This is the weekend of the annual Taste of Colorado festival in the streets of downtown Denver, which Ed and I have attended many times over the years -- except, of course, over Labor Day weekend two years ago (although it was on our recommended list of fun things to do for wedding guests in town afterward). :) To summarize: Admission is free. One exchanges money for tickets (so that it's easy to forget you are spending $5 on a drink), and then you exchange your tickets for "tastes" or whole meals from the more than 50 Colorado restaurants participating. (Dad, you would absolutely love this festival -- nothing but fair food [and gourmet food] galore!)
Enjoying more than a taste...
Blanden attended last year, but he was far too young to taste, so this year was much more of an adventure. Today he discovered that he very much liked the free samples of peanut-butter-and-jelly Larabars (all-natural fruit and nut bars made here in Colorado) and Pink Passion Guava Eldorado vitamin water (less sugary than juice). But don't worry, we wouldn't take him to a food festival without letting him sample some junk too, specifically spicy Jamaican beef patties with Dad and an enormous Rice Krispie treat with Mom, his favorite of all. 
