If you haven’t checked out the Denver Eye Facebook page yet, we strongly encourage you to do so right away. The site earned a well-deserved 2015 Best of Denver award and Tom Lundin, the man behind it, has been feted in this space for his celebrations of the Mile High City’s glorious past through…
My fiance Austin O’Loughlin died last night at 2 a.m. and a huge part of me died with him. I haven’t stopped crying since i found his body and i don’t know what to do now. The only man I ever truly loved so deeply. I’m never goin to be…
I’ve been getting hash-pen cartridges at the Starbuds in the University of Denver neighborhood for months, but I’d never purchased its flower before. This Starbuds branch, located at 1640 East Evans Avenue, is across the street from an actual Starbucks and near the original Chipotle. Since plenty of college students…
Earlier this week, we noted that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in the Deflategate scandal might turn out to be bad news for the Broncos. Even if Brady’s suspension isn’t lessened, as many observers think it will be, he’ll be back long before New England faces off against…
Denver blog posts know the difference between palette and palate. At our Arts blog, Lindsey Bartlett shows off the ten best new street murals of spring. Colorado Pols establishes a pointed connection between Walker Stapleton and Dealin’ Doug. Denver Egotist spotlights Amos Lee’s “Windows Are Rolled Down” clip via Grand…
If you were among those who thought recreational marijuana sales would plateau and perhaps even start to decline by now, you were wrong. Statistics from the Colorado Department of Revenue reveal that in March, the most recent month for which stats are available, pot businesses sold approximately $42.7 million worth of…
Just yesterday, we told you about the awful performance of Frontier in a new federal survey of customer complaints. The firm finished last among thirteen U.S. airlines by a staggering margin. Now, Dave Siegel, CEO of the company, which promotes itself as Denver’s hometown carrier, has resigned. A release from the…
Paul Wettengel, 45, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a transgender man at a Boulder bus stop. It’s a disturbing story that demonstrates the challenges that members of the transgender community continue to face simply for being themselves. A report about the incident in the Boulder Daily Camera describes Wettengel as…
A small crime can lead to tragedy — and that appears to be the case in a double-shooting following a car chase from Cortez, Colorado to Shiprock, New Mexico. Two people are reportedly dead: a man and a young girl. And what spurred the incident? The theft of $41 worth…
In recent weeks, we’ve reported about a number of gang-related shootings in the Denver area, with a particular focus on incidents that took place in the Cole and Park Hill neighborhoods. But high-profile offenses like these don’t necessarily mean crime as a whole is more prevalent in these parts of the…
What a difference a few years make. Last month, we told you about a bill that would make it legal for medical marijuana patients on probation to use cannabis — a previously controversial notion that was ripped by at least one prominent district attorney and rejected by the Colorado Court of…
The building boom in metro Denver continues to be a big topic of conversation among our readers. And one interesting take often begets a lot more. Case in point: A comment suggesting that if developers could get away with it, they’d rip apart Lakeside and Casa Bonita in order to…
Denver blog posts are worth swiping right. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies writes: “Surviving Wedding Season, Divorce Season and Tinder Season Proves That Love Is Complicated.” Colorado Pols: “National GOP Panic Over Morgan Carroll Continues.” Mile High Report’s Jon Heath: “Here’s Peyton Manning singing Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’…
The Glendale city council on Tuesday night authorized the future use of eminent domain to acquire land within the 42-acre site that the city plans to redevelop into an entertainment district on the banks of Cherry Creek. But after hearing hours of testimony against eminent domain, city councilors added a provision…
When we heard that Rockies star Troy Tulowitzki would miss the remainder of another lost and humiliating season with a hip injury, we weren’t exactly shocked. After all, the All-Star shortstop has a reputation for being oft-injured. But we were surprised by how many times Tulo’s been hurt. The Baseball…
When Dennis Gallagher steps down as city auditor in nine weeks, at the end of his third and final term, his departure will mark the end of one of the most impressive — and long-lived — careers in elected office in state history. Gallagher was an obscure thirty-year-old speech professor…
There are plenty of playful Facebook photos of Josh and Leah Cabrera — and even a comic illustration of the pair. These images only make the way their lives ended seem that much more tragic. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Josh, 35, shot and killed Leah, 33, before…
In recent years, Frontier, which likes to portray itself as Denver’s hometown airline, has regularly gotten hammered in customer satisfaction reports. Take its brutal finish in the 2014 Airline Quality Rating study. Did the carrier do better in the Air Travel Consumer Report, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Below,…
Dear Stoner: Are edibles good for helping you sleep? A bunch of my friends say they’re using pot to sleep. What would you recommend? Menopause Minnie Dear Minnie: Eat an edible and you could be off to dreamland — as long as you pay attention to both dosages and strains…
Our post about the national publicity that followed a Milliken BBQ joint’s plan for a “White Appreciation Day” spawned a lot of back-and-forth among our readers. Some people thought the uproar over the nation constituted political correctness run amok. But the majority felt the concept was stupid, wrongheaded or a…
Denver blog posts are sprinkled everywhere online. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Gretchen Kurtz argues that Fractured Prune Doughnuts are hot even if its name isn’t. Denver Egotist has the skinny on Denver Passport, described as “your ticket to summer drink specials at curated events.” The latest from the…
In a move that could have far-reaching implications for the the West’s ailing coal industry, a federal judge in Denver has ruled that U.S. Department of Interior officials failed to follow the law in approving expansion plans at two Colorado coal-mining operations — and that the agency has an obligation,…
