Because I'm a serious country goober and am apparently easily amused in the big city, behold the pictographical record of my trip to Denver:
This is looking north into downtown Denver. The building I worked in is just to the right of the tall building in the back (affectionately known as the "Cash Register Building" because of the top) and the dirty-looking building in front of it.
This was one of the entrances to the building I worked in. Obviously from the size of the cars you can tell that the wreath is ginormous.
Badly stiched panorama of the view from the 29th floor office I was in. This looks from roughly west to north, left to right.
I could see Mile High Stadium from the window. That's where the Broncos play, for the non-NFL-initiated. This is roughly in the middle of the second picture from the left in the panorama above.
Shot of the mountains to the west.
Another shot to the west. It kind of reminded me of the shot in Return of the King where Gandalf and Pippin are standing on the balcony in Minas Tirith, looking across the fields of Pelennor to the Mountains of Shadow and on to Mordor. Yes, I am a nerd. 
Looking down on an old hotel called the Brown Palace. Presidents have stayed there; apparently Eisenhower was a big fan. So were the Beatles -- they stayed there in the sixties. 
Just to the right of the Brown Palace was the Trinity Methodist Church, which is around 150 years old. 
The church at street level, just across from the front door of the building I worked in. 
The church from the corner of the Brown Palace. 
Various other shots of the Church, including the cornerstone (where they apparently couldn't make up their mind who exactly they were...). 
A couple of shots of another church downtown.
This shot is from the corner of the church looking down to the Capitol building. 
Down the main street to the Capitol.
The Navarre, across the street from the Brown Palace. It was once a brothel (right across from the church!), and is now a fancy restaurant. 
The Navarre from street level. 
The Brown Palace at street level. 
The cowboy in front of the Brown Palace. At this corner of the Hotel is the Ship Tavern, a little bar where we had lunch one day. Best $13 Reuben sandwich I ever had... 
The old sign for the Ship Tavern. 
The Brown Palace doorman. 
The Brown Palace lobby. 
About five floors up was a stained-glass skylight. 
Better detail of the skylight.
I obviously spent a lot of this trip gawking and taking pictures. I guess that's what you get when you grow up in a little town. It was pretty fun though, other than that part where I had to work. And the part where I had to drive home on Friday in rush hour traffic. But I made it through.
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