Mark Shanstrom of Old South Frame and Gallery has an appearance scheduled at Shotgun Willie’s, and he couldn’t be more pleased about it. And no, he won’t be peeling down to nothing onstage — that will still be left up to the usual Shotgun Willie’s suspects, if you know what…
This week, the Denver Post launched its newly redesigned website. The project has been in the works for months, as Mark Cardwell, the paper’s managing editor for digital media, confirmed in this August Message column. He noted that the site was being reworked to accomodate today’s larger computer screens, and…
An addiction to gambling killed the television career of Scott McDonald, seen here, who resigned as managing editor of news for Channel 31 back in 2001. But all that time spent playing games of chance paid off in an unexpected way. As divulged in this article from today’s Denver Post,…
So you’ve got one hell of a weekend booked. But you don’t know what to wear. The Cat’s Pajamas has you covered with our weekly installment of What to Wear Fridays, where the most styling boys and girls in town show off their favorite party outfits. Whether you’re heading out…
My parents are out of town right now, which means I’m over in Park Hill a lot more, letting out the dogs when the housesitter has something come up. But I don’t mind. I love my dogs and it’s always a pleasure going over to Park Hill, the neighborhood that…
The Cat’s Pajamas must ask: What in the hell was Heidi Klum wearing last night on the finale of Project Runway? That dress with those boots just made her look stumpy — and if you can make Heidi Klum look stumpy, it doesn’t bode well for normal women everywhere. Egad,…
In an interview for this week’s edition of Westword, Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba delivers the sort of charming, sensitive remarks that have made him a favorite of young women everywhere. And several features just added to Dashboard’s October 24 gig at Magness Arena only add to his lovableness. Dashboard has…
At the height of Denver’s newspaper war, the local dailies’ habit of not citing their crosstown competitor in stories that were clearly inspired by the work of said rival was unfortunate, but at least there was an understandable rationale for it. Today, the joint operating agreement that links the business…
Elyse Burja lives with her shoe obsession every day. As the owner of STRUT, at 3877 Tennyson Street, she earns a living making sure that the women of Denver are well-heeled. She’s always seeking something that catches her eye and makes an impression. Cat certainly understands her dedication; she’s got…
Stephanie Wooten learned a lot as a foster kid. She learned to pack light. She learned to keep her mouth shut. She learned that some foster parents are only in it for the money. But mostly, Stephanie learned that she couldn’t count on anyone but herself. Her own mother made…
Architect Steven Holl hightailed it out of Denver while the getting was good, but you wouldn’t know that from the city’s Justice Center project website. It still proudly proclaims that “Steven Holll Architects and klipp Design have been selected as the Courthouse design team” — with Holl’s last name misspelled…
And a good morning to you, too, assembled Chipotle executives! Please allow me to begin by thanking you for taking time out of your busy schedules to hear some of my ideas for your new marketing campaign. We at the What’s So Funny? ad agency realize you have your choice…
The thirteen- and fourteen-year-old boys in the Redskins jerseys are leading 6-2. They need to stop the Hawks from scoring a touchdown, or all playoff hopes are gone. The Hawks, on the other hand, just want a second victory this season. From about the ten-yard line, the Hawks quarterback launches…
For most of the past three years, Wayne Herman led a double life. Weekdays from 4 to 7 a.m., he could be found at Channel 4, where he presented business headlines and related stories in a smooth style honed during nearly a quarter-century in broadcasting. Afterward, he headed to an…
The Professor and the Patsy CU in the funny pages: Regarding Alan Prendergast’s “Made for Each Other,” in the October 12 issue: Congrats on a job well done exposing CU’s heir apparent to the Churchill/Barnett throne. Michael Tracey is a jackass and, being such, he fits in brilliantly at the…
A shout out to Dusty, who was spinning fire at Confluence Park on Sunday night with Maquette and the rest of the tribe who meet there to hang out, play with matches and enjoy each other’s company. We here at The Cat’s Pajamas love Dusty because the twelve-year-old already has…
Today’s Rocky Mountain News features an article about the latest financial information released by E.W. Scripps, which owns the paper — and betcha the figures it contains didn’t put a smile on the face of Harry Whipple, the Denver Newspaper Agency exec seen grinning here. According to business writer David…
I seem to recall a conversation with a certain mayor a few years ago about potential choices for the One Book, One Denver series, during which he dismissed my suggestions for probably savvy political reasons; Plainsong had a group sex scene, for example. But the knock on The Milagro Beanfield…
The kitchen had done an okay job cooking the fried chicken — but it had also slipped in some ginger, which I didn’t appreciate. Yes, the ginger had been mentioned on the menu, but not emphasized. At least, not enough. There should’ve been more warning. The menu description should have…
Although Mayor Hickenlooper’s anti-graffiti summit is slated for tomorrow at the Botanic Gardens, one Denver vandal has already held a much more informal summit of his own in the Highlands neighborhood. Except this individual’s message, as far as anyone can tell, is anti-gentrification. “IF you BuiLD tHey wiLL comE” reads…
The cover of today’s Denver Daily News places the headline “Mayor Targets Graffiti” over a story about the anti-graffiti summit scheduled to take place on Wednesday at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The article leads with the $2.5 million figure the city estimates it spends on graffiti cleanup, and includes several…
If the increasingly pathetic saga of John Mark Karr proves anything, it’s this: A media obsessive can stretch his fifteen minutes of fame to twenty, or even half an hour, if he can manage to portray himself as a victim of the media attention he seeks yet claims to despise…
