Interesting Ideas from Denver, Colorado

22 Feb 2019 - Michelle Ho

We crawled into Denver in the middle of a snowstorm. The snow tires we put on back in New Jersey did a superb job of delivering us to our destination.

Over biscuits at Rise and Shine the next morning (this roadtrip is becoming a tour of really great breakfasts across America), we learned of two interesting things. First, the existence of NUMTOTS (New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens). Second, the idea of “premium mediocrity”.

Egg and cheese biscuit from Rise and Shine
Egg and cheese biscuit from Rise and Shine

We stocked up at Trader Joe’s (premium mediocre) and continued on our way westward on I-70 (insert appropriate NUMTOTS meme here).