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. Nicole Jarman, president…
Denver’s housing market may not seem in great shape right now, but according to Forbes magazine, it’s well positioned to improve soon and stay robust in the future. Indeed, “Best Cities To Buy A Home,” penned by Sarah Lynch, puts Denver atop a roster of cities with positive housing outlooks,…
Numbers and stats are absolutely central to baseball, adding immeasurably to the fun of the game. That’s why DriveLine Mechanics’ ultra-wonky breakdown of Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez’s approach is fascinating rather than bizarre. Jimenez, the probable starter tonight against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — who fell to…
What do you get when you cross(dress) the Colorado Rockies in the latest creations of Denver fashion designers? A series of baseball cards for the Colorado Frockies: the boys of summer dresses. Frockies pitcher Huston Street sports an original “Pure Dots” dress by Smooch designer Stephanie Ohnmacht……
AM 760 morning-personality Jay Marvin has spent months battling a series of serious medical challenges that have kept him off the air — until yesterday, when he spoke by phone to John Turk, his longtime producer, who’s been manning the microphone for the past week-plus. Marvin sounded stronger than he…
One man has been arrested and another is being sought in relation to a May 21 shooting at a home located on the 3900 block of S. Quatar Street. Steaven Henry Moore, 23, has been in custody since June 12, but the Aurora Police is still looking for the person…
As one of Colorado’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, Liberty Media chairman John Malone can certainly afford the $1.4 million civil penalty just announced by the U.S. Justice Department. But he can’t be pleased by the publicity sure to be generated by the fine, levied against him for violating antitrust pre-merger requirements related…
Good news for all those people hankering for unrealistic facsimiles of dead people: The Denver Wax Museum, which officially closed its doors circa 1981, lives on in an even stranger manner than the one displayed the grotesque operation’s original 919 Bannock Street location. Turns out that when the wax museum…
Does Jay Cutler love Brandon Marshall in a manly yet platonic, slap-him-on-the-butt-after-he-scores-a-touchdown-but-don’t-let-the-hand-linger kind of way? That’s certainly the impression he gave yesterday during an appearance at William and Mary’s Colonial All-Pro Football Camp when the subject turned to whether Sweet Baby Jay would like BM to land in Chicago alongside…
Go ahead. Pretend you’re Mayor John Hickenlooper. It’s your job to cut $70 million from the 2010 city budget proposal and you’ve got a list of chopping-block contenders in front of you. Do you cut back on watering the grass in city parks? Charge more for rec-center memberships? Reduce the…
Over the years, the Denver Post hasn’t always displayed great enthusiasm for correcting mistakes — and an item in a June 21 Bill Husted column suggests that the tradition continues. The piece stated that a drug-sniffing San Francisco police dog named Elway will rest eternally under a gravestone reading, “ELWAY,…
View Larger Map One man died and one was critically injured in a June 21 shooting at 12565 E. Albrook Drive, in an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The Denver Coroner’s Office has now identified the former as…
Republic Airways Holdings’ agreement to purchase Frontier Airlines should help the carrier emerge from bankruptcy — but it could also mean relocation of Frontier’s headquarters to Republic’s Indianapolis base of operations. Such a shift would obviously lessen the hometown pride locals feel in the airline, but I suspect it wouldn’t…
Here’s the skinny. Today in Backbeat Online: • Here are my top five workout songs. What are yours? • Get Monolith tickets without fees. • Musicians: Get your ears lowered for free. • Eminem grabs top spot at Independent Records again. • Okay, Denver, we need to talk. Today in…
This week, Colorado’s finest will teach a group of 22 Mexican investigators and prosecutors the ins and outs of bringing bad guys to justice using an open-court judicial system, as Mexico continues to move away from a paper-based trial system and toward one similar to ours. And for fifteen glorious…
The daily blog roundup. Send links. Who will the Broncos turn to if Marshall gets traded? (Mile High Report) The governor’s chief of staff is still his chief of staff, according to him. Do you believe him? (Colorado Pols) Guns, booze, and Joe the Plummer. My kind of party. (Face…
I got an e-mail bulletin this morning from Denver DA Mitch Morrissey, warning me to be aware of a Craigslist scam involving unreal deals on rental properties. I’ve moved twice in the past eighteen months and both times I have seen a number of these — the first time, I…
No, you weren’t seeing things. The Ghost of Fat Elvis, sadly, was not out shopping for new Nikes on the 16th Street Mall on Friday. That was “Gotta Get this Gig” fair, hosted by Fortune Valley Hotel and Casino in Central City. Replete with a free craps tutorials and Elvis…
The heat’s on, and suddenly the idea of sweltering outdoors just for the privilege of watching a movie for free stops sounding so swell. Sure, there’s something delightful about that general get-out-your-lawn-chairs-and-chill ambience of the outdoor movie, but how do you chill when it’s still 85 degrees? You go indoors,…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 24. Cory-Merrill: The daze of wine and roses So much time and energy is spent warning Americans about the evils of alcohol. If a yard full of malt liquor bottles in a low-income neighborhood is proof of alcohol’s iniquity, then a…
The latest trend on the Internet is local, and new media juggernaut The Huffington Post is wasting no time leading the charge into desirable local markets. Not too long ago, the site launched its first local foray with the Chicago edition of the Huffington Post (around the same time that…
Beginning on July 4, drivers on E-470 will no longer be able to pay cash for tolls. Instead, the interstate is going all electronic; those not signed up for discounted express payments will be billed via a method that traces them using snapshots of their license plates. And to inform…
