Yellow Scene Magazine

Magic Wand Workshop for Kids

October 5, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

OK, show of hands: how many of you have at least one friend or family member (or yourself!) planning to go dressed as a character from Harry Potter for Halloween? I’m betting that even in these post-seventh-book days we live…

Scene

Bier Essentials

September 10, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

As Oktoberfest approaches and you prepare for polka music and brats, let’s celebrate what unites us as Coloradans: beer. Here, we raise our glasses to fall beer, locally brewed Märzens and our hop-loving forefathers.

Closing Scene

Everything I Needed to Know…

September 10, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

Exactly why, at age 9, I began showing up with my dad (who had an office in the same space above the Katz Drug Store on the Square in Independence, Mo.) to work in my grandfather’s law office is vague.

Duly Noted

Beyond the Axe

September 10, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

On Aug. 13, the most important living person in rock and roll history died due to complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. And he invented the solid-body electric guitar.

Spotlight

Irish Rockers Flogging Molly

September 10, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

Flogging Molly is a breath of boisterous emerald bombast, a Jameson-and-Guinness-soaked septet whose music captures the working-class Irish mythos. Here, mandolin/banjo virtuoso Bob Schmidt talks about family life and thriving on an indie-label…

Spotlight

The Dreamy Jason Mraz

September 10, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

Jason Mraz’s hit single, “I’m Yours” might just be the most played single in radio history. As he puts it, it’s the “happy little hippie song” that legions of fans have gravitated too. Here, Jason talks about that lightning in…

Foodie

Nibbles: When John Met Julia

September 10, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

It was my father, the Austrian-born anesthesiologist, who turned me on to Julia Child, and not Mom, who did all the cooking. I would hear him laughing in the TV room and go in to find out what was so…

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Chili Powder

September 10, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Our favorite part of doing this column is that moment when we call the chef, tell them the ingredient and then listen to the pause immediately after, when you can practically hear the wheels turning with ideas.

Locally Incorrect

September 10, 2009 Like 0 Andra Coberly

[marketing] The City of Beers Some cities have billboards that greet visitors with a giant “welcome.” Some city entryways are more artistic, conceptual or abstract. Others are more like warnings: “Welcome to Paradise, Pop. 384. No Loitering.” But Longmont’s new…

Features

Breakfasts & Brunches

September 10, 2009 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

Sweet or savory, early morning or early afternoon, family-style or fancy: however you like it, whatever you call it, the first meal of the day is always one of the best.