The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 23 edition

It's the number 23. Think Jim Carrey is freaked out? Today in Cafe Society: • Delicious Designs: Eat this restaurant, part two. • Katie Mullen's will be hot tonight. • Qdoba pulls the pepper on its chile verde. • Do good when Dos Casas returns to Lola. • Benny's gets...

By Michael Roberts

April 23, 2009

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It's the number 23. Think Jim Carrey is freaked out?

Today in Cafe Society: • Delicious Designs: Eat this restaurant, part two. • Katie Mullen's will be hot tonight. • Qdoba pulls the pepper on its chile verde. • Do good when Dos Casas returns to Lola. • Benny's gets ready to open its drink deck. • Park Burger still on the back burner. • Veggie Girl: Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria. • The Rib House is open for business in Boulder. • A life of convenience.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Free stuff welcomes you to the world of max3. • 2009 Westword Music Showcase: Who are the acts we missed this year? Let us know. • 2009 Westword Music Showcase: What's your dream line-up? • Whoa, Mama! Bayoutopia is finally finished, and it's bad-ass! • Flier of the Week: Dormir, Gloam, more at Meadowlark.

Today in The Latest Word: • The attempt to shoot Dog the Bounty Hunter: Check out the police call. • Investor Kevin Preblud: Only 3,000 subscribers signed up for InDenver Times. • David Milstead on the staff split at INDenver Times. • Story about Four Corners marker being in wrong place (mostly) wrong. • We've seen the future of Writer Square, and its name is concrete. That's one relationship worth cementing.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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