Love Colorado!

I love Colorado. Today I went and sat, for the first time ever, with my laptop at Starbucks. The lady behind the counter started up a conversation about the east coast winters and how cloudy it is all the time. She was from Maryland between DC and Baltimore; I told her where I grew up. We both said we’d never go back! I got my drink and went outside to sit in the beautiful weather. A man walked up with a bloodhound pup, 6 weeks old. It was her first time on a leash. He was fixing her leash to a table while he went in to get a drink when two ladies nearby asked if they could watch the puppy while he went in. The man said yes and the women doted and loved on the puppy while he was gone. When he came back they thanked him for letting them watch her. In the next 20 mins or so half a dozen people came by and all asked very politely if they could pet the puppy. A total stranger brought the dog a dog bowl full of water from inside starbucks…who does that? The exchanges were so pleasant and genuine. While I love all of my friends and family on the east coast I don’t think the general public is as warm or friendly as in Colorado.

A year or so ago I was getting coffee with Ashley out on rt 29. We sat outside and in the hour or so we sat there we heard 4 or 5 people honk at other cars for not going fast enough at the light. I haven’t heard that many people honk in Colorado in the year since. In the grocery store if you come up behind someone with a lot of items and you have only a few they will almost always offer for you to go ahead of them. There seems to be this greater sense of community. It’s like a small town feeling while keeping the anonymity offered by a bigger city. People reach out to you to have conversations in all kids of places, like elevators, grocery stores, parks, standing in line anywhere! If you cant make friends in Colorado, I don’t think you can make friends anywhere!