Dixie Elixirs: Colorado medical marijuana soda company gets fizzy facelift

Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Medibles has been producing medical marijuana-infused sodas since 2009, but recently the company decided it was time for a facelift. Last month, the company unveiled seven new flavors of its THC bubbly: Sparkling Pomegranate, Sparkling Mandarin, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Blueberry, Sparkling Red Currant, Sparkling Peach and…

Mammoth Madness misses the mark at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The October unearthing of a mastodon, a mammoth, three Ice Age bison and a Jefferson’s ground sloth near Snowmass captured the imagination of amateur paleontologists (not to mention professional ones) around the world. But the discovery didn’t translate well when the Denver Museum of Nature & Science attempted to showcase…

Readers hate/love Christo

“The Numbers Game,” Laura Shunk, November 18 The Stroke of Twelve Westword seems to have this bizarre blind spot: You either get nine-dollar burger joints or places with twenty-dollar foie gras appetizers, like twelve. If I eat out, my cutoff point is usually the twenty-dollar entree — unless it is…

Denver is full of turkeys, and now is the time to roast them!

Birdman Chris Andersen has used his colorful plumage to become the city’s most beloved Turkey McNugget. But he is not the only bird in town. Denver is full of turkeys, and Thanksgiving is the time to honor them for their efforts by roasting them… We present Denver’s Tastiest Turkeys. All…