Subject:

Dating

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Online dating for straight people: We're all just chasing the popcorn

    The idea that online dating sucks for straight people is as old as online dating itself. A few weeks ago, as I watched Luciann Lajoie explain in great theatrical detail the (however brief) life of a frantic serial online-dater in Date, I was reminded of just what terrified me so much about online da ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 3, 2012

    Date explores the world of online match-ups

    The idea that online dating sucks for straight people is as old as online dating itself. A few weeks ago, as I watched Luciann Lajoie explain in great theatrical detail the (however brief) life of a frantic serial online-dater in Date, I was reminded of just what terrified me so much about online da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Mike Doughty's The Book of Drugs reading and concert at the Fox Theatre, 4/1/12

    No matter how many ways he said no, Mike Doughty was still bombarded with requests for Soul Coughing songs at the Fox Theatre last night. Currently on tour in support of his autobiography, The Book of Drugs, and the recently released album Yes And Also Yes (one of close to a dozen records Doughty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Listen to a pair of new Ian Cooke covers

    Ian Cooke is one busy boy. Since dropping Fortitude, his second album, this past November, the despondent dreamboat has been busily weaving himself in and out of video projects, mini-tours and a gig recording songs for a local play about online dating -- all while keeping his fashionable feet on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Tim Tebow dates Taylor Swift? Twitter Nation reacts

    The latest rumored Tim Tebow crush (following Lindsey Vonn and plenty of others)? Pop-country warbler Taylor Swift, who reportedly dined with The Chosen One in Century City the night after the Oscars. That's the kind of news that gets people tweeting. Look below to see our ten favorite reactions, fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2012

    Colorado New Play Summit Playwrights' Slam serves up raw material in a rare evening

    It's ten at night, and the Jones Theatre is thronged with bodies, and smells of beer, wine and popcorn as the Playwrights' Slam -- a regular part of the Denver Center Theatre Company's Colorado New Play Summit -- is about to begin. "My woman wants your head to make a soup." This is from a play abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    What is your favorite spot for a first date in Denver?

    For this week's cover story, "Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA," I spent roughly a month working with local matchmaker Jamie Richards. We've already covered her tips on finding a matchmaker, taking a profile picture and creating an online dating profile. But now w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Online dating: Your friends' comments on your love life can actually help your profile

    Before I began working with Jaime Richards, one of the matchmakers in this week's cover story, I had to dig deep. Really deep: It's common practice for date coaches and matchmakers to ask their clients for letters of recommendation, but they're not the kind you're thinking of. In preparation for our ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA

    Before I began working with Jaime Richards, one of the matchmakers in this week's cover story, I had to dig deep. Really deep: It's common practice for date coaches and matchmakers to ask their clients for letters of recommendation, but they're not the kind you're thinking of. In preparation for our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Online dating: What your intentionally candid profile photo says about you

    Today, I received a message on Match.com from a man who tried to woo me with the line, "Let love in. (I'm love)." There are several problems with that, but let's take a couple steps back: While writing "Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA," I spent roughly a month wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Vlirty, new online dating site by local software geek Adam Norrell, focuses on video chatting

    Adam Norrell, human.​Adam Norrell likes the words "snazzy" and "sparky." He says them more than you'd expect from a 34-year-old software nerd from Castle Rock, especially when he's describing his new online dating site, the snazzily named Vlirty. Norrell came up with the idea for Vlirty, which ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 3, 2011

    Blind Date is an interactive experience in meta-theater

    Adam Norrell, human.​Adam Norrell likes the words "snazzy" and "sparky." He says them more than you'd expect from a 34-year-old software nerd from Castle Rock, especially when he's describing his new online dating site, the snazzily named Vlirty. Norrell came up with the idea for Vlirty, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Blind Date opens at the Garner Galleria -- but don't go alone!

    ​Improv theater is risky, especially when it calls for pulling an unsuspecting audience member onto the stage for the entirety of the show. Case in point, the Garner Galleria's production of Blind Date, in which the show's creator and only star, Rebecca Northan, hand-picks a fellow from the cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Not for the faint of heart: Second City delivers a romantic comedy for the iPhone age

    Michael BrosilowEd Kross and Amy Roeder of The Second City​If you're looking for the perfect date night destination, keep on looking. Love, Sex & The Second City isn't a show for a first date. Because it's about first dates -- and why we never make it to that second one... or the third... or t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2011

    The Sexy City

    Michael BrosilowEd Kross and Amy Roeder of The Second City​If you're looking for the perfect date night destination, keep on looking. Love, Sex & The Second City isn't a show for a first date. Because it's about first dates -- and why we never make it to that second one... or the third... or t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Denver is eighth most promiscuous city in the U.S.? Aren't we easier than that?

    "We're not promiscuous. We're just posed that way."​Hooray! Another city list in which Denver scores high! And we do mean "scores" -- because Mile High has placed eighth in OKCupid.com's list of the ten most promiscuous cities in the U.S.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Are you an executive by day and a wild man by night?

    He's looking for the goddess. Are you the goddess?​Attention ladies: Are you looking for a man who's not afraid to get a little sand on his tuxedo? How about a gentleman who considers himself a "refined valley dude"? Well, Video Mate has the man for you. Or had the man for you, rather, back in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Tastebuds.fm sets you up based on musical tastes, finds Adele fans get messaged but not laid

    Jelmer de Haas via Adele.tv ​Online dating, that cesspool of hilarious stories and perhaps even true love. Sure, you could scour OkCupid for witty About Me paragraphs, be completely charmed by his or her fondness for biking in the rain, and then get to the favorites section. Favorite band is T ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    How do I get my dad to handle my dating a Mexican?

    Jelmer de Haas via Adele.tv ​Online dating, that cesspool of hilarious stories and perhaps even true love. Sure, you could scour OkCupid for witty About Me paragraphs, be completely charmed by his or her fondness for biking in the rain, and then get to the favorites section. Favorite band is T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Denver's five best first-date restaurants

    The Village Cork, Denver's best first date restaurant​How is a first date different from a blind date? The blind date is basically an interview, after which you decide whether you'd like to go a second round. First dates imply that some level of familiarity and attraction already exists, and y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Reader: Vine Street Pub is no date place, since it doesn't take credit cards

    Vine Street doesn't let you pay for your beer with a credit card.​Our choice of the Vine Street Pub as one of Denver's Five Best Restaurants for a Blind Date as well as its win as the Best Break-Up Restaurant raised an eyebrow...or two...from Dan. "Not exactly sure how a restaurant that only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Denver's five best restaurants for blind dates

    Denver's best blind-date restaurant​Until fairly recently, we were big fans of online dating websites, racing off to meet perfect strangers several nights a week, making new friends, making out a little, maybe even finding someone we'd like to date. It didn't take long for us to become strate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Hot dates! Denver ranked fourth-best dating city in the country by online dating website

    Flickr.​ If you can't get a date in Denver, you're just not trying hard enough, says Vavoom.com, a dating site that seems to be more about making out than making marriages. The site has just ranked Denver the fourth-best dating city in the country. Why? Because, according to their ambitious m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Groupon gives Denver singles a chance to produce Grouspawn at Japoix Meetup

    ​A few weeks ago, we reported that Groupon had unveiled a special promotion called Grouspawn, a trust fund for babies born of couples who engaged in intercourse during a Groupon first date. That was rolled out in conjunction with a dating service, presumably so interested parties would have mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Groupon unveils Grouspawn trust fund and dating service

    someecards.comBut since you weren't, maybe you'll score a trust fund from Groupon​ Groupon, the national deal-hawker that one woman claims nearly sunk her business, is unveiling a brand new publicity stunt called Grouspawn, which is sure to rile up Glenn Beck and his fellow Tea Partiers.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Tonight: Culinary Date Night at Cook Street

    ​First dates have a reputation for being awkward -- but it doesn't have to be like that. Tonight, the Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, offers a Culinary Date Night class from 6 to 9:30 p.m.; admission is $79 per person. Impress your date with your skills and turn your lu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Guess where I'm drinking?

    Nancy Levine​I know it's a horrible thing to say, but I can't stand going out with a man who orders a Cosmopolitan. Oh, whatever. You wouldn't fault me if I said I couldn't stand going out with a man who wears three-inch heels. Look, it's just not manly. Order a vodka and cranberry if you don' ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 20, 2009

    It may not be Mexican Mexican, but La Loma serves up authentic Colorado Mexican

    Nancy Levine​I know it's a horrible thing to say, but I can't stand going out with a man who orders a Cosmopolitan. Oh, whatever. You wouldn't fault me if I said I couldn't stand going out with a man who wears three-inch heels. Look, it's just not manly. Order a vodka and cranberry if you don' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Prom, ganja and the smell test

    Did Sarah Heideman's prom date smell like... this? Hard to ignore a press release with this headline: "Brighton High School Senior Excluded From Prom Because Her Date 'Smelled Like Medical Marijuana.'" According to the release, the incident in question involved Brighton High senior Sarah Heideman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Best of Denver 2009: Fifty first dates

    As with yesterday's post about the sudden shortage of rice-flour baguette in Denver, this is another explanation of how I came to choose a certain award in this year's Best of Denver issue.  This time around, it's about the best restaurant for a first date. Award in question: Best First Date Rest ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 3, 2008

    Washington Apple

    Phil’s Place

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Benny Benassi

    Beta

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Help, I'm Dating a Mexican!

    How can a gringa deal with her friends' racism?

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2007

    Utensils for Romance

    How can a gringa deal with her friends' racism?

  • Music

    October 12, 2006

    The Killers

    Sunday, October 15, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Game On

    The Denver pick-up artists come out from their lair. Look out, ladies!

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Pigeon John

    Sunday, March 12, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

  • Dining

    March 2, 2006

    Caipirinha

    Rodizio Grill

  • New Year's Eve

    December 15, 2005

    Dirty Trick

    Rodizio Grill

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2004

    Minutemen...and Women

    Speedy daters seek to set a world record.

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2004

    Tapping Creativity

    Female dancers click into gear

  • Music

    July 24, 2003

    Something Underground

    Slides (Self-released)

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Date-a-Thon

    Looking for love in the arms of a stranger -- ten of 'em at a time.

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Congressional Haiku -- Retiring

    Bob Schaffer

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Yentas

    Colorado Jewish Social Network
    Congregation Emanuel

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Best Drive-In for Summer-School Students

    Holiday Twin Drive-In

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Tell Your Significant Other It's Over

    Sacre Bleu

  • Culture

    September 13, 2001

    Amore the Merrier

    I Love You whips up an enjoyable froth from life's sweet-and-sour relationships.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?...

    Tim McVeigh's not currently available, but there are other dateable patriots. Ask Marilyn.

  • News

    March 8, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    Tim McVeigh's not currently available, but there are other dateable patriots. Ask Marilyn.

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