11:46 am, Jun 17, 2013
A quick look at the 2012-2013 skier numbers recently reported by Colorado Ski Country USA reminds of the of famous scene in Field of Dreams in which Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice while walking through his cornfield. "If you build it, he will come," the voice says. It seems that things aren't so different when it comes to Colorado and...
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10:11 am, Jun 17, 2013
It's no secret that Denverites are volunteer and bike-riding fanatics, and Michael Upp is no different. As a self-proclaimed "weekend warrior" bike rider and SafeHouse Denver board member, he wanted to use this hobby to help out the organization, which assists domestic violence victims, in an attention-grabbing way: Rack up the miles...
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9:43 am, Jun 17, 2013
When it comes to parks, Denver is slipping. Sort of. Last year, Denver landed at number 13 on the Trust for Public Land’s inaugural ParkScore rankings—a measure of park acreage, access, and investment in the country’s biggest cities. This year, we dropped to number 17, lagging behind Colorado Springs and even Omaha (!). We blame Minneapolis. And...
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10:40 am, Jun 14, 2013
Most of us have been summoned at one time or another by our friends, family, and even our own conscience to support a good cause by attending this event or that marathon. But when it’s finally the weekend, attending a fundraiser doesn’t always sound like the unwinding session we’d like to have after an intense workweek.Luckily, Denver tends to be...
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10:35 am, Jun 14, 2013
Rant: Politicians Politicize; It's Your Job to Weed Through the Nonsense.We've reached a point, in Colorado and throughout the United States, at which there apparently is never an appropriate time to talk politics. Whether it's after massacres in Aurora and Newtown, Connecticut; terrorist attacks in Boston; or natural disasters in Oklahoma or...
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2:10 pm, Jun 12, 2013
As wildfires ravaged Colorado in June 2012, a small group of Colorado Springs designers, marketers and Web developers wanted to help—especially as the Waldo Canyon Fire stormed into their hometown. Their idea was to create some cool T-shirts, sell them online and donate the proceeds. None of the group imagined that their Wild Fire Tees would...
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10:53 am, Jun 12, 2013
Long-awaited relief for wildfire-wrecked areas of Colorado will finally arrive after nearly a year of battles that delayed federal funding and held up projects to reduce flooding in hard-hit regions across the state. The roughly $20 million in federal money will be used to repair damaged water supplies and reduce flooding risks in El Paso and...
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10:20 am, Jun 11, 2013
New Belgium sure does produce a lot of beer. Thanks to a recent expansion at New Belgium's flagship site in Fort Collins, the Colorado craft brew behemoth can handle up to 920,000 barrels of brew. For now, that's enough to meet the company's sales projections until 2015, which means New Belgium is delaying its plans to construct a new 400,000-...
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3:45 pm, Jun 7, 2013
"In fashion, one day you're in. The next day you're out." Heidi Klum's now-ubiquitous remark on reality TV hit Project Runway might be overly dramatic, but it also happens to be true. Spring cleaning seems to be in full force in Denver's style scene, with a plethora of stores opening, closing, and moving locations.Here are some of the...
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11:37 am, Jun 7, 2013
Landlocked Coloradoans just can't get enough water (see this and this), especially in this drought. If your lawn is starting to dry out, head to the mountains to take in some green(er) country. Our pick: The YMCA of the Rockies at Estes Park where you can ogle the Big Thompson River (spring runoff, pictured). Bonus: Bike there from...
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4:35 pm, Jun 6, 2013
Humanity: the quality or state of being humane; marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans. I’ve been thinking a lot about humanity lately. Acting for the good of another human being. There’s one particular phrase, really, that I’ve been pondering—the adage we all know: It restored my faith in humanity. It’s so easy for that faith...
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1:30 pm, Jun 4, 2013
When it comes to picking a bar of soap for high-traffic areas like the kitchen or a guest bathroom, too many brands make you choose between decoration and function. Luckily, Naked Goat Farm is bringing it all together with cleansers that are visually appealing, fragrant, and made locally in Elbert, Colorado, using goat's milk and no synthetic...
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11:20 am, Jun 4, 2013
A few months ago, the Denver City Council cut a deal in which the city would swap about 11 acres of unoccupied park land near South Havana Street and East Girard Avenue, AKA Hentzel Park. Denver Public Schools (DPS) would then build an elementary school on the site to help alleviate overcrowding in existing southeast Denver schools. In...
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9:48 am, May 31, 2013
Rave: The Circulator Adds a Welcome Option To Getting Around Downtown...On Thursday, the RTD board approved a new free shuttle that will run between Union Station and the Civic Center. Intended as an alternative to the increasingly crowded 16th Street Mall shuttle, the buses will travel from the renovated train terminal along 19th Street, ending...
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2:52 pm, May 30, 2013
My new mantra: You can never have enough pizza. And thanks to all of the pie shops opening in Denver, I can blissfully attempt to eat as many slices as possible. This week, the Mile High City outpost of Pizzeria Locale (brought to us by the folks behind Boulder's Frasca Food and Wine) opened. And, from the looks of it (see below), I need to make...
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