The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 6 edition

That's the last strawb... Today in Cafe Society: • The Boulder Farmers' Market gets a chilly start. • Stinky Cheese Tour starts at Bistro Vendome. • Colorado Bartenders Guild hosts first cocktail competition. • Milking It: Kellogg's Corn Pops. • Quiznos' take on toasty oven love. • Women rule the...

By Michael Roberts

April 6, 2009

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That's the last strawb...

Today in Cafe Society: • The Boulder Farmers' Market gets a chilly start. • Stinky Cheese Tour starts at Bistro Vendome. • Colorado Bartenders Guild hosts first cocktail competition. • Milking It: Kellogg's Corn Pops. • Quiznos' take on toasty oven love. • Women rule the kitchen at Cafe Options. • Drinking with Pete (Marczyk) at Taste of Vail.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Record Store Day preview: Jenny Lewis waxes eloquent with Elvis. • Over the Weekend: Single File at Gothic. • UGK tops Independent Records best seller list. • Yeah Yeah Yeahs top seller at Twist & Shout. • Mono grabs top spot at Wax Trax. • Introducing Heavy Rotation, our weekly top five spins. • Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists.

Today in The Latest Word: • The Deuce declares war on neckwear. • Colorado Public Radio and giving credit where it's due. • Kyle Orton, DrunkAthlete.com poster boy. • Twenty reasons the proposed Writer Square moat-pyramid is -- ahem -- a fantastic idea. • William Spencer gets stunt-tastic in new Denver Shop skateboard video. Don't try this at home.

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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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