The city of Denver turned up their holiday lights on Friday night. We decided to make the trip into the big city on Saturday evening and have some dinner and see what our new town had to offer!
We arrived at the 16th Street Mall around 6PM and were greated by tens of thousands of white lites lining the mall. Many of the buildings were decorated in festive holiday colors as well. There was a wintery chill in the air, but I don’t think anyone noticed as they were too busy taking everything in.
As we made our way east along the mall, we noticed several decorated horse-drawn carriages. We were five this evening but maybe Tara and I will make another trip down for a carriage ride.
We were only a couple of blocks from the Capital and that’s a shot I’ve always wanted to get so we continued east. As we rounded the corner we were struck but the Denver City & County building lit up in blue, greens and red (above). We spent plenty of time on the mall capturing images and even witnessed a wedding photographer working with some happy newly weds in front of the building. What a unique photo that must have been!
I did manage to get some shots of the capital building. It wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for as it was two hours past sunset. The best time to capture nightscapes is about 15 minutes after sunset. The twilight skies are a deep dark blue and help add depth to the image.
After we had our fill of the mall, capital and county building, we headed back down 16th Street Mall and stopped at Marlowe’s Chop House and had a spectacular meal. The filet kabob was a little spicy, but I loved it!
The car ride home was real quiet as I think at least two of the riders were sleeping after a long, full day in our new home.
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