The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 12 edition

What's cookin'? Today in Cafe Society: • Sweet talk from Keegan Gerhard and other tasty events. • Zaidy's Deli Downtown is still Zaidy's... but now with fusion. • The Wynkoop's canny new strategy. • Veggie Girl: Pasquini's Pizzeria. Today in Backbeat Online: • Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist -- 03.11.09. • Get...

By Michael Roberts

March 12, 2009

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What's cookin'?

Today in Cafe Society: • Sweet talk from Keegan Gerhard and other tasty events. • Zaidy's Deli Downtown is still Zaidy's... but now with fusion. • The Wynkoop's canny new strategy. • Veggie Girl: Pasquini's Pizzeria.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist -- 03.11.09. • Get your goth on with Pictureplane tonight. • 3Oh!3 taking the U.K. by storm. • The Fray still in top ten on Billboard 200. • Cricket on the Hill reunion at Bender's Tavern tomorrow night.

Today in The Latest Word: • Texas investor Brian Ferguson plans bid for Rocky Mountain News assets. • Denver's blue Mustang: Some assembly required. • Who watches the Watchmen? Real-life superheroes. • SPIRE-tini: The New Taste of Downtown Living. • Channel 2 general manager Dennis Leonard on rebranding his station The Deuce: "It's the shit, dude!" Nice: a headline and a punchline all in one.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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