Saturday night in Denver was party night. The Denver Host Committee threw a huge bash at Elitch's. Committee co-chair Steve Farber [2] was basking in all the well-deserved praise for the Committee's meeting its $40 million fundraising goal. After Elitch's, I attended a party hosted by Salon.com [3] at a very beautiful townhouse in the Ballpark District that they have rented for the convention.

It was great to see Duncan Black (aka Atrios of Eschaton [4]), Jane of Firedoglake [5], Glenn Greenwald [6], John Amato of Crooks and Liars [7], Taylor Marsh [8] to name just a few, all mixing it up with Mainstream Media. Restaurant recommendations seem to be a hot topic. Taylor Marsh, who counts herself as a serious foodie and asked me for recommendations weeks ago, had a wonderful meal at Luca di Italia [9] last night. She raved and raved about it, and is looking forward to her reservation at Barolo [10] later in the week. Leaving the Salon Party, I offered a ride to Don Hazen, Executive Editor of Alternet [11], who is renting a condo on the East side of Denver. He mentioned he had no food in his condo, so we made a stop at the King Soopers on 14th and Krameria. He could not stop "wow-ing" over the size of the store, the fact it was open after 11 pm, the variety of food and quality of the produce -- reminding me once again what a privilege it is to live in Colorado.