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11:41 am, Sep 21, 2012
Costume Party
5280.com Exclusive: We had a few more costume ideas for well-known Denverites. Have suggestions of your own? Leave them in the comments below.Elvis Dumervil as a policemanKim Day as Mesteño (DIA's blue mustang)Jim Tracy as Clint Hurdle MORE
4:25 pm, Sep 20, 2012
Swingers
I’m not sure how this happened, but the fate of the nation rests in our hands. I hope you’re enjoying it. I know I am. Personally, I love being the new Florida, especially without the bother of outsize bugs, crushing humidity, and pregnant chads.That’s right: Along with perennial swing states Florida and Ohio, Colorado has ended up as one of a... MORE
4:16 pm, Sep 20, 2012
The New New Testament
On a recent summer morning, Curtis Martin prepares to spread the Word. He has driven from his Westminster home to the Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby, where he’ll speak to a few dozen college kids, who are there for a weeklong summit on Catholicism. A husky 6-foot-3 with neatly cropped dark hair, graying temples, and a warm smile, Martin waits... MORE
4:29 pm, Sep 6, 2012
Kitchens That Cook
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4:17 pm, Sep 6, 2012
Small Space, Big Style
Some interior designers might be reticent to make over a 1,230-square-foot home. Not Ashley Larson. Inside her Jefferson Park Victorian are the details that make true historic-design lovers swoon: skinny-plank hardwood floors, tall ceilings, original single-pane windows, and walls of exposed brick, all preserved since the home’s construction in... MORE
4:02 pm, Sep 6, 2012
Free and Clear
Matt and Erin Neren wanted one thing when they designed their modernist Hilltop home: simplicity. The couple is inundated with details at work: Matt’s an advertising executive; Erin’s a graphic designer. Architect David Robb of Denver’s Robb Studio, Inc., shared their appreciation for restraint, as evidenced by the now-completed home’s centerpiece... MORE
3:55 pm, Sep 6, 2012
Ahead of the Curve
From the rooftop deck of Nils and Karli Erickson’s Lower Highlands home, you get one of those knockout Denver views: the lights of Coors Field, historic Union Station, and the towering skyline to the east; mountain peaks rising to the west. “There is a time at dusk,” Nils says, “when the sun is setting and all the buildings are brighter than the... MORE
3:38 pm, Sep 6, 2012
Jewel In The Rough
There are few architectural reminders of East Colfax’s residential heyday. Most of what’s left of Capitol Hill’s once-bustling, turn-of-the-century streetcar thoroughfare is obscured by a hodgepodge of 7-Elevens, auto-supply stores, and liquor marts. Zoning encourages higher-density housing in this area, but single-family homes are almost unheard... MORE
3:29 pm, Sep 6, 2012
The Simple Browns
You wouldn’t expect Denver’s design power couple to be down-to-earth. Intellectual and highfalutin, sure. But casual, bike-commuting, bargain-furniture-shopping parents? No way. Which is why chatting with Sarah Semple Brown and Rusty Brown, principals of Denver’s premiere architectural firm, Semple Brown Design, is so unexpectedly easy. In fact, “... MORE
3:32 pm, Aug 27, 2012
Power Play
Opening spread: INTIMATE AFFAIRHer: Alexander Wang dress, $765; Valentino handbag, $1,695, and shoes, $895; all Nordstrom, 2810 E. First Ave., 720-746-2424, shop.nordstrom.com. Ippolita sterling silver faceted double oval earrings, $325; Efva Attling sterling silver chain bracelet, $1,540; Ivanka Trump black onyx cocktail ring with signature oval... MORE
3:07 pm, Aug 27, 2012
The Strangest Show On Earth
On a humid Tennessee morning this past April, the vast ballroom of Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center is pulsing with anticipation. A football field long, the hall accommodates some 3,000 giddy men and women who await the arrival of Kent Thiry, the gregarious,... MORE
2:55 pm, Aug 27, 2012
Outside The Lines
The InnovatorAmanda Gordon DunnOptical illusions. That’s the best way to describe Amanda Gordon Dunn’s work. Her sculptures appear to be hard, plastic pieces, but they’re actually made of cloth that yields to the softest touch. Her animal “paintings” look straightforward, but they’re actually multilayered pieces created using pencils, pens,... MORE
2:35 pm, Aug 27, 2012
Bridging The Gap
Humans like to compare themselves to others, and with that comparison, often, and almost without intentionality, comes judgment. Colorado, perhaps because of its diverse geography, has a long history of dichotomous groups: cowboys versus Indians; hardscrabble plains residents versus the monied mountain folk; gun lovers versus gun haters; and the... MORE
2:29 pm, Aug 27, 2012
Ride 'Em Cowboy
The trail was uncharacteristically smooth, a thin dirt ribbon that gave my lungs and legs a welcome respite after the granite gauntlet I’d just run. But the next challenge lay ahead. Poking up through the ponderosas was a stone labyrinth that promised to bite at my wheels and test my grit.The assurance of technical mountain biking is precisely... MORE
1:20 pm, Aug 27, 2012
Between The Notes
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