Subject: Vacations

• Shmuck of the Week

  June 14, 2008

• Dear United Airlines: It's Over!

  June 25, 2008

• Frontier Horror Story

  July 2, 2008

• Happy Trails

  Getting motorvated in Manitou Springs.

  May 23, 2002

• Best Free Carpooling Service

  April 4, 2002

• Check, Please!

  April 18, 2002

• Best Exploration of the Natural World

  March 27, 2003

• Best Colorado Souvenirs

  March 27, 2003

• Best Representational Solo -- Historic

  March 25, 2004

• Best Summer Camp -- Indoor

  March 24, 2005

• When Irish guys are smiling

  At 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret will host "A Night in Ireland," featuring Irish food, whiskey and entertainment. Tickets are $45; to reserve a spot, go to www.lannies.com. Lannie's staycation is clearly a fantasy. But Jason Sheehan has his own view of an ideal Irish bar, as he described in this essay.

  March 31, 2009

• Wrong Turn

  January 10, 2008

• Courtside

  The jury is out on Denver's courts, while airline fees are a Mile High and rising.

  June 26, 2008

• Frontier Cuts to the Core of Colorado

  Plane talk about the state's homegrown airline.

  July 3, 2008

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A Sloan's Lake summer staycation

  Don't let the recession ruin your summer fun! Instead of paying the high costs for transportation and hotels, you can stay right here in Denver and vacation in the neighborhood that best suits your interests. A staycation in the Sloan's Lake and Jefferson Park neighborhoods has much to offer...

  June 3, 2009

• Fisher Clark Urban Delicatessen

  March 20, 2008

• The French Connection

  Southern cooks know how to make something out of nothing -- like frogs' legs.

  July 12, 2007

• Fred Hess

  St. Cajetan's

  February 16, 2006

• Summer School

  Four Denver schools plan to switch to a year-round schedule.

  March 1, 2001

• Kenny Be's Hip Tip: U.S. Army resorts to new Pinon Canyon plan

  The U.S. Army wanted to purchase the entire southeastern corner of Colorado to expand the Pinon Canyon military maneuvers site. However, now that America is broke, the Army needs a new business model. Instead of costing money, it is time to start making money. The Army could start by rebranding Pinon Canyon to provide the ultimate military training vacations for budget-conscious families...

  April 14, 2009

• Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Camp Swampy at Pinon Canyon

  It's time to stop the Army's costly expansion plans and start turning the Pinon Canyon military training site into a money-making family vacation destination... Renaming the site "Camp Swampy at Pinon Canyon" and hiring costumed characters from the Beetle Bailey comic strip will help to soften the Army's image from capitalist warmongers to the more lovable American Do-gooder dorks.

  April 15, 2009

• Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Tanks for the memories at Pinon Canyon

  It's time to stop the Army's costly expansion plans and start turning the Pinon Canyon training site into a money-making vacation destination... Instead of creating invasion schemes to destroy imaginary enemies, Army soldiers will be giving tank hayrides to tourists and demonstrating how military maneuvers supplement the the area's economic and cultural history.

  April 16, 2009

• Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Fireworks at Pinon Canyon

  It's time to stop the Army's expansion plans and start turning the Pinon Canyon military training site into a money-making vacation destination... In addition to providing world-class firing ranges, the Army will stage a firepower show every evening that features the latest in high-tech weaponry and can be enjoyed from colorful poolside lounge chairs.

  April 17, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: The special charm of a Sloan's Lake summer staycation

  Instead of paying the high costs of transportation and lodging, you can stay right here in Denver and enjoy all of your favorite vacation activities in the neighborhood that bests suits your interests. A staycation in the Sloan's Lake and Jefferson Park neighborhoods has all this and so much more to offer...

  June 5, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A summer staycation of R.V. camping in Stapleton

  Don't let the recession put an end to your plan for a summer R.V. excursion. Instead of paying for several tanks of gas and countless campground fees, you can stay right here in Denver and vacation in the neighborhood that best suits your interests. A staycation in the Stapleton neighborhood has much to offer the R.V. camping enthusiast....

  June 10, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A stylish R.V. Stapleton summer staycation

  Don't let the recession put an end to your stylish summer R.V. excursion. Instead of paying for numerous tanks of gas and countless campground fees, you can stay right here in Denver and vacation in the neighborhood that has the best baby-gear garage sales and sheep-shearing opportunities. A staycation in the Stapleton neighborhood has much to offer the R.V. camping enthusiast...

  June 11, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A Stapleton staycation sunset campfire with a skyline view

  Don't let the recession stop your plans for a summer R.V. excursion. Instead of paying for numerous tanks of gas and countless campground fees, you can stay right here in Denver and vacation in the neighborhood that offers strip-mall camping and sunset marshmallow roasts. A staycation in the Stapleton neighborhood has much to offer the happy R.V. camper....

  June 12, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A staycation in the Hampdens

  Don't let the recession ruin your summer fun. Instead of paying out the nose for a New York vacation in the Hamptons to see celebrities, you can stay in Denver and see plenty of vacationing (local) celebrities in the Hampdens....

  June 24, 2009

• Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: A Confluence Park staycation with no purchase necessary

  Don't let the current economic recession ruin your summer fun. Now you can stay in Denver and enjoy a Confluence Park vacation that includes all of your favorite activities without the cost of all that expensive gear...

  July 3, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: Film festival, take two

  When I last spoke with Tom Botelho, he was in an airport lounge, looking at Gerard Depardieu (foreshadowing!), heading to Europe on a family vacation, and not talking about anything but that. He was certainly not talking about the rumor that he was about to be named the new executive director of the Denver Film Society, a post that the former Denver Post marketing exec had held on an interim basis a year ago, back when the organization was conducting a national hunt for a new director. It cam

  July 27, 2009