember our past and enjoy a day with the family!
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (FC-MOCA)!
Fort Collinader's Square Dance Club
Fort Collins Wind Symphony!
Fort Collins Pipe Band!
St. Patrick's Day Parade - Green beer at Tony's and Car Bombs at Lucky Joe's - all before noon!
Fort Jazz Big Band!
Friends of Traditional Dance!
Downtown! The Rio, New Belgium, bikes, great patios, concerts, awesome events, shopping! LOVE IT ALL!!
Dance Express!
Fort Collins Children's Theater!
Dance Connection!
Discovery Science Center!
Tiny Tot Halloween in Old Town - too cute!
Dance Visions!
Desert Rain Tribal Belly Dance!
Bike Fort Collins impressed me the most about this town. Please visit their website www.bikefortcollins.org and become a member. They're the coolest group of cycling cats on this side of the continent.
All of the historic brick buidlings in Old Town and even some of the new ones. They're beautiful.
Tour de Fat!
The fact that all of my friends can come play in our yard, sit in the sun, eat great food and drinks just a bike ride away and they all call it home!
It's a small-ish town - a bigger city with the small town feel.
I love that even the Drunken Monkey participated in the Tiny Tots Halloween event - they dressed a guy in a gorilla costume!
I can go dancing every night of the week.
Hot Air balloons in the clear morning sky.
Bike-In Movies! New Belgium and Arts Alive doing something so cool in the summer!
Money magazine's Best Place to Live 2006
Walnut Street Gallery - a gallery featuring the work of prominent rock and roll musicians
Ben & Jerry's ice cream - anytime of the year!
CSU! I am proud to be a CSU Ram!
A romantic dinner at Enzio's. An amazing Caesar salad with anchovies, excellent calamari and I'll even forgive them for not having Odell's on tap.
CONSUELO'S lunch buffet! Best lunch in town.
Pueblo Viejo... wonderful people and great food! You must have the queso on top of everything!! Delicious.
Homemade Chai Tea from Cafe Ardour on Linden Street... just the right amount of sweet and spicy!
The Colorado Brewers' Festival!!
you see people wearing flip-flops and shorts 10 out of 12 months a year!
Some of the best preserved examples of Prairie architecture in the country are here.
The fact that the Disneyland Town Square is modeled after Old Town Fort Collins!
I love our new motto: Where renewal is a way of life. So fitting to a community committed to renewal and alternative energy; a place where people come to happily retire; a place where so many people have the ability to start a business; - not to mention all of the recreation we have access to year round!
I love the involvement of our community: people attend City Council meetings (or follow along on TV) and pitch in when help is needed.
The cute girl with the hat at the bean cycle
Bike paths, hangin' out along the Poudre, big ole cottonwoods, KRFC Community Radio, and the Rocky Mountain Chronicle.
CSU's newspaper, The Collegian, is the only daily student-run newspaper in the state
Bloggers at the BeanCycle! (from the cute girl in the hat)
One word: Cowboys (ow-ow!)
Taking the kids to the Clydesdale Hamlet at Anheuser-Busch to see the beautiful Clydesdales on camera day (the first Friday of every month)
Nita Crisp crackers made in Fort Collins
We are home to the USDA Seed Lab Storage
We are home to the headquarters for SCUBA Schools International
75 miles of designated bikeways in Fort Collins! [Bring your helmet]
Home to the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to advancing the profession of heritage interpretation, currently serving about 5,000 members in the United States, Canada, and over thirty other nations.
The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP)(Human Genome Project) resides here.
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