I think the people of Denver are probably really nice, but I don’t know where they are. The streets are straight out of SimCity. Mixed use, clearly zoned, and mostly empty. It’s very sunny. It’s cold in the shade. There’s a place called Lodo that people really like. There’s a street mall.

If I had to make up a mascot for a new Denver sports team it’d be the Denver Large Plastic Food Containers.

There is a transit system that runs THROUGH the conference center. That’s pretty cool.

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Alice Twemlow, former 801a-er, gave a spirited and convincing talk about the new MFA program she’s starting at SVA.

I ate a tuna sandwich yesterday that made me feel not great.

They had hors d’oeuvres at the mixer after the talks tonight where they served terrific vegetables on a stick. Teddy Blanks, of Winterhouse, and I enjoyed a great many. Teddy got so excited about the mushroom spring rolls that he dropped one on the floor in his excitement. A middle-age lady bartender asked us if we’d ever gotten REALLY drunk before going to work. Then she told us that they weren’t allowed to put the tip jar on the bar and that she was never bartending at this shitty conference center again.

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Momus confused people.

It’s not clear where or when you’re supposed to eat here.

Apparently, a lot of people care a LOT about “Graphic Design.”

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More later!