Charlie Sheen has a lot going on right now; giving interviews to anyone with a camera and microphone, getting fired, battling for custody of his kids, going bat-shit crazy and winning, duh. But he’s not too busy to capitalize on his social media prowess. Sheen recently set the Guinness World…
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One hour, 108 bottles of vodka and two Guinness World Records. That was yesterday for Mark Stoddard, mixologist at Happy/Bitter Bar in Boulder, and seven teammates in the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup U.S. Final at the Ace Hotel. During the cocktail competition, Stoddard and his teammates set out to see…
The growing Park Burger empire has now expanded into Highland. Jean-Phillipe Failyau, owner of Park & Co. and the original Park Burger at 1890 South Pearl Street, opened a new location at 2643 West 32nd Avenue on February 20. “We’ve had a good response from the neighborhood,” says Failyau. “It’s…
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Job market got you down? Sick of begging for jobs for which you’re overqualified? Well, perk up: You could be earning $50,000 as the Vice President of Pop Culture for popchips. The chip company recently launched a campaign to find a sidekick for Ashton Kutcher, the popchips President of Pop…
The NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles was a microcosm of our entire Melodrama. On Friday morning Nuggets small forward Carmelo Anthony was reportedly heading to New Jersey for rookie forward Derrick Favors, point guard Devin Harris, spare parts and four first-round draft picks. But the deal was, and still…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
A jury in an Iowa court may soon be debating noun vs. verb use, hyphenation and twelve-inch sandwiches. Casey’s General Stores Inc., which is based in Ankeny, Iowa, filed a lawsuit against Subway in U.S. District Court in Des Moines on Friday, in hopes of proving that the sandwich chain…
Maybe Peter Forsberg quickly realized his body couldn’t handle NHL game action anymore, or maybe he just wanted to get away from the suck that is the Avalanche right now. Either way, Forsberg will reportedly announce his retirement from the NHL at a Pepsi Center press conference moments from now…
If you’ve ever sat on the 11,000 square-foot patio at the Tavern Downtown before a spring Rockies game, you know that it’s not a bad place to be, and according to Nightclub & Bar, a national bar management publication, it’s the best place for a sports fan to be in…
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Barbecue is a Southern and warm-weather food. So how is Big Papa’s BBQ seeing an increase in sales in the middle of a Colorado winter? In much the same way other businesses are driving revenue, it’s utilizing social media. In mid-November, Big Papa’s set out to see if it could…
The eighth annual Krispy Kreme Challenge took place in North Carolina last weekend. The four-mile race is notable because it generates more than $100,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital — but also because it has 2,400 calories of doughnut jammed in the middle of it. Runners sprint two miles…
In a country renowned for excess, the hoopla surrounding the Super Bowl could qualify as our crowning achievement in consumption. But at least some people are finding ways to do something positive with our over-indulgence. Over the weekend, Metropolitan State College professor and chef Jackson Lamb and fourteen of his…
While the Denver Broncos are busy figuring out who to select from the second pick of the draft, at least a few of their fans are picking up the slack and trying to bring home a trophy. The guys who designed the Broncos Bus, a former school bus that’s painted…
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The Carmelo Anthony trade has turned into a puzzle that’s taking an annoyingly long time to complete. It’s mostly finished, yet everyone is looking for the one piece the dog ate. But is it really that bad of an idea for the Nuggets to hold on to Melo through the…
Serving barbecue is a world away from high-end fashion retail, but Big Papa’s BBQ owner Frank Alfonso compares his decision to close his location at 12652 West Ken Caryl Avenue in Littleton to the decision Saks Fifth Avenue made to close its store in the Cherry Creek mall. “We’re like…
Football fans aren’t too picky about the watering holes where they watch the Super Bowl; their requirements typically include multiple large televisions; lots of beer, preferably cheap and cold; and food, preferably cheap and abundant. But those bars that go the extra yard beyond such standard offerings really score. They…
The Culinary Institute of America’s Cream of the Crop scholarship has been awarded to only about ten young chefs a year for the past twelve years. So the chance of someone who’d just started cooking and baking in the past year making the cut would seem slim — but Alyson…
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