A Brief Primer on Oysters in the West Oysters have been a staple food for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks ate them. The Romans had them imported from the British Isles and then kept them alive in saltwater pools, feeding them pastry and wine (because smart as they were,…
There are five species of oysters eaten in the Western world. Crassostrea virginica (C. virginica) Common names: Eastern oyster, Atlantic oyster, Gulf oyster, Blue Point, Malpeque This is the great American oyster, the species that occurs naturally from Canada down the East Coast to New York and Chesapeake Bay and…
“Fool’s Gold,” Lisa Rab, January 29 Building for the Future? I’m afraid that Craig Nassi’s plastic palaces are just the start of the problems Denver will see as our boom goes bust. Many of the new loft projects in northwest Denver and around Coors Field look like they were made…
It’s a day that probably won’t live in infamy. But you never know… Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fray tops Billboard 200. • The Decemberists, Thievery Corporation, John Prine shows announced. • Young Coyotes to release pair of EPs next month. • Watch DJ Chonz mix live every day…
Know of more quality local blogging? Send it along. Focus on the Fam gave more money to California’s anti-gay-marriage proposition, proving they’re still the world’s leading exporter of bigotry. (Colorado Independent) Remembering Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Denver’s supremely named First Lady. (Buckyfifty.org) White men hit hardest by unemployment, according to a…
The economy is still in the dumpster and the winter winds are wreaking havoc on your face: What the hell, girl, you need some pampering, even if you are on a budget. We love the combo of pre-Valentine’s primping and strong drink being offered at Tambien, 250 Steele Street, during…
Local political writer Ari Armstrong, author of FreeColorado.com and columnist for the Grand Junction Free Press, likes nothing better than to fire up his lowercase libertarian indignation against what he sees as the meddling of big government, abuses of personal liberty and the suppression of free-market ideals. And with President…
The way the stock market is falling, singles may soon be creating new online profiles that project the diminished expectations (and increased opportunities!) of the ongoing global dating crisis by using terms found in home-foreclosure listings…..
The February 5 blog “Does a New Channel 4/Denver Business Journal Collaboration say Anything About the Rocky Mountain News?” took note of “Beating the Recession,” a just-launched TV-and-print series that highlights locals who are finding ways to thrive during the present economic downturn. The item focused on Channel 4’s decision…
Today’s blog titled “ColoradoBiz Editor Thinks New Channel 4/Denver Business Journal Series Looks ‘Very Familiar'” digs into the suggestion that “Beating the Recession,” a co-production of Channel 4 and the DBJ, lifted its concept from “Road to Recovery,” an effort Channel 7 and ColoradoBiz magazine launched a month earlier. DBJ…
Today’s blog “ColoradoBiz Editor Thinks New Channel 4/Denver Business Journal Series Looks ‘Very Familiar'” examines the suggestion that “Beating the Recession,” a collaboration between Channel 4 and the DBJ, borrowed its concept from “Road to Recovery,” a team effort from Channel 7 and ColoradoBiz that debuted in January. Channel 4…
Okay, okay: The clip above has nothing to do with Denver — but it’s too hilarious not to share. (Thanks, by the way, to Andy Bosselman, the person who shared it with me. Bosselman’s entertaining blog can be accessed here.) The video shows Robert Jordan and Jackie Bange, longtime anchors…
Director Rod Lurie has had Colorado on his mind in recent years. His 2007 film Resurrecting the Champ, co-starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson (with a cameo by John Elway), was partially filmed in Denver and based loosely on an article by J.R. Moehringer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of…
Historical Tweets, a website that imagines what historical figures — from George Washington to Urkel — would have tweeted on Twitter, recently waded into familiar territory with the above offering between El Capitano and Denver’s Molly Brown. So one burning question has been answered. But here’s another: What Would DIA’s…
A ten-year-old Sussex spaniel named Stump took top honors at yesterday’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show — but a different gave Colorado dog lovers something to bark about. Specifically, Kimro’s Soldier Boy, nicknamed Major, who’s owned by Linda and Richard Stark of Conifer, captured miniature pinscher Best in Breed honors…
In case you’re curious… Today in Cafe Society: • From Rock to Riesling: Tool Frontman on a Different Kind of Tour. • No Beach, But At Least Arvada Has Restaurant Blu and C-Level. • Microbrewing history gets its own photo book. Today in Backbeat Online: • Breathe Carolina Premiers New…
Amusing Denver webbiness, the Tuesday edition. Send links here. Turns out you can still party with local politicians and legislators. Not that you’d want to, but just in case… (5280) Going once, going twice: Much less forest land auctioned off than expected, thanks to the man in the funny hat…
I’m a total map freak: I suppose that’s been true since the very first time I ever spun my family’s old globe of the world and let my chubby little finger fall on some far-flung nation. Later, my mother the hiker began bringing home those topographical state forest maps to…
As Joel Warner pointed out in “DIA’s Promo Photo Kicks Ass of All Other Airport Promo Photos, a blog published earlier today, the Facebook campaign to remove the Mustang sculpture from the grounds of Denver International Airport has garnered national media attention from the likes of the Wall Street Journal…
Had to take a trip to my hometown of Grand Junction on a family matter this past weekend, and while there, I happened upon a copy of the Grand Junction Free Press, a no-charge publication that’s taken a dent out of the town’s main newspaper, the Daily Sentinel, since its…
A Harlequin Dog-Crazy Romance: Better Than A Real Boyfriend…
Denver International Airport’s giant blue “Mustang” sculpture — and the controversy surrounding it — has gone national. Public debate sparked by local realtor Rachel Hultin’s Facebook group “DIA’s Heinous Blue Mustang Has Got to Go” — a development first reported by Westword — has spread across news outlets and this…
