yellow scene magazine cover for February 2012

Top 25 Dishes We Love

Each year, the editors of Yellow Scene spend countless hours consuming amazing food. This is a collection of the meals, dishes and drinks that satisfied, surprised and stunned our palates. Broken down by breakfast, lunch, appetizers, dinner and dessert, it’s always time for one of these delicious...

Top 25 Dishes We Love

Each year, the editors of Yellow Scene spend countless hours consuming amazing food. This is a collection of the meals, dishes and drinks that satisfied, surprised and stunned our palates. Broken down by breakfast, lunch, appetizers, dinner and dessert, it’s always time for one of these delicious dishes. {BREAKFAST} Green Eggs and Ham Benedict Tangerine > Boulder So many places try...

Scene — Editor’s picks

Big Bird Colorado seems to be a haven for “eclecticism.” Which is to say, a lot of bands spew ad-nauseum about “how different” they are and how much they “subvert the dominant paradigm.” The truth is your mom’s the only one who thinks you’re as unique as a snowflake. Paper Bird, however, is special. They’re harmonically far more interesting than just another “jamgrass”...

8 Questions with Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes is funny. Anyone who says differently is someone you should avoid hanging out with, because they’re made of stone and laugh at things like prop comics and Dane Cook...

Frack Attack

If you hadn’t been paying attention, it would be easy to believe that oil and gas companies crept into rural suburban communities like Erie under cover of darkness and drilled scores of wells while no one was looking. In fact, the opposite is true. “Erie has really grown up around existing oil and gas development,” said Wendy Wiedenbeck, the community relations advisor for Encana Oil &...

Month in Review

The Lafayette maker of DrunkenRaisins—raisins soaked in gin as a home remedy for arthritis—faces financial pressure from the rising cost of grapes, and Boulder police arrested Summit County resident Michael Clark for the 1994 cold-case murder of Marty Grisham, who was the city’s director of information services. A Lafayette woman was burned when a bomb exploded near her car; police found...