The way that big snowstorms bring people together — in grocery stores before and on sidewalks after — or the fact that, despite the complexities of technology and politics, the height of civic sophistication in Denver is defined by backyard chickens: These are just two of the reasons that cartoonist…
“Got a Match?,” Kelsey Whipple, February 2 Love’s Labor Lost I find Ms. Greenwald’s business a bit appalling. People in the 1960s and ’70s expended a lot of effort to break down discriminatory policies and to support and create opportunities for women to go to business school. It is disappointing that…
For this week’s cover story, “Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA,” I spent roughly a month working with local matchmaker Jamie Richards. We’ve already covered her tips on finding a matchmaker, taking a profile picture and creating an online dating profile. But…
Despite the obligatory squawks from lawmakers about the need for transparency in government, few of their actions are quite as transparent as their efforts to shield internal bureaucratic processes from outside scrutiny. For a demonstration of this principle in action, look no further than two bills currently creeping through the…
Is Marcos Martinez, principal at the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy and the subject of our recent feature “A Hard Line,” on his way out as head of the Westminster charter school? Westword just received word that Martinez, chess instructor Dominic Martinez and director of curriculum and instruction Gabriela Guzman are…
Denver blog posts had money on the Patriots…. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. shares a video of Tim Tebow with an Irish golf guy. He’s just a guy who can’t say no — except about one specific thing. At Colorado Education News, Alexander Ooms says majors matter. 5280’s Robert Sanchez…
Durango High student Sydney Spies’s protest over her yearbook’s rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, has been nixed in favor of the shot from her school ID card. As…
When last we spoke with Colorado Republican Party head Ryan Call about the February 7 Colorado caucuses, he noted that Newt Gingrich had not scheduled any state events. But that’s changed. At this hour, Gingrich is scheduled at a west-side rally, with another assembly juxtaposing him and Rick Santorum. Meanwhile,…
On Friday, the Secretary of State’s Office noted that the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act had fallen 2,409 signatures shy of ballot approval. Given the resources available to the Regulate folks, whose measure will be known as Initiative 30 if the shortfall can be cured in the next week plus,…
Our post about Tim Tebow’s appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s show noted that while even The Chosen One admitted he needs to work on his throwing motion, he proved to be a quick study with a T-shirt cannon. That got one of our readers thinking…
Many law enforcement agencies across the state compile and update their own most-wanted-criminals list — and the one maintained by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office demonstrates the distressingly widespread and commonplace nature of domestic violence. All twelve people on its current list — eleven men and one woman — are…
If you’ve ever driven beside a sloppy driver and blamed it on his California plates, you might be from Denver. The same thing is true if you can correctly pronounce “Chipotle,” only drink craft beer or have been in any of the situations we’ve captured in the following video. After…
Whether you loved or hated Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show (or caught M.I.A. flying the bird), you were no doubt impressed by Andy Lewis’s demonstration of slacklining — an athletic and highly entertaining variation on wire-walking. If so, direct some of that love Colorado’s way. Gibbon Slacklines, which provided Lewis…
If the folks at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office are correct, Brian Douglas Trumble was the most patient of child molesters. According to the BCSO, Trumble, a private music teacher, had been working with a student for long period of time before crossing the line into criminal behavior…
No, Tim Tebow is not playing in today’s Super Bowl. But somehow, he’s getting as much, if not more, attention than most of the Giants and Patriots, especially on Twitter. And why not, since Katy Perry name-checked him at a concert last night, Katharine McPhee shared a photo of the…
This morning, a colleague texted me to ask if I wanted a lift. Why would I? I’ve got snow pants, double layer gloves, and a fixed gear bike. I ride my bike to work every day, and as with recycling and eating local, there’s a certain self-satisfaction that comes with an…
A running gag in the classic comedy Raising Arizona is that just about everybody in the vicinity of Tempe is packing heat — even the pimple-faced kid at the convenience store, who whips out a Dirty Harry special and starts blasting away at stickup man Nicholas Cage. But it’s no…
I’m three weeks an intern for Westword, and with each day, I’m made more aware of the strengths (and the pitfalls) of my journalism education at CU-Boulder. Nothing scares me more than joining my older brother in his misery caused by the mania surrounding this economic downturn. “Good luck finding…
Before I began working with Jaime Richards, one of the matchmakers in this week’s cover story, I had to dig deep. Really deep. It’s common practice for date coaches and matchmakers to ask their clients for letters of recommendation, but they’re not the kind you’re thinking of. In preparation for…
No snow day for Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein on the Nuggets’ emphatic victory over the Clippers, to whom they’d lost at home just days earlier. WhoSaidYouSaid turns the cameras on candidate Coors. When it comes to toddlers, Mile High Mamas’ Lisa Vratny-Smith asks: To nap, or not…
Earlier this week, Brian Vicente, one of the primary proponents of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, told us that news about whether the measure qualified for the November ballot could come as early as Friday. This prediction proved accurate, but the word isn’t one Vicente and fellow backer Mason…
About the only good thing that has come out of the Representative Laura Bradford mess this week was the sarcastically suggested name (on Twitter and elsewhere) for a future Capitol Hill dive bar called the “Legislative Function.” Every other aspect of this situation, from the way the police handled it…
