The happy couple. Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli 831 Colorado Boulevard (and numerous other locations) 303-355-6494 Bronx Bomber Egg salad and pastrami $6.99 Pastrami and Egg Salad. The words go together awkwardly like Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, Lyle Lovett and Julia Roberts, Michael Jackson and Priscilla Presley. But unlike the other…
Tickets for sale. In the aftermath of the Democratic National Convention, peddlers have not unexpectedly taken to eBay to sell leftover T-shirts and buttons and other paraphernalia. But there have also been other kinds of souvenirs for sale, as well such as the “goodie bags” that delegates received, DNC keycards…
Sebastian Metz before and after his surgery. Denver’s Guardian Angels chapter has a new home, after bouncing around central Denver for the past few years. The organization has moved to 2100 East 14th Avenue, at the corner of Vine Street. A former law office donated the building to the organization,…
Bad movies lead to bad plots. What do you get when you cross a wanted criminal, underage girls, methamphetamines, wigs, guns, body armor, the Democratic National Convention and The Bodyguard (with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner)? A plot to kill Barack Obama. And yet, police say the plans to assassinate…
Do not pass go. Can’t get arrested any other way? Why not bring the crime right to the police — right to the jail, even! Political protesters may have been in the sights of thousands and thousands of riot-gear clad cops and Secret Service agents during the Democratic National Convention…
This bird is singing on the inside. Spicy Pickle 988 Lincoln Street 303.860.0730 Yard Bird Roasted chicken, bacon, fresh apples, spinach, bleu cheese crumbles and honey mustard. $6.95 Spicy Pickle started out as a single sandwich shop in Denver in 1999, making big subs and paninis with upscale, unusual ingredients…
Minty fresh. The Denver Mint, which was shuttered last week during the Democratic National Convention (allegedly to conduct “inventory”), was back in business Tuesday, September 2. Too bad its employees missed one of the most ridiculous chapters in the soon-to-be closed book on the convention: the levitate-the-mint protest witnessed and…
SkyNet may or may not be back. Those fearing the coming apocalypse were surely not happy when Denver officials unveiled SkyNet, a giant LED screen strapped to the side of the Colorado Convention Center that would broadcast videos during the Democratic National Convention — and that, for some reason, shared…
“I wish I’d been hooking in Denver for the DNC.” Right now, everyone is hard at work dissecting the various successes and failures of the DNC. They’re talking about the dearth of cabs, the profusion of really ugly T-shirts for sale, and who ate what and where and when. Me?…
Lines, lines, everywhere lines. The day started out so well. At 10 a.m., my boyfriend and I heard from friends who had two extra community credentials to Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech at Invesco Field. They hadn’t been properly “activated” with our names by the deadline the night before, but…
At last. Oh yeah: After 8 p.m. during the big Invesco Field at Mile High Show on Thursday, Barack Obama came out and talked for a while. Not a bad speaker… — Michael Roberts…
“Now please welcome… who?” One of the big debates among inhabitants of section 524 at Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech on Thursday involved the musical acts that would be taking part — especially the headliners. Over the previous week or so, the media had been filled…
The stars and stripes, supersized. Shortly after the speakers began appearing at Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance shindig, crews of yellow-smocked minions (whose activities at the Pepsi Center during the DNC were documented here and here) materialized and began giving small American flags to each member of…
Al Gore, bigger than life (if that’s possible). What an unlikely journey it’s been for Al Gore. When he ran for the presidency in 2000, he didn’t engender the sort of enthusiasm among rank-and-file Democrats that his predecessor, Bill Clinton, enjoyed — and that accounts for his subsequent loss more…
No slowdowns on I-25… Took a look outside Invesco Field at Mile High around 6 p.m. on Thursday in time to catch an astonishing sight: the security-related closure of I-25, seen here. For a moment, I thought I spotted Will Smith strolling the pavement with his dog, but this was…
“And a-one, and a-two.” With hours to wait until the main festivities began, those of us fortunate enough to make it through the huge lines leading to Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High DNC acceptance speech searched for ways to amuse ourselves. No wonder we eventually turned to one…
Jennifer Hudson wisely fleeing the little people. Most of the celebrities and performers on hand at Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech no doubt came and went through entrances as special as they are. I was surprised, then, that during a walk on the stadium’s general access…
“Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Obama Man!” Our seats for the Barack Obama DNC acceptance speech were also quite close to a platform from which security personnel continuously scanned for trouble both inside and outside the stadium. The view opposite us, which featured heavily armed officers standing…
Our section. Watching Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention acceptance speech made my family and I feel more than a mile high — since we were in section 524, in Invesco Field’s north end zone. Still, the view was okay — much better than a lot of folks, who got stuck…
John Lynch — Bronco no more. Just prior to finding my family in the massive line to Invesco Field prior to the Barack Obama acceptance speech, I was handed a bottle of water by a happy volunteer. Since all of us had heard for weeks that no water would be…
The underpass morass. Heeding media reports advising attendees of Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech to get an early start, I left Westword’s 10th and Broadway offices at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. On 15th, I asked a DNCC volunteer for the best route to the stadium, and…
The Jet Hotel welcomed the masses. Some of us weren’t VIP enough to get into Invesco last night, and some of us were just too lazy to stand in line. For all of the above, there was a populist screening of the Barack Obama speech in LoDo, where the real…
