Ah, Turkey Day. The holiday devoted to over-eating and unbuttoning your pants at the dinner table. On a day like this, when there are so few dietary rules that anyone bothers to follow, one might think that there aren’t many rules to follow in general. But in that, one would be wrong. Oh so very wrong.Because there are some rules and regs for Thanksgiving. And they amount to more than “yes, you have to sit at the table where grandma put you.”
We’re not one to believe in jinxes, but it sure seems like there’s some bad juju lingering around RTD’s vaunted A Line. The “Train to the Plane” was designed to connect the airport to downtown, with a few stops along the way that would make some neighborhoods (perhaps most notably…
We all know it: Daylight Saving Time sucks. Like Columbus discovering America and diamonds coming from coal, the story of daylight savings—that we did it for farmers—is complete bullshit. The true origins lie somewhere between wartime, energy conservation, and politics; farmers, in fact, were staunchly against it as a practice, so the fact that they became blamed for it is insult to injury.Daylight Saving Time isn’t the only thing that remains part of American culture out of sheer inertia. The great John Oliver has a superb occasional feature called “How Is this Still a Thing?” that covers ridiculousness like Daylight Saving Time, including everything from Columbus Day to the popularity of Ayn Rand to pennies. But it’s not just tradition that sometimes sticks us with a terrible and yet still voluntary mess—sometimes, we see the pothole, and we drive over the damn thing anyway, wrecking our national alignment. Here’s a list of other disasters we’ve gotten ourselves into…you know, if we really insist.
Halloween is over; November is in full-swing. That means trick-or-treating is done, the leftover candy is all yours, and everything will start to move indoors. You might think that November is pretty much just like October, only with fewer zombies and a lot more turkey. But November carries with it its own rules here in Denver, many that have nothing to do with cranberries, stuffing, or flightless birds. The responsibilities of November are more than just Thanksgiving—especially in these ten ways.
If the Angry Neighborhoods series has proven anything, it’s that living in different parts of Denver can mean completely different experiences—and perhaps no other neighborhood in the city exemplifies this than downtown. Downtown Denver resembles the city living of other major metropolitan areas in some ways—high-rise buildings, bars and restaurants, that low hum of the city center that lets you know that yes, there are other human beings living all around you. There’s comfort in that.But city living isn’t all roses—aside from the high cost (which isn’t so much an annoyance than it is a fact of life), there are definitely some downers to living downtown.
It’s almost Halloween, which means that you probably already have a jack-o-lantern out on your stoop, or you’ve resigned yourself to not-bothering for yet another year. Instead of carving up large veggies and stuffing a candle in their scooped-out hulls to light them up, you should probably focus more on getting a costume together for that party Saturday night.But what to wear? You want it to be clever, sure. Creative is always good. Locally themed would be great. But don’t get carried away—just because something is home-grown doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. Here’s a top ten list of Denver costumes in the face of which you should just shut the door.
A surprising number of Coloradans work in Denver but live in unincorporated Douglas County…although they generally refer to themselves as residents of local townships: Deckers, Sedalia, Castle Pines Village, etc. These are towns that Denverites know from their local news, places where weather happens, fires rage and citizens live…but where…
September was fun but it’s over, and you know what that means: It’s a footrace right into 2017. So yes, autumn is going to fly by, but that doesn’t mean you can just give your brain the season off. There’s lots to do in October: decisions to make, work to…
This state’s presidential-preference polls are close…too close, no matter who you might be supporting. That’s why Donald Trump is returning to Colorado, when at one point the state seemed to belong to Hillary Clinton. But last week, Politico called the race in Colorado a “dead heat,” with the RealClearPolitics average…
By 2018, there will be no more dumpsters in the alleys of Denver, or so the city says. They’ll be gradually replaced between now and then by plastic rollaway carts. Supposedly, the move will cut down on waste and encourage recycling, and discourage illegal dumping as well. But it’s also the…
Peyton Manning will go down in history as one of the greatest Broncos quarterbacks, perhaps second only to John Elway himself. But the trouble is that we have to share him — with his original team, the Colts; with most of Indiana, which still loves him like a prodigal son;…
Fall is here, with lots of things to do — and not do. Like drinking anything flavored with either pumpkin or spice, or bragging to friends at work about how you caught the perfect day up in the mountains to see the aspens turning. And you no longer have any…
If you live in Highlands Ranch, which some locals lovingly refer to as “the HR,” you that some things there can break your outwardly placid demeanor — which I hear you’re required to adopt by the HOA agreement that you sign upon move-in. Sure, there are the usual irritants: broken-down…
Broncos star Von Miller just launched his latest ad — this one a spot for Old Spice, which was probably funnier in concept than in execution and is unlikely to become a pop-culture classic. (Sorry, Von.) But that got us to thinking. There have actually been a lot of NFL…
The term “burrito delivery drones” might sound like a euphemism for…something, but Chipotle isn’t kidding around: they’re bringing drone-delivery to the campus of Virginia Tech University. It’s just a test program, to see if it’s possible, and it’s also clearly a good PR stunt during a time when Chipotle has…
The Denver Broncos have been riding high since they won Super Bowl 50 back on February 7 of this year…but today, when the team kicks off the NFL season against Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers, it’s time to get back to work toward Superbowl 51. (Or will we go…
The University of Colorado’s A-line is getting an F: After months of headaches, delays and denials, last week RTD withheld more than $800K from the contracting firm hired to run the four-month-old “train to the plane” route…for the next 34 years. But the A-line is just one of the problems…
Since Colorado is a lot less purple this time around, we probably won’t be seeing the plethora of political ads that we have in election years past. That means a lot more room for the usual slate of the usual advertising suspects here in the Mile High City, for better…
The kids are back in school, the nights are getting cooler, and there are moments here and there when it just plain feels like autumn. That’s right: Summer is almost over, and aside from a lot of binge-watching various Netflix series in front of the A/C unit, you just don’t…
On August 5, 2015, three million gallons of toxic mine-mustard were released into the headwaters of Colorado’s Animas River, wreaking havoc on the natural ecosystem from Silverton down to Durango and beyond. The cleanup — both physical and political — is still ongoing, and the aftermath of that year-old mess got…
The Centennial State is known for more than a few things: great skiing, the beauty of the Rockies (the mountains, certainly not the ball team), the current Super Bowl-champ Denver Broncos and, yes, legalized pot, to name only a few. What Colorado isn’t widely known for is a relevance to…
This summer has been too damn hot to do much of anything outside. That makes it the perfect time to stay inside, pour yourself a lemonade (maybe with some coconut rum), curl up by the air-conditioner (if you have one) and read a book. To make your session seem more…
