The caption on a photo of Jamie Carrillo and Angelo Arellano found on her Facebook page notes that the couple have been an item for more thirteen years — and one way to remain close is to do lots of things together. Then again, maybe it’s not the best idea…
Just in time for summer vacation season, Cities Journal has come up with its picks for the top twelve small cities in Colorado — and while there are plenty of great spots that didn’t make the cut, those that did are generally worthy selections in our opinion. Look below to…
This week’s Denver Cruiser Ride found participants embracing the Seven Deadly Sins in a very lively way. For proof, look no further than photos by our Scott Lentz, who was on hand to catch all the greed, gluttony, sloth and lust. Check out a sampling of the shots below, and…
Overnight, a man’s refusal to pay for a cab in Boulder turned into a hours-long SWAT team standoff in which he and a police officer were both injured. What happened? Here’s what we know thus far…
Over the years, marijuana activists have frequently talked about the tipping point — the moment at which so many states have legalized pot that the federal government is forced to change its policies in regard to a substance still considered a Schedule 1 narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Agency. In…
Is there a better stretch of road in Denver than Federal? Colfax, maybe. But Federal has the best food, the best people-watching, the best classic cars regularly cruising by — and it’s one of the last thoroughfare in the city whose character developers haven’t tried to steal in the last…
Our posts this week about radio personality Tom Martino, who pleaded guilty to a disturbing-the-peace charge in regard to a December incident involving his wife, Holly, found the self-proclaimed Troubleshooter asking the public not to assume he’s angry or violent based on his aggressive persona as an on-air consumer advocate…
If you live in Arapahoe County, there is a .01 percent chance you will be called for jury selection in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes — odds far greater than winning the Colorado Powerball. Approximately 6,000 possible jurors will be summoned, the judge in the case…
Denver blog posts still have trouble spelling the word “pavilion.” At our Cafe Society blog, Jonathan Shikes reveals that the Denver County Fair has decided to shelve a plan for a beer pavilion even as it’s enlarging its pot pavilion. Coyote Gulch on endangered fish and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir…
Earlier this month, in reporting about the firing of Gloria Neal and the impending death of the progressive AM-760 format at Clear Channel-owned KKZN-AM, we speculated about possible new approaches, noting along the way that business-centric radio “hasn’t been markedly successful in this market for decades.” Well, lo and behold,…
Last week, we told you about new rules for Washington Park set to go into effect on Memorial Day weekend — an apparent response to Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt’s unsuccessful effort to ban alcohol at the park due to what he described as “belligerent, drunken behavior.” Mere days later,…
Imagine, in a moment of suspended disbelief, that your job pays 174 grand a year. And comes with a $1.3 million expense account. And a staff of eighteen Ivy League yes-men whose sole duty is to bray loud and wide about the miracle that is you — when they’re not…
How does a new Twitter account get followers fast? One surefire way: Give away money. Yesterday, the folks behind Hidden Cash Boulder tweeted clues to the whereabouts of envelopes containing $40 under the hashtag @HiddenCashCO. Now, less than 24 hours later, the feed has more than 2,700 followers, and that…
Estately.com, the site behind our recent list of the ten best states for hippies, has a new target: the Internet search quirks of all fifty states, including Colorado, produced by running “hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which words, terms and questions each state was searching for…
For a year-plus, we’ve shared claims of pot profiling from drivers who say they were pulled over on bogus pretenses in other states simply because their vehicle had Colorado license plates. For instance, a 65-year-old was told she fit the profile of a drug smuggler because she didn’t fit the…
Samuel Frappier is fortunate he wasn’t killed by his own bad decisions, and he knows it. “I imagine people saying I’m stupid, and they’re right,” the nineteen-year-old Canadian told a reporter after being rescued yesterday from Long’s Peak after getting stranded on a ledge (approximate elevation: 13,000) the day before…
“Party in the Parks,” Alan Prendergast, may 15 Park and Chide In light of the great recession of 2007, caused by one housing bubble, and the apparent housing bubble transpiring here now, it’s particularly galling that this article’s Everyman is a real-estate speculator. Shame on you, Westword. In addition to…
For nine months, it hung in her spare bedroom: the dress she had planned to wear on her wedding day. It was long and white, like a wedding dress should be, and it was overlaid with intricate lace. Delicate chiffon flowers and silver beading accented the straps and cascaded down…
Dear Stoner: Here’s a stoner question that’s been on my mind: Is the world eternal?Grass Hopper Dear Grass Hopper: Waxing philosophical is one of life’s greatest stoned joys. As for your eternally unanswerable question: This stoner is a bowl-half-full kind of guy. Yes, the fact that Earth is only 4.5…
Worlds collided on Friday when the Colorado Symphony Orchestra held the first of three cannabis-friendly fundraisers whose concept collected a lot of attention — and press. Brass and bongs. Corsages and cannabis. Hemp and Handel. Horns and hashish. By most accounts, the event was a success and raised about $50,000…
Alan Prendergast’s recent post about convicted murderer Thomas Silverstein and a ruling that thirty years in solitary confinement doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment spurred plenty of comments on both sides of the issue. The following take is offered by someone who doesn’t view Silverstein sympathetically…
Denver blogs have got the beat. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky shares the complete schedule for Elway’s Backyard concert series. Big Media’s Jason Salzman argues that double-speak is becoming a required component for reporting about senatorial hopeful Cory Gardner. In contrast, Colorado Peak Politics thinks John Hickenlooper’s “failed leadership…
