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COLORADO

Saturday June 29th & Sunday June 30th

In August 2020, Ryan & Max moved from Brooklyn to 273 South Logan Street in Denver, right next door to a restaurant called Lucile’s. This house and this neighborhood–and the mountains and prairies that surround–have become home since.

We’ll spend the first part of this weekend in and around the town of Evergreen, Colorado, which is about a 35-minute drive from the city. Then, we’ll come to Denver to solemnize and celebrate, right at home on our block.

The Steinman and Conarro families will be spending Friday and Saturday nights at Colorado Bear Creek Cabins in Evergreen. We’d love for you to book a place to stay nearby, for a night or two, as well! We’ve suggested a few places you might look into, below in the Travel & Logistics section.

Saturday June 29, 2024

12:30 - 2:30pm

Adventuring at Evergreen Lake in Evergreen, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road

We’re heading with our families to Evergreen Lake, to rent SUPs and kayaks, and bike or walk around the park. We’d love for you to join us. You could even go golfing if that’s your thing. If you RSVP for this gathering, we’ll share with you our exact meeting point, sometime that week, as well as details on watercraft rentals and a link to the online waiver with Evergreen Parks & Rec.

Details: Map to 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road - that’s the Evergreen Lake House, a Park & Rec facility. (Map link)

  • We’ll pop up a little white canopy / tent, and make our home base on the lawn to the left of the lake house. You won’t be able to miss us.

  • There’s no swimming at the lake… but there’s boating!

  • Renting a paddleboard / kayak / paddle boat: you’ll walk 5 minutes from our home base to the boat house, and rent your vessel(s) on your own. They don’t do reserved rentals. If you want to get a little jump on this, you can fill out their rental waiver ahead of time - or, you can do it at the time of rental. Boat rental waiver. PFDs/life jackets are provided with your rental. Find rental rates on this page.

Attire: Hikewear / golf wear / sunscreen / bug spray. Plus the coolest/silliest shades and sun visors and tank tops in your collection. Click here for inspo.

What to bring: SUP or a boat or a bike and a PFD, if you’ve got ‘em. $ for boat rentals or personal watercraft fee. Bring snacks or a sack lunch for yourself, if you’d like. No glass at Evergreen Lake, please.

3:00 – 5:00pm

Happy Hour at Cactus Jack’s Saloon & Grill in Evergreen, 4651 County Hwy 73

We’ll gather on the patio overlooking Bear Creek, for live music and darts and pool. Ask for the party under Max Steinman, or, just stroll out to the deck to find us!

Attire: What you think a person should wear to a place with a name like ‘Cactus Jack’s Saloon,’ but with a splash of Love-On-Planet-Earth-ness. Or, you know, whatever you were wearing at the lake just before this. Click here for inspo.

What to bring: Please bring $ for the cash bar and kitchen.

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Sunday June 30, 2024

10:00am – Noon

Potluck Brunch at Dedisse Park Picnic Shelter in Evergreen

We’d like to kick off the day with coffee, and with you, on a forested hill above Evergreen Lake. Map to Dedisse Park Picnic Shelter. Be sure to include ‘Picnic Shelter’! (Map link) There’s a small parking lot at the end of the road, and then it’s a short walk up to the shelter itself.

This is a BYOBrunch situation. If you want to bring stuff to share, potluck-style, please do! – but really you could just grab your own breakfast bites and bring ‘em up and call it good..

Attire: Practical layers for a Rocky Mountain morning, but with just a splash of color or fabric to give a hint of what’s to come later today in Denver. Click here for inspo.

What to bring: A frisbee, a football, a picnic blanket. Please bring a bite for yourself and/or to share for brunch, and BYOB. No glass at Dedisse Park, please.

3:30 – 10:00pm

Wedding & Pageant Extravaganza at Lucile’s Creole Cafe + Our House, 273 South Logan Street in Denver

It’s the main event! The culminating 2024 Love On Planet Earth Urban Backcountry Pageant Extravaganza, roving between Lucile’s restaurant, our house, and our shared yards in downtown Denver.

Parking: There’s a shopping center parking lot called Wash Park Supply, across Alameda Avenue from our gathering. We have permission from the shopping center owners for you to park there, if you don’t find street parking! Map yourself to the Wash Park location of Legacy Pie Company (map link) - that’s one of the shops in Wash Park Supply.

Attire: Full-on Love-On-Planet-Earth Pageant-Extravaganza Exuberance! Think formal-with-flare. Bright colors or metallic-y metallics. One or the other, or both. Ties, gowns, hats, tails, or all of the above. Click here for inspo. Also: it’s very likely going to be hotttttt. Like, hawt, but also hot. We’ll be mostly outside, and/or in 2 old buildings that have creaky AC systems. So, most importantly, please please wear something that’ll help you feel comfortable and cool! (Like, kewl, but also cool.) Shorts, short sleeves, tank tops are all welcome.

What to bring: Your dancing shoes.

  • 3:30pm: Cocktail hour at Lucile’s two bars

  • ~4:30 - 5:30pm: Wedding ceremony on the lawn

  • 5:30 - ~6:30pm: Dinner - Adobo Food Truck

  • 6:30 - 7:45pm: Dancing - Badda Boom Brass Band

  • 7:45pm: Special Awards Presentation for Love On Planet Earth

  • 8pm: Neighbors from South Logan Street join the fray…!

  • 8-10pm: Dancing - DJ on the patio!

Travel, Lodging, & Logistics for Evergreen, Colorado

How to get there:

  • Drive: the drive from Denver to Evergreen is ~35 minutes.

  • Call a car service (Uber, Lyft, etc.). The typical fare from downtown Denver to Evergreen is $35-$50, one way.

  • Sunday morning picnic - shuttle service: Are you hoping to join us for the Sunday morning picnic, but you have no way to get there? If so, please make a reservation for one of our handful of shuttle seats. Please reply by end of day June 13. → Shuttle to Evergreen June 30 - Reservation Form

Where to stay: If you come to Evergreen for a night or two (and we hope you will!), there are several great options, and some are walkable to town and to Evergreen Lake. The Conarros and Steinmans have booked out Colorado Bear Creek Cabins for the weekend. You should check out:

Parking: …can be limited in Evergreen; it’s one of Evergreen’s few shortcomings.Here are your options:

  • Park at Evergreen Lake House. There’s a small lot there - try your luck!

  • Park at the Downtown Parking Lot, and walk from there. 20-min walk to the lake house; 5-min walk to Cactus Jack’s.

  • Find street parking.

  • Park at Stagecoach Park Lower Parking Lot, which is here, and catch the free town shuttle from there to Evergreen Lake. The shuttle runs 10am to 5pm.here’s public parking at Evergreen Lake. For Cactus Jack’s, please enjoy the adventure of town parking in Evergreen. For Dedisse Park Picnic Shelter, Maps apps will take you to a parking area just down the hill from the shelter.

What to do (beyond Love on Planet Earth):

Travel, Lodging, & Logistics for Denver, Colorado

How to get there:

  • Drive: the drive from Denver International Airport to our place is ~45 minutes.

  • Call a car service (Uber, Lyft, etc.). The typical fare from Denver Airport to our place is $40 - 75, one way.

  • Take RTD, Denver’s public transit system. You can take the RTD train from Denver Airport to Union Station, the downtown train station. Then, you can transfer to the number 0 bus; or call a car service from there (a 10- or 15-minute drive). More info on RTD from the airport is here.

Where to stay: As close to our house as possible! Or, you can stay in the heart of downtown Denver. We’re only 2 miles south of downtown so you’ll still be within easy reach of Sunday’s festivities. Check out these places:

Logistics & venue transportation: See above, How to get there.

Parking: Lucile’s will be arranging to close the south end of our block during the gathering, so no parking will be available directly on our block. Please look for street parking on the surrounding streets.

Child care: Are you bringing your kiddos to the 3:30-10pm wedding and party? We’re psyched about that! Would you like to opt into a child-care service at our house, next door to the venue, so that you can boogie down and let your kids play? If so, please check out the details in this Reservation Form. Please reply by end of day June 13. → Child Care in Denver on June 30 - Reservation Form

What to do (beyond Love on Planet Earth): Same response as we had for New York: what isn’t there to do? Let us know if you want some ideas, or if you want to try to sync up beyond the Love On Planet Earth day itself. 

“Actually, can I just live my whole life inside of these images?” … We feel the same way! About some of them, anyway. Some, not so much. You can see the whole saga on the What Is Love On Planet Earth page.