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Earlier this month, Dave and I had the wonderful opportunity to meet up with friends and hang out in Denver and Boulder for a couple of days. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the area, and I was getting a little antsy here in Florida…so this was super exciting! Here are a few highlights from just our first day wandering around Denver:

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Ramen is all the craze - Frayed Passport

Ramen is all the craze!

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

We started the day with a stop at JINYA Ramen Bar, where I got a spicy chicken ramen, Dave built his own ramen bowl, and we also got gyoza and jalepeno corn.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Sake Flight - Frayed Passport

Also at JINYA, we tried the sake flight featuring a regular sake, hibiscus sake, and other flavors made locally.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Pride Flags at Larimer Square - Frayed Passport

We then headed over to Larimer Square, which had colorful Pride flags strung across it.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art -Corridor 44 Champagne Flight - Frayed Passport

It started raining during our wander, so we stopped in to Corridor 44 at Larimer Square to wait it out and try a champagne flight.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Annie Oakley at Kettle Arcade - Frayed Passport

Annie Oakley—part of a much larger mural painted on the ceiling and walls of the Kettle Arcade at Larimer Square.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Sculpture Garden at the Performing Arts Complex - Frayed Passport

A terrifyingly huge sculpture in the garden of the Performing Arts Complex.

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - closer view of giant sculpture - Frayed Passport

A closer view of the sculpture…I found it both cool and a little scary

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

Art on an electrical box

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

Part of a mural featuring birds and flowers

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

Part 2 of the mural featuring birds and flowers

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

There’s cool art everywhere—in creative spots, like on this ramp

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

Some more of the ramp flowers

A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport

We finished the night at Colorado Sake Co., which was recommended by server at JINYA.

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