School Daze

By now, you’ve probably heard about Bully. It’s the game that was supposed to finally ruin America’s youth. Crusading lawyer Jack Thompson, the self-appointed schoolmarm of the videogame industry, called it a “Columbine simulator” and tried to block stores from selling it. Lou Dobbs — who hasn’t seen a videogame…

Disco Biscuits

How’s this for some serious personal style? The self-appointed Disco Bicuits — Francois Palloux, Justin Cochran, Jason Barzel and Jerome Hermelin of Le Central — got down with their badselves during the annual Turkey Trot race to benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies. And while Cat doesn’t normally go…

Cool Water

Denver finally made an appearance on the super-groovy site The Cool Hunter: Roaming the Globe So You’re in the Know. So what got us there? The Hamilton building? The new Clyfford Still museum? The Lab at Belmar? Or maybe some of our local designers? Nope. Denver Water. That’s what got…

Encore Performance

Guitar Hero gave party games a much-needed kick in the ass. No one expected this rhythm game — sold with a miniature plastic guitar — to play to sellout crowds. But it became the most addictive game of the year and one of the most attractive to non-gamers. The reason…

What to Wear Fridays: Anne Macomber

This is the last weekend of the Denver International Film Festival, and dressing for such an occasion is no easy task. You want to look hip in case you get caught by any of the roving paparazzi, but you also want to be comfortable because, well, you’ll be on your…

Hands Off

Final Fantasy is to role-playing games as the Yankees are to baseball. The series — now almost 20 years old — practically redefined the genre with Final Fantasy VII on the original PlayStation, the first console RPG that captured a mainstream audience in the States. But FF was a victim…

An Open Letter to the Women of Denver:

It has become obvious to me that we need to have a little heart-to-heart about what we put on our feet. Because if there’s anything The Cat’s Pajamas learned from reading Seventeen as kitten, it’s never neglect your shoes. An outfit without the proper footwear is a fate worse than…

Tres RADAR

Sometimes the art and fashion worlds collide — and they smacked together quite beautifully last Friday night at the Lower Highlands Fashion Show. Without even realizing it, Mona Lucero — namesake of the Mona Lucero boutique at 2544 15th Street and organizer of the show — presented a take on…

Lower Highlands Fashion Show

Alert: While in search of culottes (see below) be sure to hit Mona Lucero’s fashion show happening tonight, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at her boutique, Mona Lucero, 2544 15th Street. Cat loves her place and her beautiful-but-accessible pieces. She can’t wait to see what’s going down the catwalk tonight…

Sans Culottes

No, Cat has not been napping. But what with the election and the four hours and three voting lines she stood in this week, she hasn’t been feeling all that perky and fashionable. Cat thought about sending in a front-line report of the sartorial style at St. Charles Rec Center…

Coke Dreams

In the gangsta pantheon, nobody gets more respect than Tony Montana. Consider all the homages: Not one, but two rappers have named themselves after Montana (Scarface of the Geto Boys and Tony Yayo of G-Unit), and Nas borrowed Montana’s slogan for his breakout hit, “The World Is Yours.” Indeed, the…

Personal Style: Jack Finlaw

Jack Finlaw, the director of Denver’s Division of Theaters and Arenas, has a handsome collection of cufflinks. He should — he’s been collecting since he was a boy. “I got my first pair when I was nine or ten,” Finlaw says. “I wanted to copy my grandfather.” When he landed…

What to Wear Fridays: Special Victim’s Unit

Skinnies or boot-cut jeans? Is black really the new black? Getting stylishly dressed in the morning is hard enough, but what do you wear on election day if you’re vying for Colorado’s top job? The Cat’s Pajamas decided to help Bob Beauprez and Bill Ritter out with that pressing question,…

Dejá Dance

Few phenomena are as hugely popular and bitterly mocked as the Dance Dance Revolution series. That’s probably because humanity falls into two camps: fleet-footed whiz kids and rhythm-impaired klutzes. This reviewer falls into the latter category, despite having seen Riverdance an unhealthy number of times. For a game that’s mainly…

Fashion Conundrum: The Skinnies

Thanks to Audrey Hepburn’s Gap commercial, skinny jeans are everywhere this fall. But, seriously, The Cat’s Pajamas knows that unless you actually want to exaggerate those child-bearing hips, these things should only be worn by the tiniest of bulimics — and then only if they’ve got waif legs, too. So…

Personal Style: Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant wears a cape, and Cat knew immediately that she would cotton to anyone who wears a cape. But then she got the director of the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art on the phone, and now she has a bit of an intellectual crush on him. He’s…

What to Wear Fridays: All Hallow’s Eve, Plan B

But you’re going to be cold, you say, in a strapless cocktail dress. Or maybe you need something a little edgier for that Halloween party than what The Cat’s Pajamas offered below. Problems solved: Just throw one of Lynne Bruning’s Wookie coats over your shoulders, and you’ll be ten feet…

What to Wear Fridays: All Hallow’s Eve, Plan A

The Cat’s Pajamas has always hated Halloween. She never liked having to dress up in some stupid-ass Tiger or Princess or Cheerleader costume. She was never much of one for make-believe, so the whole effort just somehow seemed pointless, even if candy was involved. There was this one time, however,…

Cool Your Heels

Some sage advice overheard at Moontime: “These girls wear $500 shoes and $300 bags into a bar and then get mad when some guy spills a beer on them. I tell them, “Then don’t wear $800 worth of accessories into a bar.'” The Cat’s Pajamas couldn’t agree more. Because if…

Latin Bummer

Viewed from an airplane high over the islands of San Esperito, the land seems to stretch out endlessly. The sun slowly rises over the ocean, bathing the clouds in ochre and throwing stark shadows on the lush jungle below. If only there were something worth doing down there. Welcome to…

We’re the Tops!

It’s official: Denver has reached the top. The good people of Wolford — the Netherlands-based company best known for sexy legwear that can va va voom up any outfit — also have a line of body-conscious tops named after famous places worldwide, such as “Arizona,” “Long Island,” “Jakarta,” ” New…

Sole Survivors

Boys, The Cat’s Pajamas tried. She really, really did. She went to The 400’s Shoe Shine sneaker competition at Andenken on Saturday night in hopes of bringing you a tasty treat of edgy menswear. But Cat was sadly disappointed: The boys did not bring their A-game. Yes, it was a…