“No one comes up here without a damn good reason.” Tagline from The Hateful Eight movie poster I first visited Telluride back in the ’80s and found it one of the most beautiful places I’d ever been. A few decades later, and a many travel miles later, I still think that’s true. And while a […]
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Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” CategoryThis week Nikon released it’s new D5 camera and with it a video called My Nebraska directed by Bill Frakes. (So I going to push back my Telluride/Hateful Eight final Colorado post until Monday.) Besides the state of Nebraska sits between Colorado and Iowa, so this video is at home on this blog. (Plus I’ve been a […]
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2016
 
Postcard #100 (Downtown Denver)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“From casual fare to fine dining in Denver, our eclectic offerings have been satisfying presidents, prime ministers, film stars and celebrities alike since 1892.” Brown Palace website My wife is from Denver so I’ve been making trips there for the past few decades, but not until last month did I eat at the Ship Tavern […] “What’s happened to South Park is happening everywhere…” South Park episode Truth and Advertising Boulder, Colorado is home to the University of Colorado and two of the biggest names to go to school there and go on to success in Hollywood are South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The two met in 1992 […] The Eldora Mountain Resort is only a 35 minute (albeit winding) drive from Boulder, Colorado. And students from the University of Colorado aren’t the only ones that make the short drive to get some skiing in to break up the week. I found this video online of the school’s buffalo mascot snowboarding. (And since we’re […] I have to say it now, it’s been a good life, all in all It’s really fine to have a chance to hang around John Denver/ Poems, Prayers & Promises Happy New Year. I never saw snow until I was 21-years-old. (Well, it slushed one night in Orlando when I was 12, but I don’t […]
Dec
28
2015
Postcard #96 (Vail Covered Bridge)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaLast week while in Vail, Colorado my wife and I made a special trek to the covered bridge where we got married many snowfalls ago. I now call this the mysterious hidden covered bridge in Vail as we had a little trouble finding the bridge and a dozen or so locals told us there was […]
Dec
25
2015
Postcard #94 (Frisco, Colorado)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy plan on Tuesday was to make it to Steamboat Springs (one of the few ski towns in Colorado I haven’t hit over the years), but at Silverthorne was advised to not attempt heading north and crossing Rabbit Ears Pass (gotta love quirky names of some places) because it was snowing and there were patches of […]
Dec
25
2015
Postcard #95 (White Christmas)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis morning I woke up at The Minturn Inn and walked across the street and took the above photo as a light snow fell. A picture perfect white Christmas. The only thing that would make it better is if the marketing team at Subaru (another car company?) saw this photo and paid for my vacation […]
Dec
24
2015
Postcard #93 (Frisco, Colorado)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy plan on Tuesday was to make it to Steamboat Springs (one of the few ski towns in Colorado I’ve yet to visit), but at Silverthorne was advised to not attempt heading north and crossing Rabbit Ears Pass (gotta love quirky names of some places) because it was snowing and there were patches of ice, and […] |
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