Stock Show 100th Anniversary Tie
Rockmount Ranch Wear,
1626 Wazee St., Denver
303-629-7777
It takes a village of old- timers to properly celebrate an anniversary the magnitude of the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show’s centennial. Third-generation Western-wear designer Steve Weil partnered with fifth- generation rancher and artist Duke Beardsley to create a bold red silk tie to toast the big rodeo. Just 200 were made, and they are sure to be snapped at Rockmount’s LoDo shop and at the National Western’s logo booth. If you miss the $30 deal, you still can see Beardsley’s original painting at the Coors Art Show this week.
A NEW BOUQUET
Chez Cheese
Gourmet Market
1512 Larimer St., Denver
303-825-3122
If something feels a little familiar about the new gourmet market in the old City Flower Market space in Writer Square, look no further than the man behind the counter: florist Don Pieratt reinvented as a cheese-monger. Where Pieratt used to send people off with bundles of flowers, he now sends them off with little packets of cheese, like the Queso de Valdeón, above, a beautiful Spanish blue.
A MUSICAL PASTIME
The O’Brien Family CD and Board Game
$15, obrienfamilyband.com
Riding around to gigs in an RV with kids, what else you gonna do but play board games? The Evergreen-grown bluegrass band developed its own – and wrote some great songs along the way. The group officially rolled out the new CD Friday night at Swallow Hill and hit the road again. You can follow the journey – they’re on their way to Grand Ole Opry, at least in their hearts – using punch-out game pieces and the spinner that comes with the disc.
