Lofty Concepts
The Bagel Deli & Restaurant has grown deep roots in Denver’s
sometimes fickle soil. When a business has been around for 40 years, a
couple of assumptions are fair: one, it’s made a name for itself, and
two, its owners are doing something right.
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Outdoor and Sport
I’m amazed to think that, from this lofty perch, a very select group of
elite skiers have done what few have or will: descend Capitol Peak (The Knife Edge) on
skis.
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Lofty Concepts
Old buildings make us wonder what they’d say if they could talk. Dave
Burrell satisfies his curiosity by ferreting out the secret pasts of
Denver homes and businesses.
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Lofty Concepts
I decided to expand my dining horizons by inviting myself to the
Tuesday Night Dinner festivities at the African Community Center (ACC)
in Denver. The weekly dinners are open to anyone in the community, with
one pre-requisite: you must bring a dish you love from your culture.
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Outdoor and Sport
Furious George gives us the pit's crew view of the Denver Roller Dolls with the all the sights, sweat, and sounds you'd expect in a match of the Green Barrettes vs. the Bad Apples.
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| Verses |
TP - Nowhere Near Manhood
“TP”
is excerpted from Nowhere Near Manhood, by Michael Mecherikoff,
available at www.NowhereNearManhood.com.
Sometimes
I like to imagine the origin of stupid things. When a crappy commercial
appears on television, I envision a large, expensive conference table
surrounded by marketing execs in fancy suits.
“No,
no, that commercial would actually describe the product we’re trying
to sell. What’s next?&rdquo ... Read more... |
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| Eats and Drinks |
Mile High Pie
Think of any time of year, and chances are you can think of a pie to go with it.
Blueberry pie in the summer. Apple and pumpkin pies in the fall. You get the idea.
Americans, so it seems, love their pie (especially Grandma’s), and for good reason.
“Everybody has great memories of pie from their childhood,” says Linda Hoskins, executive director of the Illinois-based American Pie Council. “Even if there was a bad pie, there’s usually a great memory.& ... Read more... |
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| Novel Idea Reviews |
(Review) What We Really Have to Fear is ...
“Nothing to Fear” by Adam Cohen
Penguin, 372 pages, $30
A republican president whose popularity plummets as the country undergoes an unmatched economic crisis, and – rightly or wrongly – he is harshly criticized for arrogantly ignoring that crisis. A candidate who previously was considered an underdog wins the Democratic nomination, and then the presidency. The new president is put under suffocating scrutiny as he struggles to assemble a cabinet and impleme ... Read more... |
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| Get Rhythm |
Beta Brings Alpha-dog Acts to Denver
Colorado has long been accused of possessing about as much cultural singularity as Rodney Dangerfield. And for a while, the accusers could have been right. But lately, somewhere within the giddy-up and the git-er-done cowboy swagger is growing a small glimmer of actual urbanism, of cultural diversity and musical miscellany.
One aspect of this slowly changing reality is the buzz surrounding the electronic music scene in Denver, which has increased to a dull roar over the past year. And c ... Read more... |
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| Dirty Habits |
Would You Climb or Ski the Knife Edge?
Standing atop Point 13,664—also known as K2—the view southwest to Capitol Peak’s 14,130-foot summit is both intimidating and inspiring. It’s intimidating because the mountain is a soaring fortress of rock. It’s inspiring for the same reason. The mountaineer in me admires the peak’s architecture, and the aesthetics of its few routes of ascent.
From this vantage, I can see the famed northeast ridge head-on. In many circles, it’s referred to si ... Read more... |
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| Dirty Habits |
Try-A-Triathlon
With 300 days of sunshine a year, plenty of pristine hiking and running trails, miles of biking terrain
and a reservoir with a strip of sand that’s the closest thing to a
beach this side of the Rockies, it’s easy to see why Boulder is
considered one of the country’s fittest cities.
And, fittingly, Boulder has become an epicenter for one of the
most demanding sports since, say, mammoth hunting or
crocodile wrestling—triathlon. It seems, sometimes, as you&... Read more... |
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