With national cram-your-gut-and-pass-out-on-your-couch day approaching, many food-insecure Denverites may be wondering how they will squeeze a huge Thanksgiving din-din out of a lean wallet. But never fear: Whenever there are poor locals looking for a holiday feast on the cheap, the Dollar Tree is there. The store has everything you…
The week’s top foodie fracas started when TMZ posted photos of Anthony Bourdain and his then-sous chef in a pool, nakie-nakie-eggs-and-bakey. Apparently the photos were twelve-year-old shots taken during a Caribbean vacation by Bourdain’s now ex-wife, and Bourdain had no reservations about showing off his Taylor pork roll. But why…
Superfoods are the latest cool diet trend, despite the fact that most people couldn’t pick an antioxidant or a free-radical out of a lineup. Sometimes knowing why some foods are better for you (clever marketing tool) than others isn’t as important as carting around an expensive bottle of acai-blueberry-spinach-blah juice…
This is one in a series of posts in honor of Denver Arts Week that salute some of our favorite people and places on the arts scene. The beauty part of art for art’s sake is that it doesn’t have to be expensive, or be hung in a gallery to…
The only thing Americans love more than a buffet is a holiday buffet. We also love that the fourth Thursday every November is a thinly-veiled justification for a massive meat-and-starchy gorge by evoking images of shysty Pilgrims and wary Natives sharing corn on the cob. But the real gem of…
Cold beer, crispy tacos and badass skull art was the trifecta of treats last night at El Diablo. The restaurant at 101 Broadway was packed wall-to-wall for the third annual Dia de los Muertos Tattoo Artist Skull Show & Charity Auction, and the only thing better than the Day of…
In yet another burst of menu non-creativity, McDonald’s is introducing Chicken McBites: popcorn-style chicken micro-nuggets that will differ from Chicken McNuggets in that they are ostensibly made from actual cuts of chicken, rather than the bizarre breaded avian mash that gives McNuggets their superfluously spongy consistency. With this un-daring menu…
It’s another holiday season of broke-ass broke-ness, but I can still celebrate Halloween with the finest tricky treats that the Dollar Tree has to offer. I found some surprisingly boss candies between the aisles of off-off-off brand toilet cleansers and reeky Christmas candles, and since Halloween is a holiday primarily…
Yum! Brands — parent company of such fast-food chains as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell — is currently lobbying the Kentucky state government to allow people to use their food stamps in its restaurants. Is this an example of unabashed corporate greed trying to divert state benefits from buying…
Artisan pizza-makers these days are just plain snotty, with their real wood-fired ovens, rustic-style pizza crusts and authentic toppings. But no reason good, hardworking Americans shouldn’t get a slice of the fad, too — and Domino’s is now delivering a real square deal: “artisan” pizzas delivered right to a customer’s…
After a tumultuous week with police clashes, arrests and strict enforcement of the no-overnight-camping rule, Occupy Denver protestors had a quiet day on Sunday. Around 200 demonstrators occupied Civic Center Park in the afternoon and early evening, and their general assembly at 3 p.m. focused on moving forward with peaceful…
Have you taken the Westword sex survey? If not, you have until Friday to lay yourself bare. In the meantime, let’s get kinky with Mistress Saskia. So you’re comfortable whacking your wife with an electric flyswatter, chaining your husband to the hot water heater, watching your girlfriend hump a mop…
People driving by the Capitol building at Broadway and Colfax will notice many things about the Occupy Denver demonstration site, including energetic protesters chanting and waving signs, a Hooverville-style collection of tents and tarps for the 24-7 campers and, right in the middle of this organized chaos, the Thunderdome. This…
The wet weather over the weekend did nothing to deter the core group of satellite Occupy Wall Street-inspired demonstrators camped out at Broadway and Colfax. Occupy Denver supporters vow to continue the camp-in in rain, shine and even into the snow season. Look below to see a photo essay of…
Denver’s Dangerous Theatre has been tickling funny boners and titillating naughty parts since 2007, and its latest play, Here be Dragons, is a tale of Christianity and homosexuality — with a dangerous hint of science and a delicious smidge of naked man-ass. But the theater itself still lurks in the…
Sesame Street, the show that has taught several generations of suburban white kids how to ask where the potty is in Spanish, is introducing a new Muppet this Sunday in a special episode about hunger, sponsored by Wal-Mart. Lily, the “food-insecure” Muppet, is seven years old, pink-faced, dressed in what…
Producing alcoholic beverages is a time-honored enterprise, and creating tasty homemade hooch on the cheap makes good financial sense right now. For a measly $10, you can buy a “Spike Your Juice” kit, containing everything you need for six batches — except the necessary juice and the crumpled brown paper…
Miller Farms definitely puts the “ag” in agritourism. For a nominal admission fee, I got to spend a day at a working farm, hitched a ride on a huge trailer filled with hay bales, learned that root vegetables don’t always want to be unearthed, and took home seven large grocery…
Mistress Saskia, Denver’s premier dominatrix, is headmistress of Pavlovia Denver, a house of professional domination where she trains apprentice dominants, teaches private lessons for singles and couples, and offers such delightful and demented services as cross-dressing, role-play, spanking, whippings, fetish play and bondage (subjects you can learn much more about…
BDSM-themed movies, and films with hot kink scenes in them provide us with two very important things: mainstream popular-culture acceptance, and something to jerk the gerk/smack the peach to when we’re bored. See also: The best BDSM movies: Five more options for your viewing pleasure…
For people not involved in the BDSM, or kink scene (the subject of this week’s cover story), most forms of sadomasochistic or SM play would be considered edgy, but within the scene there are certain activities that are generally recognized as being high-risk, even for experienced players, and these are…
Jenn Wohletz is the author of this week’s Westword cover story, “Field Guide to Denver Wild Life.” Here’s her first-person account of how she got involved in the the kink scene. I used to tie up my Barbie dolls. I’d strip them, smother their smiling little mouths with duct tape…
