Best and Worst Food Products New for the Holidays

Denver blog posts are on the lookout for what’s fresh. At our Cafe Society blog, Jenn Wohletz assembles five more of the best — and worst — new food products to get you through the holidays. The Colorado Independent’s Nat Stein on racism and Colorado law enforcement. Mile High Hockey’s…

Twenty ColoradoSexConfess Tweets That Could Give Parents Nightmares

A while back, we shared twenty tweets from Colorado HS Confess that were guaranteed to freak out parents. But frankly, the ones we found on ColoradoSexConfess make the earlier batch seem mild by comparison. These tales, which also purport to come from teens, overflow with graphic sexual content described from…

My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden on Intellectualism and Lady Gaga

Shara Worden, the artistic force behind My Brightest Diamond, makes smart music for smart people. But if her descriptions of creating This Is My Hand, her mind-expanding new recording, can seem academic at times (she talks about searching for the album’s “thesis statement”), she’s hardly anti-populist, as the key inspiration…

Marijuana Businesses Embrace Black Friday and the Holidays

As William Breathes’s lists featuring the best marijuana gifts of 2012 and 2013 demonstrate, Colorado pot shops have embraced the holidays for a while now. But 2014 promises more deals than ever, with a number specifically pegged to Black Friday. See also: Photos: Top Fifteen Marijuana Gifts of 2013…

Five Warmest Winter Venues in Denver

Denver blog posts know when to come in from the cold. The crew at our Backbeat blog picks the five coziest music venues in Denver. Denver Egotist shows off a new app that lets you trade your way along the Silk Road. Colorado Peak Politics on the initiative that would…

Photos: Here’s What Aurora Did to These Twenty Shoplifters

Black Friday marks the official start of the holiday shopping season — and presumably also the holiday shoplifting season. With that in mind, the Aurora Police Department is sending a simple seasonal message: “Shoplift in Aurora and go to jail!” Those are the first words in a new APD Facebook…

Marijuana Edibles Billboard About Education, Not Legislature, Advocate Says

Earlier today, a new billboard encouraging responsible storage of marijuana edibles was introduced by the Marijuana Policy Project; see more images below. MPP spokesman Mason Tvert stresses that the display is part of an ongoing educational campaign and shouldn’t be interpreted as message to legislators, who’ll be making decisions about…

Twelve Top Denver-Area Spots for Late Night Drinks

Denver blog posts don’t conform to regular hours. At our Cafe Society blog, Gretchen Kurtz collects restaurant-biz suggestions for great places to get late-night drinks. Colorado Pols offers its picks for the best and worst political ads of the (blessedly) just-completed campaign season. Roundball Mining Company’s Tom Darrow gives Kenneth…