By: Sarah Stone
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ramen-is-all-the-craze-jinya-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
Ramen is all the craze!
![A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/spicy-chicken-ramen-jinya-ramen-bar-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sake-flight-jinya-ramen-bar-standard-hibiscus-horchata.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/larimer-square-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sparkling-white-fight-at-corridor-44-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/annie-oakley-larimer-arcade-mural-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sculpture-park-denver-performing-arts-complex-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sculpture-park-denver-performing-arts-complex-02-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/electrical-box-art-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
Art on an electrical box
![A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bird-mural-01-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
Part of a mural featuring birds and flowers
![A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bird-mural-02-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
Part 2 of the mural featuring birds and flowers
![A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/flower-mural-01-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
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](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/flower-mural-02-denver-frayed-passport.jpg)
Some more of the ramp flowers
![A Day in Denver: JINYA Ramen Bar, Colorado Sake Co., & Street Art - Frayed Passport](https://frayedpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/denver-sake-company-menu-frayed-passport.jpg)
We finished the night at Colorado Sake Co., which was recommended by server at JINYA.