​See that picture above? Yeah, that's exactly what you think it is: a toaster with a pre-determined Pop Tart setting. And that is just about the coolest thing in the world.
Or in the world of toasters, at least.
The toaster pictured is the one that came with my room in Beaver Creek -- a virtual wonderland of things cooler and more functionally solid than the things I have at home. At home, I have two toasters (because I am an old short-order cook and having only one toaster around makes m
​On our first night in town, Laura, the kid and I had only one overwhelming concern: where to get a little dinner. And rather than drive down into Avon, we decided to take our chances in the minor utopia that is Beaver Creek Village.
It was beautiful (as was only to be expected) and it was luxurious (as was only to be expected). There was ice skating in the middle of August and fountains for the kids to play in, fancy trinket shops and a video-game arcade (when was the last time yo
​I did not have the greatest food luck in the mountains. I found a good spot for breakfast and lunch (read about it next week), and the pizza from the Blue Moose was at least decent (and better by a long stretch than anything else we ordered). But everything else? A serious disappointment.
That is, until I left the cloister of Beaver Creek and the Epcot-y Bavarian weirdness of Vail Village, took some good advice and busted out for the original Larkburger in Edwards.
Photo by Aaron ThackerayBusta on the Rocks.Shall we rap?
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks.
• MP3 Freeloader: Rockie making a splash on the club scene.
• Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening.
• Q&A with Jared Piccone of Innerpartysystem.
• Q&A with Brandon Whalen of My Body Sings Electric.
• Gary Sinise encourages Civic pride tomorrow night.
Today in Cafe Society:
• This weekend: Chocolate, Colorado wines and craft beers.
• Geek in
