Shmuck of the Week: ID thieves

Checking into a hospital is lots of fun. First there’s the injury or illness that forced you to be there. Then there’s the stress of not knowing what the outcome will be, the financial burden, and the difficulty of being away from friends, family or work. And finally, the pain-in-the-ass…

Making it with the Denver Public Library

Is it just us or does “I Made It With the Library” sound dirty? That being said, the Denver Public Library’s unintentionally naughty webpage is pretty cool. Crafters are encouraged to post photos of stuff they’ve made with the help of do-it-yourself books from the library. Already featured are a…

Bat’leth not the only creative weapon for would-be criminals

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he’ll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity — a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed only…

Approval rings for Buzz Geller’s Bell Tower

Yesterday, the Lower Downtown Design Review Board finally gave the go-ahead to Buzz Geller to build Bell Tower, a hugely ambitious (and expensive) high-end condominium complex, on Speer Boulevard. The project is fascinating, as are the compromises Geller had to make in order to eventually win the board’s favor. Geller…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 5 edition

I am the blog of hellfire! Today in Cafe Society: • Michel Wahaltere moving on. • French twist: La Fondue now Le Chateau. • French twist redux: A Cote to expand its hours. • Lakeside Waffles opens up next to the Oriental. • Veggie Girl: Taki’s. Today in Backbeat Online:…

Denver Blogs: Bring back Celebrity Sports Center

A daily perusal of local bloggage. Enlighten us with your favorite links, please. Ah, the good old days, when Jack Benny and George Burns owned a bowling alley in Denver. (Buckfifty.org) The State Senate debates a bill to provide domestic-abuse help for military families — a good idea, because hosing…

Face the State’s Brad Jones wants to pay you to report the news

Face the State, a news site with a conservative point of view, has earned a reputation for feistiness. Note that last year, FTS’ Brad Jones (pictured) bought the ColoradoIndependent.org URL as a way of tweaking the Colorado Independent, a left-leaning online source whose web address is ColoradoIndependent.com despite its non-profit…

Another day, another frustrating Nuggets win

Yesterday’s blog “George Karl Upset at Nuggets in Victory — As Well He Should Be” applies just as much to last night’s 114-113 Nugs win over the Oklahoma Thunder as it did to the previous evening’s 104-96 escape from the depleted San Antonio Spurs with one notable exception — Karl…

Bingo Barn in Northglenn goes into foreclosure

Well, I don’t know where the youth soccer teams in Northglenn are going to go to inhale second-hand smoke now that the Bingo Barn has gone into foreclosure. Documents filed with Adams County a few weeks ago show that the company that ran the operation is in the hole to…

Will the bell toll for Buzz Geller’s Bell Tower?

The Bell Tower could be the most talked-about building in Denver that has yet to be built. Ever since real-estate developer Buzz Geller proposed putting a strikingly angled, 34-story condominium complex at the corner of Speer Boulevard and Market Street, folks have been talking about it — some grumbling, others…

Medical marijuana has become a growth industry in Colorado

See photos of 12 strains of Cannabis Therapeutics’ supply at westword.com/slideshow Behind a locked, unmarked door in a Colorado Springs strip mall, the state’s largest marijuana dispensary is open for business. The operation’s aromatic showroom is packed floor to ceiling with pot and anything and everything related to it. “Welcome…

From the week of February 5

“Fool’s Gold,” Lisa Rab, January 29 Nasty Nassi My grandparents were unfortunate enough to be swindled into buying a million-dollar flat at the Beauvallon with promises of an on-site grocery store, a “world-class” spa, a resort-style swimming pool with a swim-up bar and a partridge in a pear tree. Though…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 4 edition

Where were we? Today in Backbeat Online: • Lily Allen, Flight of the Conchords, Franz Ferdinand shows announced. • Is it too early to reminisce about mid-’90s rap? • Isaac Slade on the meaning of “You Found Me.” • Update: Join the Photo Atlas video shoot. Today in Cafe Society:…

A preview look at the possible new Denver Newspaper Agency logo

“Denver Newspaper Agency Letter Declares the Denver Post to be City’s Surviving Daily,” a More Messages blog published a short while ago, talks about the draft of a DNA release declaring, “Effective March 1, 2009, only one major daily newspaper will serve the metro Denver market — The Denver Post.”…