Subject: Penny Parker

• More Messages: Symbiosis

  September 26, 2006

• Delegating Denver #6 of 56: California

  August 27, 2007

• CBS Legal Eagle Andrew Cohen Takes on a Top Republican Fundraiser

  November 26, 2007

• The Rocky Mountain News Links LoDo Shooting to Democratic National Convention

  June 23, 2008

• Sorry, Penny Parker, but the DNC is over

  September 16, 2008

• John Elway -- you've picked the wrong Paige Green!

  October 1, 2008

• This Is Only a Test

  The programming secrets toies er's old-time formats radio.

  October 14, 1999

• Off Limits

  Who's on First?

  February 21, 2002

• Denver Blogs: Macrophenomenal!

  A daily roundup of stuff maybe worth reading about Denver. Send tips. A basketball book with the word "macrophenomenal" in the title. No, it's not by Charles Barkley. (Denver Stiffs) The good, the bad, and the unknown about Ken Salazar. With hats like that, the ugly goes without saying. (5280) For the Rocky's Penny Parker, the fight shall go on. Yipee? (Denver PR Blog)

  December 18, 2008

• All in the Family

  January 13, 2000

• The Old Aunt

  February 17, 2000

• Wake-Up Call: New jobs for Andrew Romanoff

  On November 5, the day after Democrats scored such a stunning upset in Colorado, I spotted affable, outgoing Colorado House of Representatives speaker Andrew Romanoff at the Saucy Noodle, of all places. He was on the phone with Bernie Buescher, the Grand Junction rep who'd looked to be next in line as speaker -- until he lost his seat on November 4. Six weeks later, Romanoff was one of three finalists for the Colorado Secretary of State's job -- and lost it to Buescher. And last week, he lost

  January 7, 2009

• Off Limits

  February 15, 2001

• Man's head explodes after reading Woody Paige

  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- A 42-year-old man died on Sunday when his head exploded while trying to decipher a story by Denver Post sports columnist Woody Paige. Joseph Patrick, a computer programmer and father of two, was waiting for his grande skim vanilla latte in a crowded Starbucks here when he casually picked up a copy of Sunday's Post, his wife said. Patrick had vowed years ago not to read Paige's work, according to his wife. But recent rumors that Paige had written sentences that almo

  January 19, 2009

• Off Limits

  February 7, 2002

• The Bite

  July 11, 2002

• Denver Post to add Rocky Mountain News voices

  Photo by Anthony Camera.Kevin Vaughan, a Rocky reporter who'll soon be writing for the Denver Post. Almost two months ago, Michael Roberts offered an all-star list of five Rocky Mountain News staffers that he suggested the Denver Post hire should the News shut down.Now, with the News's last day tomorrow, the Post has announced that it's adding a handful of News employees, and three of them were on Roberts's list: columnist Mike Littwin, workhorse reporter Lynn Bartels, and sports writer Dave Kr

  February 26, 2009

• Former enemies Penny Parker and Bill Husted finding ways to co-exist at the Denver Post

  Penny Parker, who's back at the Denver Post. The February 26 announcement that the Rocky Mountain News would close was accompanied by word that the Denver Post had hired a handful of Rocky notables. This move was a positive development for readers, as well as for the staffers in question -- but combining these forces can present internal challenges. Case in point: Penny Parker's addition to the Post roster. Parker actually worked for the Post from 1993 to 1999 prior to being snapped up by the

  March 9, 2009

• Major behind-the-scenes shuffling at the Denver Post

  Photo courtesy of Flickr. The just-published blog "Former Enemies Penny Parker and Bill Husted Finding Ways to Co-Exist at the Denver Post" describes the intriguing repercussions of changes at the broadsheet since the closure of the Rocky Mountain News -- and plenty more are on the way. Earlier today, Post editor Greg Moore sent out a memo describing job and assignment shifts within the paper as a whole. Some noteworthy alterations: Karen Crummy, who's covered state and national politics, has b

  March 9, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 9 edition

  Cut Off Your Hands -- which is the name of a band, not a reference to a scene in Watchmen. Here are some things we published not too long ago... Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Cut Off Your Hands at the hi-dive. • Over the Weekend: Tauntaun and Kingdom of Magic at the Bluebird. Today in Cafe Society: • Prime (rib) time at Dazzle. • A Milking It review of Frosted Flakes Gold. • Zolo mixing a meal with mezcal. • Say hi to Hi*Rise. • Lime, Cheeky Monk head for the hil

  March 9, 2009

• Colt & Gray, a new gastropub, slated for May

  Where the hell is it?I asked myself that question a half dozen times while aimlessly driving down Platte Street searching for Colt & Gray, a new gastropub opening in late May at 1553 Platte Street in the Platte River Valley. Lori MidsonIt wasn't that I couldn't find the address: The numbers were right there, clear as day, tacked above the door...of an office building -- the old "Zang" building, to be precise, which is now New Town Builders. After several jaunts up and down the stairs of said

  March 16, 2009

• Houston's, we have a problem

  Houston's promo card shows a crowd, but they're not your average CreekersAn hour after getting all the appropriate permits, the long-awaited Houston's finally opened this past weekend at 303 Josephine Street. This sibling of the Cherry Creek Grill and other restaurants in the Hillstone chain has an expansive, sleek dining room and an inexplicable eleven seats at the bar. Eleven seats? With all the barflies in Cherry Creek? It also has a no-cell-phone rule in the dining room, and on Sunday night

  April 8, 2009

• All hail Mary

  March 12, 2009

• Feeling Kinda Blue (and Orange)

  Analyzing the post-game psyche.

  January 26, 2006

• Big League Bash

  The Black Eyed Peas get this party started.

  November 3, 2005

• Pop-Up Video

  Music-video filmmakers flex their muscle.

  May 19, 2005

• Girls Just Want to Have Fun

  The Denver Cycle Sluts celebrate 25 years in the Queen City.

  October 14, 2004

• The Message

  Saint John

  July 15, 2004

• Bite Me

  Space Invaders

  October 23, 2003

• Belly of the Beast

  The food critic meets his match in a hippo named Burt.

  June 19, 2003

• The Message

  Is Channel 9 successful because of its people or its system?

  April 10, 2003

• The Message

  A hard-nosed TV reporter is peddling a new line -- of cosmetics.

  February 20, 2003

• Internet Interruption

  Web-radio legislation gets tangled in politics.

  November 7, 2002

• Post Mortem

  An unpublished column helps wrap up Chuck Green's story at the Denver Post.

  May 30, 2002

• Journey's End

  The media outlets that helped Ocean Journey float aren't mentioning their roles now that it's sinking.

  March 28, 2002

• Tower Failure

  Community groups and broadcasters widen their battle over proposed tower construction.

  January 24, 2002

• The Media Eye

  It never blinks -- even when we wish it would.

  September 13, 2001

• Let's Make a Deal

  Radio, TV and alternative media try to use the JOA to their advantage.

  May 17, 2001

• Bang for the Bucks

  How did Denver turn the city's reporters into publicists? By blowing stuff up.

  January 11, 2001

• Leftoverture

  Alternative rockers are getting behind Alternative Radio.

  August 17, 2000

• Paper Trail

  The News VP asks children's help in watching the competition

  March 30, 2000

• Gossipmongers

  Dishing dirt on the bigmouths of Denver.

  December 2, 1999

• Mouthing Off

  October 2, 1997

• Big Bang Theory

  December 26, 1996

• You, too, can judge Cook Street's battle of the chefs

  The kitchen crew at Cook Street Fine School of Cooking, 1937 Market Street, is searching for a kick-ass judge to sound off at the school's upcoming cook-off, an Iron Chef-like duel on Friday, July 31, that's all part of Cook Street's ten-year anniversary celebrations. If you'd like to voice your opinions alongside those of such esteemed fellow judges as yours truly and Penny Parker, business columnist at the Denver Post, send an e-mail, entitled "Why I Should Guest Judge 10-Minute Tastes," t

  July 17, 2009

• Denver's best Caesar salad award goes to...

  Lori MidsonCaesar salad from Opus​ Last night I witnessed the Greatest Caesar Salad competition, an annual battle of the romaine hosted by the Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food, that pitted seven local restaurants -- Squeaky Bean, Root Down, Campo de Fiori, Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza, Opus, Black Pearl and Izakaya Den -- against one another in a spirited duel to see which chef would walk away wearing the leafy crown. A few hundred guests turned out to sample the sa

  July 27, 2009

• John Broening may be quiet, but he's the consummate craftsman at Olivea

  Mark MangerJohn Broening may be quiet, but his food at Olivea speaks for itself.​"Jesus," I said to no one in particular, dopey smile aimed down 17th Avenue, waddling a little as I cleared the doors of Olivea. "He is just so fucking good..." John Broening keeps a relatively low profile, even though he frequently writes for the Denver Post food section. He doesn't get talked about on this blog very often, or really, on any of the blogs - today's equivalent of the society pages, gossip shee

  October 6, 2009

• Why I hate the word "gastropub," again

  Snaps courtesy of Maggie Helseth. Thanks, Maggie!​ I want to make myself absolutely clear here: I hate the word "gastropub." Just to be sure, I'm going to repeat that: I hate the word gastropub. Got it, everyone? The word. Words are my business. I take them very seriously. And as far as words go, gastropub is a bad one. It is a clunky, stupid mish-mash of a word used to describe an eating establishment that ought to be called a restaurant -- and left at that. I also hate the word "

  October 9, 2009