Polis Gets Protective
Earth Day’s 41st birthday comes with a gift from Colorado, not wrapped in a bow, but a preservation bill soon to be introduced by Rep. Jared Polis. The reintroduction of the Eagle and Summit counting Wilderness Preservation Act, which proposes…
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Erie Town Fair turns 15
Picked in our Best of the West as showing stellar small town pride, the Erie Town Fair is a favorite for families living east of 287. And on May 21, the East County community will once again celebrate with hot-air…
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Off the Air
National Public Radio has been in the cross hairs of Washington, D.C., Republicans for years. Mostly this is because the venerable news organization used to do a decent job of reporting. Facts, you see, are toxic to the tea partiers…
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Eatery Update: April 2011
Openings/Closings Frasca opened its third restaurant, called Caffe, in the space between its original location and Pizzeria Locale. …Piece, Love and Chocolates, a new gourmet chocolate and pastry shop, opened in Boulder at 850 Pearl St. …Ozo Coffee opened a…
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Whole New Look
I often daydream that the empty liquor store in the strip mall at the entrance to my suburban neighborhood might someday turn into an upscale mom-and-pop gourmet shop where I can pick up a gallon of organic milk, some locally…
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Challenging Elements: Leeks
Owner David Fan told us Mok would have preferred to use Chinese leeks for their stronger flavor, but they aren’t in season; and chef Kiwai lamented that American leeks don’t have the same power or depth of flavor French leeks…
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In Your Wildest Streams
I love streaming. Ever since I got my iPad (and yes, I’m waiting on delivery of my iPad 2), my most-used app has been Netflix. The missus has Real Housewives of Latvia or whatever on the TV in the bedroom…
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What’s on Tap? What’s not on Tap?
My credo of “too much is always better than not enough” has usually stood me in good stead. Whether dealing with money, snowfall, romance—vowels in Scrabble, not so much—dealing with excess is often preferable. And so it is with beer,…
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