Magazine

August 15, 2009 Like 0 Andra Coberly

“All schools are wonderful,” an administrator told us. True, all schools do a commendable service: educating our kiddos. Still, we wanted to give props to a few of our favorites.

Features

Where Are They Now?

August 15, 2009 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Remember that guy in your high school jazz band? He’s now a professional musician. The girl in your gym class? She’s educating entrepreneurs. Yellow Scene tracks down local high school alumni to see who’s up to what.

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Schools That Rock…Enroll

August 15, 2009 Like 0 Andra Coberly

The days of readin’, writin’ and arithmetic are long gone—replaced with National Honor Society, CSAPs and advanced placement chemistry…not to mention yearbook, marching band and a club called “dodgeball and other unorthodox ball sports.” Yellow Scene hit the books to…

Features

The 800-Pound Gorilla in the School Yard

August 5, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

I was bullied as a kid. At the time, I didn’t think of myself as the victim of a bully because no one ever hit me or threatened to hit me. He never shoved me into lockers; he never even…

Restaurant Reviews

I Love the ‘80s

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

The year is 1987. You’ve just finished teasing your hair and putting on a final coat of Aqua Net when your boyfriend rings the bell. He’s got the top down on his Celica as the two of you cruise over…

Cuisine

Refreshing Flavors

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

“This is my old stomping grounds!” my friend shouted to me as I slid into the seat opposite her at Centro Latin Kitchen. “I used to get drunk here all the time when it was the Samba Room. And I…

Scene

Duly Noted: Reach Out and Violate Someone’s Right

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Thanks for nothing, Judge Walker. Last month, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in favor of AT&T in its landmark wiretapping case, upholding the law former President George W. Bush signed in 2008 effectively immunizing from prosecution all telecommunications.

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Burrus at the Bar: High-Octane Beer Gets the Wine Treatment

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Big beer. It’s a creeper trend that has, in the past year or so, gone ballistic as evidenced by the proliferation of high-alcohol, massively hopped special brews often sporting familiar names with “imperial” bolted on the front. Avery’s Maharaja Imperial…

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Spotlight: 8 Questions with Radioman Colfax on the Fox

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Colfax On The Fox is a dying breed on the radio. He’s a disc jockey. As in a “get-on-the-mic-make-some-jokes-tell-some-stories-and-play-some-music-while-the-occasional-listener-calls-in-and-asks-for-something-ridiculous-in-between-Skynyrd-and-Zeppelin-tunes” DJ. He’s on Colorado’s FM institution, 103.5 The Fox, home of Lewis and Floorwax, a.k.a. The Masters. He’s a board op…

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Private Places

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Here, Yellow Scene showcases a few of our favorite bathrooms and closets in the area—a mixture of awe-inspiring design, functional and organizational beauty, and large spaces dedicated to nothing but clothes, shoes, ties, belts and hats.