We have been attempting to discover some night life here in Denver and in August we went to the infamous 1-up Bar and Red Square. Both are pretty unique places that you should get to when in town.
The 1-up features over 30 vintage arcade games (1985 and older), 2 lanes of “Original” Skee Ball, and 8 pinball machines. In addition to our mechanical games we also offer “Giant Jenga” which can be played on any table!! Adam really liked to push the envelope on Jenga, Darryl liked to take risks and remove the hardest piece and I just went with the flow. When the game falls though you definitely should back up…blocks of wood are loud and dangerous when the tumble.
Across the street from my work is Red Square. There you can find 100 frozen vodkas, flavored vodkas and wine. You can find strange garlic infused or delicious strawberry ones that you purchase for $25 a carafe and take shots with your friends. This can be very dangerous because by the time the first carafe kicks in, you are already well into your second.
Quite a fun night our, but haul a cab on your way home 🙂
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Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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