A recent Comment of the Day item found one reader declaring that the constant complaining about high rent costs suggests that Colorado is filled with whiners. No surprise that this take generated some serious push-back. Plenty of folks reiterated their complaints about rent prices, particularly in the most popular neighborhoods, with…
Denver blog posts like preserving things for posterity. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett writes about Mountain Thrift murals that will be painted over because of complaints from the veterans group that owns the building. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin declares Carly Fiorina the winner of last night’s Republican debate,…
A word to the wise criminal: If you’re going to break the law, don’t do it anywhere near a medical marijuana dispensary. Under state law, dispensaries are required to install surveillance cameras — lots of them. Commit a crime inside or in the immediate vicinity outside and there’s a very…
A lot of us like to think of Denver as the best sports city in America — especially on a day like today. After all, the excitement is as high for tonight’s nationally broadcast Broncos-Chiefs game as if it was taking place in Colorado instead of Kansas City. But while…
Last night’s Republican presidential debate, sponsored by CNN and staged at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, was advertised as a verbal steel-cage match between Donald Trump and the GOP hopefuls who he’s currently drowning out. But it wasn’t all about Trump. One notable section found multiple candidates…
Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson made herself a hero to nurses across the country with her monologue about the profession for the Miss America pageant. She finished as second runner-up, but got much more positive publicity than the eventual winner. The attention continued after Michelle Collins and Joy Behar dissed Johnson’s…
Our updated post about Denver’s eight most dangerous intersections prompted responses that tended to fall into one of two categories. The first entailed suggestions about other dangerous intersections that weren’t mentioned; one reader mentioned Park and Colfax, Federal and Speer, and Parker and Havana. The second encompassed complaints about the current quality…
Denver blog posts know all about Jizmak Da Gusha. At our Music blog, Oakland L. Childers compiles the Colorado summer concert edition of Craigslist Missed Connections — including the tale of a match that wasn’t made at the GWAR show. Coyote Gulch reveals that Castle Rock’s water has been named the…
Back in 2009, we told you about a man we described as the worst police impersonator ever. “The vehicle he used was a gray 1995 Cadillac sedan, the sort of car preferred by eighty-year-old retirees or ride-pimpers getting ready for Cinco de Mayo, not the police,” we noted. “Instead of…
Earlier this week, we argued that Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson had won the Miss America pageant by the way she lost it — by delivering a monologue about nursing (she’s a registered nurse) rather than offering a typically cliched routine during the talent portion of the competition, and by saying…
The federally funded Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area is nothing if not predictable. The organization has spent recent years on a jihad against marijuana, regularly rolling out reports suggesting that legalization is rapidly destroying the fabric of society in Colorado by way of statistics that critics have long…
Although a lot of us are still desperately clinging to the last days of summer (and given the temperatures lately, that’s understandable), we’re on the cusp of autumn. Fortunately, Colorado helps us ease into the season via gorgeous displays of fall colors. But what are the best places to enjoy…
Native Roots stores have been a part of the Colorado marijuana scene for years — and the chain has grown to encompass eleven recreational and medical outlets across Colorado in part because of clever marketing. Take a 2010 review, in which our William Breathes noted that Native Roots “has better mall shopping…
After the Broncos defeated the Baltimore Ravens in what ESPN commentator Mike Greenberg accurately described as a “slugfest,” Twitter exploded. And not with compliments for Peyton Manning. The ugly performance by Manning during his first regular-season game under new coach Gary Kubiak caused many viewers to declare him done —…
Denver blog posts like extra helpings. At our Food & Drink blog, Mark Antonation offers the 2015 edition of our ten-best-barbecue-restaurants in Denver list. Colorado Pols breaks down Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s 2016 budget. Predominantly Orange’s Brad James has four words for you: “Fear Not Broncos Fans.”…
Earlier this year, a bid to recall Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey was inspired in part on his reluctance to criminally charge police officers involved in deadly shootings. That effort failed. But now, the family of Paul Castaway, a Native American man who was shot and killed by a Denver…
For most of us, the thought of having to use a public restroom is off-putting, owing to often horrific personal experiences. But that doesn’t have to be the case. The fourteenth annual America’s Best Restroom Contest, sponsored by the Ohio-based Cintas Corporation (which manufactures restroom supplies, among many other things), has…
Over the years, we’ve reported about numerous cases in which DNA led to arrests in sexual assaults. The same is true in regard to Jasmine Burlingame — but with a twist. In previous instances, the people busted were men accused of committing sex crimes against women. This time around, Burlingame…
Before last night, American Ninja Warrior had run for seven seasons without ever anointing a champion. That’s because the four-stage contest is so damn tough. But finally, we have a winner — and he’s from Colorado. Congratulations, Isaac Caldiero. On the show’s graphics, Caldiero is identified as a resident of Fort Collins, while…
Project SAM (the initials stand for “Smart Approach to Marijuana”) was founded in Denver in 2013 — and shortly thereafter, Rolling Stone magazine named its co-founder, Kevin Sabet, the number one enemy of marijuana legalization. Hard to tell if this designation hurt or helped Sabet’s baby — but today, Project SAM remains the…
There’s been a lot of talk about high rents in Denver of late. So we recently shared a list of the ten metro-area neighborhoods with the cheapest rent for a one-bedroom apartment. Many of the areas on the roster are in outlying parts of Denver, and few can be described…
Denver blog posts like to make statements. At our Arts blog, Michael Paglia writes about vandalism to “Cold War Horse,” a Jeff Gipe sculpture near Rocky Flats. The Ralphie Report’s Jon Woods reveals that the CU Buffs are one-point underdogs to the CSU Rams in advance of this week’s Rocky…
