Our cruise through the blogosphere. Send links. Broncos release training camp schedule. Watch them when they can’t lose! (Mile High Report) The Denver Post, 1926, under the hardwood floors. (Buck Fifty) Afghanistan: a forgotten war in pictures. (Captured)…
Back again with three more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @govritter: Lest you retain doubts that Colorado is a state on the cutting edge, that tech is our very lifeblood, need I point out that our own…
Within the limits of the tubular milieu, the only thing more entertaining than simply watching TV is making fun of it. This is the tried-and-true tack taken by the local comedy sketch group Nietzsche’s Moustache in its new spoof 60 Minutes: the Musical!, which opens today at the Avenue Theater…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. It’s high time…
Big news in the Post yesterday: Out of the ten busiest airports in the country, Denver International Airport had the fewest flier complaints about security screeners. But don’t tell mysterious blogger Dark Damian, who just posted “An Open Letter to the TSA Agents at DIA.” The self-described “black intelligentleman” lays…
A baseball card series featuring the boys of summer dresses wearing fashions from Denver designers. Here, Clint Barmes goes to bat in a ball gown by Lynne Bruning…..
Who says folks at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Colorado office don’t have a sense of humor? They’ve just launched a page that asks the burning question, “Are you qualified to censor vanity license plates for the State of Colorado?” Included is a game that satirizes the decision by employees…
I must have driven past this old set of row-homes just off Speer Boulevard in the Highland neighborhood a thousand times before I happened to notice the odd little symbol embedded in the brickwork: a swastika. I knew the upper Highlands was getting more white, but not this white! But…
Kudos to the folks at Denver Egotist for first noticing this billboard-size blunder: Two billboards have gone up, one at Cherokee Street and Alameda Avenue and one at West Custer Place between Lipan and Jason streets, emblazoned with Denver Zoo’s manipulative ad slogan “Every time you visit you help animals.”…
The past few days have been relatively quiet ones in regard to the continuing standoff between union-represented grocery workers and chains such as King Soopers and Safeway over a new contract. However, the latest entry on the Twiter feed linked to AlwaysHereForColorado.com, a site launched by the United Food and…
According to Grand Junction’s Daily Sentinel newspaper, state senate minority leader Josh Penry, who represents GJ, is planning an announcement on Saturday, July 11, in regard to speculation that he will run for governor — and there are three big indications that he’ll officially enter the fray: 1) He let…
StimulusColorado.org, a new website co-sponsored by Associated General Contractors of Colorado, the Colorado Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors, Colorado Contractors Association, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, aims to inform the populace about how much the state is receiving from the American…
Although Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz may not be adding to his bankroll as a result of Michael Jackson’s death, folks associated with Denver International Airport stand to make a few extra bucks. A report posted on the U.K.-based Cheapflights website notes that so many Brits are flying to L.A. for…
Amy Rubin fancies herself a love doctor. Never mind that the Denver resident — who runs the website FindingYourHeartsDesire.com, a combination inspirational advice/astrology/shopping site that features a section called “Pleasure Palace” — isn’t actually an M.D. No, she’s just a single girl who spends her time trying to convince other…
Outrage continues to build over Kristen Parker, a surgical tech who was formally charged in federal court yesterday with multiple counts related to the exposure of patients at Rose Medical Center to hepatitis-C. The main story on the Denver Post’s front page relates to the startling delay in linking Parker…
The throng already descending on Los Angeles this morning to attend the Michael Jackson memorial service is being estimated in the seven-figure range, and as the Los Angeles Times notes, their presence is expected to give the city’s tourist industry a multi-million-dollar boost. But while hoteliers, memorabilia sellers and plenty…
View Larger Map As noted in a blog yesterday, an Aurora Police Department release about a robbery and shooting on East Colfax was as vague as vague could be. The document didn’t even make it clear how many stick-up artists were involved — just that a man left leaking blood…
View Larger Map More gunplay and, at this point, more questions than answers revolving around a robbery on the 9400 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). According to the Aurora Police Department, officers responded…
Feeling crabby? Today in Cafe Society: • Out of the sea and into the claws of Jax Fish House. • Guess where I’m eating? • Chris Cina seen in Black Hawk. • Milking It: Cinna-Graham Honey-Comb. • The Rackhouse Pub to open in former Heavenly Daze. • Il Posto adds…
When you want to stalk someone but Facebook and parking outside their house for hours with binoculars just aren’t doing it for you, how about buying high-resolution images of their neighborhood as taken by satellites? Sure, you could just get an image off of Google Maps, but if you want…
Every day, we sift through local blogs in search of links worth clicking. What’d we miss? Send links this way. Channing Frye and other potential free agents that could sizzle for the Nugs. (Denver Stiffs) Rep. Betsy Markey: She’s a maverick! (no, really!) (Colorado Pols) Senator Bennet engages religious leaders…
The gas leak that closed a stretch of 92nd Avenue between Yates and Raleigh in Westminster this morning has been found, according to a new release. As said leak is being repaired, one lane of traffic is being allowed through the area, with more to follow once everything’s patched up…
