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…
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…
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…
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 decision by E.W. Scripps to put the Rocky Mountain News up for sale this past December was interpreted by most observers, including this one, as a the equivalent of a fatal diagnosis. But instead of slipping away peacefully, the Rocky is raging against the dying of the light. Today,…
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:…
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…
Hey, Sugar: Valentine’s Day, nine days and counting. What will YOU be presenting your friends with when the celebration of love draws nigh? You’re DIY, but not in that lace-and-cupids kind of way, and you’re on a budget that precludes buying long-stemmed roses and diamonds and shit. But you don’t…
This morning brought a press release announcing “Beating the Recession,” a new series jointly reported by Channel 4 and the Denver Business Journal. Pretty standard stuff overall, but the parties involved may be meaningful in terms of the area’s shifting media landscape. After all, Channel 4’s longtime newspaper print partner…
Kent Denver Prep School students, assisted by Senator Jennifer Veiga, have introduced legislation that aims to save the environment by placing a six-cent tax on every plastic grocery bag. It has inspired 7th-graders across the city to pen more new legislation…..
As you may have heard, Barack Obama recently became the president of the United States. However, his enemies continue to portray him as a smooth but dangerous character whose rhetorical skills mask evil motives. In this recently posted video, for instance, Obama is accused of using “the techniques of neurolinguistic…
Don Knox (pictured), the former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post business editor who now runs Circuit Media, isn’t happy about how the media is handled at Colorado’s State Capitol — and one area of concern for him is the press room, which is provided at no charge to reporters…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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:…
We’re traversing the local blogosphere daily in search of copy-and-paste-worthy material. Send tips. Is Ritter changing his mind on rolling out the welcome mat to Gitmo detainees? (Colorado Senate News, via 5280) Boulder wants stimulus package to pay for new “super hybrids.” What? Too shy to ask for new bongs?…
When’s the last time you saw a musical that stood right up, kicked its gams in your face and screamed, “Broadway!” to the rafters? When I saw Chicago last night at the Buell Theatre, I thought I’d died and gone to the Great White Way, clutching a top hat and…
“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.”…
