Tag: historical
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The Brown Palace – My Go To
The Brown Palace has always stood out to me as the epitome of elegance and fine hotels. As a child I grew up dreaming of staying the night there, of having high tea there, of having the disposable income and ability to enjoy such a stunning place. A part of me knew I would make […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 28
random fun in the sun in Lun-Dun May 31, 2010 at 1:52 AM Monday May 31st, 2010London, England Yesterday I decided I simply had had enough with the sort of museum going in London and decided to do a few out of the box searches. I started with wanting to find what is called an […]
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Let Us Look at History for Hope
This week has been insane. What I thought on Monday has changed completely to where I think about things now. I went from blind optimism to crushing dread as I have watched so much of the news in Colorado and the United States change overnight, daily, and every hour. At this point, I know that […]
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Film and the World
Everything about the magic and history of movies has tied it to opening portals into other lives, other times, other places, and completely fabricated lands. Photography opened these doors in the 1800s when the first photos were taken of places and distributed around the world. They not only captured a fleeting time, but they also […]
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Brown Palace Romance
The Brown Palace in Denver is probably one of the most iconic locations in all of Colorado, if not the western United States. Built on a triangular plot of land, the hotel is oddly shaped, but the attention to detail is where the magic lays. The exterior of the hotel is made of rich “Brown” […]
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Victorian Horrors
This month has been a busy one, but I made sure I took some time to go to an event I had been longing to experience since I was 11. When I was 11 my great aunt died right around Halloween. Saddened by her passing but overwhelmed with visiting family we somehow ended up at […]