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1. Zip Code Guy, The: A regular addition to Pearl Street's variety of performers who apparently knows every zip code in the entire world, as...  
2. Freedom Cage: Freedom Cage is the brilliantly oxymoronic name given to the small chunk of asphalt designated as the place of protest...  
3. Berthoud Pass: A mountain pass just west of Denver that is popular for back country hikers and skiers. Elevation is just over 11,000...
4. Foothills, The: Denver is actually located 15 miles east of here-a gentle series of peaks ranging from 7,000 to 11,000 feet-and not in...  
5. 13th Step, The: The 13th step of the State Capitol Building (on the west side) happens to be situated exactly one mile (5280 feet)...  
6. Front Range, The: The local reference to a series of mountain peaks (some as high as 14,000 feet) just beyond the continental...  
7. Sheraton Denver: This hotel (formerly known as the Adam's Mark Denver) is the largest in Colorado.  
8. Capitol Building: The Colorado State Capitol building is also a landmark, having been built in the 1880s and entirely out of...  
9. Brown Palace Hotel, The: This Italian Renaissance-style hotel dates from 1892 and is an official Denver landmark. Many presidents stayed here...  
10. Beau Jo's: A beloved Colorado pizza-chain started in 1974; originator of the "Mountain Pie". And, they even have a gluten-free...  
11. Mountain Pie: A Colorado-stle pizza, made with honey in the crust and often topped with a spicy sauce.  
12. LODO: Denver's lower downtown area.  
13. Stephen Menke: The Colorado State Enologist; yes, believe it or not, Colorado has an official wine expert on staff.  
14. John Hickenlooper: Denver's delightfully eccentric Mayor.  
15. Most Lustful City in America: Forbes Magazine bestowed this honor upon the Mile-High city in light of its record breaking contraceptive...  
 

Past Words of the Day


1. A derogatory term for a person born and raised in the city of Troy, New York. The more proper term would be "Trojan."

2. A derogatory name for the city of Troy itself, likening it to a toilet.

A trip to the liquor store.

A perennial New York dessert featured on Seinfeld, usually consisting of a round, cake-like cookie topped with half-vanilla and half-chocolate icing. Also referred to as the Half and Half Cookie.

A type of relish made primarily from peppers, beans and onions.

This slang for rubber bands in Pittsburgh speak.

Local jargon for Route 60, a main road connecting Mesa to Phoenix

A nickname for Scottsdale, due to its rich Western cowboy history.