Since we all know that great minds think alike, it's got to be an auspicious day when two of the town's greatest trivial pastimes team up. To be exact, Best of Denver winners Geeks Who Drink and Buckfifty.org will collaborate tonight on Denver's first (and possibly last) Locals Only Pub Quiz, wherein regularly meeting Geeks six-man teams (and anyone else intrepid enough to take a chance) will clash over two rounds of Denver-centric questions and visual challenges as part of the usual weekly ei
Denver native and historical-raconteur-about-town Phil Goodstein probably boasts the most encyclopedic mind for local history that you've ever encountered: Whereas other Denver experts expound on it, Goodstein gushes, spouts, lives, breathes and obsesses about its every detail, whether aloud on his well-known history walking tours or in print in any of the growing pile of twenty or so books he's written on the subject. Plus, Goodstein doesn't just cover his tracks and move on once he's covered
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This week, Westword took an end-of-the-summer road trip down colorful Colorado Boulevard, from Weld County to Highlands Ranch, with many stops in between. This essay is a part of that project.
In a city with few highways, Colorado Boulevard serves as a major thoroughfare, connecting everything to everything, as well as being a destination in itself. At rush hour, it can take a twenty to travel a mile. A busy Saturday can have the same effect.
I have spent more time on Colo
