Down by Cherry Creek, there’s a statue in a small park on the south side of the street just before the intersection of Speer and Downing. That statue is a memorial for the Hungarian uprising of 1956, and it stands in the Hungarian Freedom Park.

This monument, which was the first of its kind in North America, commemorates the revolt of the Hungarian people against Soviet oppression. The park itself was once called Arlington Park, and was originally designed by Saco R. DeBoer, who also designed Alamo Placita Park on the other side of Speer.

If they weren't so much the same, I might remember which Denver bar I was in when this life-changing epiphany struck: this blows!

It was a weekend night, I'm sure, doesn't matter which, pint in hand and eyes on some Saran-tight dress. Music pounded just above shouting volume and people muscled each other like piglets at the teat for 30 seconds at the bar.