Five Reasons to Love Denver, Part II

5. City rooftops Friday night, endless surprises in Breckenridge on Saturday.

4. Baby blue skies Saturday; snow storm Sunday; spring again Monday.

3. Colfax Avenue, once called "The Wickedest Street in America." There's the mafia bar, Kerouac's hangouts, the beautiful theaters-turned-live-music-venues, the 1980s motel bar/dance club, the giant record store, the shady bicycle shop. So much character, so much to explore.

2. Capital Hill, Uptown, Wash Park, Cheesman Park, Highlands. Old houses, narrow streets, front porches, so many trees.

1. Michel, Pablo, Sara, Ellen, Danny, Kellen, Joe, Frank, Josh, Bryna (here and there), Stephanie, Katie and so many more.

Five Reasons to Love Denver

5. Sky full of stars nearly every night, from everywhere in the city.

4. Big names, small venues: Phoenix, Band of Horses, Spoon at The Ogden, Bluebird, or Fillmore.

3. City Park, Cheesman Park, Confluence Park, Cherry Creek Trail.

2. Vail in the morning, Rock Bar in Denver at night.

1. The best job in the world at The Children's Hospital.