I hit the 15th and Denver QuikTrip for a late night snack. The new store is open. It’s huge and unbelievably nice. I was in awe, and so were the other customers at the time. I took a couple of photos.

They have a selection of about 8 or so iced teas and multiple choices for lemonades:

I believe they had to invent a dozen new Freezoni flavors for the frozen drink area:

The iced tea center is straight ahead in this view, the frozen drink theme park is to the left; beer is all the way back and to the right, the checkout counter is to the left (you can see the back of the line), and to the right is — I kid you not — the soft serve and coffee shop. You make your selection on a touchscreen kiosk. I don’t know if it’s open 24 hours, but it was definitely staffed at 12:30 AM tonight.

A view from the other side of the store. You can sorta make out the gigantic flat screens that are inset to the wall around the coffee shop counter for some reason.

This place is seriously epic.

Occasionally I find myself in need of useful information. You know what I mean; you read articles occasionally that contain bits of valuable information that, while not necessarily of immediate importance, you’d like to file away for the future. I’ve decided to file them away right here. This is the first installment of several — assuming I don’t get distracted.

http://blog.nutritiondata.com/ndblog/2008/12/resolution-resc.html – Resolution Rescue, a quick rundown of some healthful foods to satisfy cravings for less ideal snacks.

http://www.esquire.com/style/ESQ0107instruction – The Esquire guide to wearing scarves

http://www.tieknot.com – A very handy rundown of how to tie various knots in neckties

http://www.ehow.com/PrintArticle.html?id=15994 – How to tie a Double Windsor, the only knot that I like that tieknot.com left out.

http://www.home-ec101.com/retro-saturday-top-5-things-to-clean/ – Top 5 Things To Clean, a handy idea of the first five things to be cleaned in a home-mess emergency.