Author: Characters of Colfax

Becky Stutsman | Bound by Design

Becky Stutsman | Bound by Design

Meet Becky Stutsman of Bound by Design. Story and illustration by Karl Christian Krumpholz.

The Newhouse Hotel: New Energy, Old Ghosts

The Newhouse Hotel: New Energy, Old Ghosts

Imagine you are in 1911 Denver at a 5 star hotel, in an immaculately clean foyer that leads into a dining room. Ornate chandeliers provide the lighting for yet another fantastic 7-course dinner, in which Denver’s elite are the guests. Champagne flutes clink and elegant music plays from the piano just feet away. Now fast forward to 50 years later.

All Humans Welcome

All Humans Welcome

“They call me white chocolate. No really, that’s my nickname because I can karaoke the SHIT out of ‘Bust a Move’,” she says laughing to herself. Long, dark hair cascading over her shoulders, covered in tattoos. The ‘she’ who I’m referring to? Well, that’s none other then the fabulous Jody Bouffard, owner of Denver’s LAST ‘lesbian’ bar here in Denver, Blush & Blu.

Colfax: A Feel-Good Story Like You Wouldn’t Effin’ Believe

Colfax: A Feel-Good Story Like You Wouldn’t Effin’ Believe

What’s not to love? With its mix of old and new, sober and stoned, there’s a unique characteristic about Colfax, where each step has the power to catapult you into a different phase of time. The avenue is so drenched in history and each block has a story all of its own. It has an undeniable energy that encompasses you as you stroll along.

A Place Where Everything is Alright

A Place Where Everything is Alright

This morning, battling another bout of insomnia, a syrupy, sticky sense of dread seeped through the cracks in my (very trendy) exposed brick walls. Little tiny ants find their way through those same cracks; they’re uninvited but I let them stay because it’s nice to have someone to hang out with.

A Beautiful Struggle

A Beautiful Struggle

Colfax is seductive, I talk to her and speak of her as a woman because I believe Colfax is strong and beautiful and complex. She’s rugged; it’s pure poetry out there.

The World That Lies in Shadows

The World That Lies in Shadows

The Characters of Colfax blog is about the people, places, and events that are part of the Colfax mosaic. The following post will be provocative, will tug at the heart-strings of some, while enraging others. We’ll call this character “Chris” (for privacy reasons), who is one of thousands of Characters of Colfax with a story to tell. 

Charlie’s “Balls”

Charlie’s “Balls”

I’m in a dark bathroom stall at Charlie’s Nightclub on a busy Sunday drag show night. This isn’t the first dive-y bathroom I’ve been in on Colfax, and so far, I think the best places have the worst bathrooms.

Trix Are For Kids | Ice Cream Riot

Trix Are For Kids | Ice Cream Riot

Jim McNutt, owner of Ice Cream Riot on East Colfax between Marion and Lafayette Street, is from Philadelphia, but has an affinity for the Mile High City and its wickedest street.

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not on Colfax anymore.

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not on Colfax anymore.

“My head is in the clouds, daydreaming all the time. I dream and eat and sleep Ozjuahzian all the time, I can draw them at the drop of the dime. The stories have been in my head ever since I was little,” said Seymon, who I recently met with to learn about her newest mural for Sassafras American Eatery Capitol Hill.