An image from the Visit Denver website. John Hickenlooper was on his second breakfast when he arrived to address the 99th annual membership meeting of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau — so perhaps he was overcaffeinated when he urged the hundreds of business types assembled in the Seawell…
“Leave Us alone — or be prepared to face the wrath of Bill O’Reilly.” Tonight, the Golden City Council will tackle an ordinance that would limit religious displays on city property during the holidays. Like a nativity, for example. Denver has avoided similar attempts by making its holiday nativity display…
Dear Mexican: In a column some time ago, you mentioned the Aztec prophecy claiming that their “descendants would reclaim ancestral lands in the southwest U.S.” I’d appreciate it if you could shed a little light on this statement. This is the mythical state of Aztlán you’re referring to, right? What…
Maggiano’s in the Denver Pavilions turns ten this week, and its is a real reason to celebrate. Unlike so many corporate-concept restaurants, this Maggiano’s — a link in a Chicago-based chain — pays attention to the community in which it is located, doing innumerable good works even while it serves…
William and Stephanie Wahl left their restaurant, Indulge, to cook at the Escoffier dinner. For those who don’t know Escoffier from etouffe, last night’s Auguste in November event offered a delicious course — eight courses, actually — on the essentials of French cooking. The duck fois gras, presented by William…
Bill Ritter. Politicos across Colorado are brushing up their resumes and trading rumors about who’s going to Washington to join the Barack Obama administration — and some are looking either further afield. This morning, Governor Bill Ritter will announce an economic-development mission to Japan and China that will take forty…
A river of memories — and red sauce — runs along the 700 block of South University Boulevard, where Sam Badis bought a little joint named Jim Sano’s back in 1964, changed the name to the Saucy Noodle, painted the walls red and added the slogan, “If you don’t like…
Andrew Romanoff. Andrew Romanoff, the outgoing speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, will be back at the Statehouse today, helping to choose the leadership for the next session. In his last year of his last term before the state’s term-limits law booted him out, Romanoff crafted a plan to…
Dear Mexican: In your October 23 column, I read that Mexicans enjoy Clamato the way Canadians do. The True North Strong and Free has a favored drink (the Caesar) made with Clamato. It is similar to a Bloody Mary but way, way better — and spicy, to boot! So don’t…
Paul Trujillo’s art captures an historic moment. Yesterday, the day that Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, I received a note from the Fords. They’re the family who’d asked Paul Trujillo, a sixteen-year-old urban artist, to paint a piece on the back of their garage…
Please, Mr. Postman. Polling places across Colorado report that the voting process is going smoothly. But there are still plenty of bumps in the road — and Mimi Kaupe just hit one of them. Since she’s working in California, she’d long ago applied to the Denver Election Division for a…
Keep your distance, media scum. I was the 26th person in line at 6:45. Another fifty people had arrived by the time the election workers at the Mile High United Way polling place at the edge of Highland started the countdown at 6:59: “Five, four, three, two, one… the polls…
Va-va-va-vote! When I arrived home late last night, I found a flier under my doormat, “Vote for the Change We Need,” with a number to call to find my polling place today. Right above the mat, suspended from my doorknob, was a more elaborate hangtag, “Vote Obama,” with detailed information…
John McCain will stop in Grand Junction on Election Day. Back on June 30, CNN posited that Colorado could become “the ultimate battleground state in the general election.” Four months later, it looks like the war is over and John McCain will go down fighting in this state (sending Sarah…
What are you waiting for? In Denver, early voting ends today at 7 p.m. at the thirteen early-voting locations (find them at www.denvervotes.org). It’s too late to request a mail-in ballot by mail or over the Internet — but you can still pick one up until 7 p.m. today at…
There’s a mystery behind twelve, and it’s not why the restaurant opening November 4 in the Ballpark neighborhood, at 2233 Larimer Street, refuses to use capital letters. No, here’s the mystery: Who’s the man pretending to be the owner of twelve? Yesterday, I’d just finished perusing twelve’s press kit –…
Dear Mexican: I know you’ve been asked variations of this before. I’m a gay white guy, and I’ve had three relationships with Mexican men in the last seven years. The first two lasted from three to six months; this past relationship actually lasted a year and culminated with us moving…
Paul Trujillo isn’t in school right now, but the sixteen-year-old is getting a hell of a civics lesson — with extra credit in art appreciation. Trujillo was born in Denver and has always lived with his grandparents at 303 Galapago Street. He’s been creating art for as long as he…
Sean Rice was the first gallery owner to discover that the city had wiped out a wall of urban art. It was just before the Democratic National Convention hit town, and Denver’s graffiti cleanup crew, called out to deal with tagging in the Ballpark neighborhood, decided to give nearby Orange…
Tony Hillerman captured the flavor of the Southwest. I discovered Tony Hillerman’s books the same year I moved to Colorado, introduced to them by the late Alan Dumas, who’d taken classes from the author when he taught journalism at the University of New Mexico. Hillerman’s The Fly on the Wall…
WaterCourse is out from under wraps. Dan Landes usually stars at WaterCourse Foods, WaterCourse Bakery and City, ‘O City, his Denver ventures. But tomorrow night, he’s got a starring role on the Food Network’s Dinner Impossible, helping host and Iron Chef America winner Michael Simon with his toughest task yet…
“X” marks the drop. We can’t tell you when you’ll get that mail-in ballot you requested, and then requested again. But we can lay to rest another rumor making the rounds: that mail-in ballots are only counted if a vote looks close election day. “We count every ballot,” says Linda…
