Photos: Denver Cruisers light up their lives — and get lit

This week’s Denver Cruiser Ride cycled through the theme “You Light Up My Life,” but there were no Debby Boone sightings. Instead, the images that filled photographer Brandon Marshall’s lens involved Denverites having a great time on a summer night — and enjoying the occasional libation. Check out a sampling…

Are ice cream shops that limit samples justified or cheap?

Denver blog posts have an all-you-can-read policy. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a wide variety of comments about a Nuggs Ice Cream employee limiting a family to two samples. Denver PR Blog shares another great moment in journalism — a TV station that can’t tell the difference…

Denver metro’s ten best new restaurants of 2014 so far

Denver blog posts have a reservation for you. Our Cafe Society blog tallies up the ten best new restaurants of 2014 so far in the Denver metro area. Colorado Peak Politics lists the top five excuses Andrew Romanoff could have used to hide from Obama. An appropriate headline for a…

Jeffrey Strouse is lucky cop just barely shot him, DA says

As we’ve reported, Gordon Moench told investigators he wanted to be killed by police in an incident that ended with the wounding of two Lakewood cops. Presumably, Jeffrey Strouse felt differently in a separate officer-involved shooting. But not only has Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey determined that the Aurora officer…

Photos: Twenty most twisted posts on Denver Dance Memes

We’ve featured some memorable memes pages lately, as evidenced by our twenty funniest Colorado memes post and a followup focusing on Colorado Springs memes. But the pics from the Denver Dance Memes Facebook page may be the most twisted yet — along with being snarky, opinionated and typically hilarious. Check…

Here’s why Taylor Swift is a bigger douchebag than Toby Keith

Denver blog posts take douchebaggery seriously. At our Backbeat blog, Mike Seely counts down country music’s ten biggest douchebags — and yes, Taylor Swift is on it. Colorado Pols: “When Koch front groups collide.” South Stands Denver’s John Reidy: “My beautiful dark twisted Rockies fantasy.”…