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Greenovators
Once upon a time, merely recycling your pop cans and newspapers put you into an elite class of people who were going to save the planet, not to mention the whales. There was a time when simply not littering made…
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Challenging Elements: Mint
There’s something about the ambience at Black Cat that makes you feel as if you are visiting a friend’s home—a very cool, very sophisticated friend. Sofas replace booths or banquettes along the walls, and the open galley invites you to…
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The Glass House
It’s morning, and the house on the hill is filled with sunlight, well-cultivated beauty and a sense of ease. There is coffee to drink and a plate full of pastries. Architect Matt McMullen casually makes his way through the home:…
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Mile High Music Fest: Traversing the Line Up and the Landscape
Check out photos from Andra’s visit to the fest. The Mile High Music Festival will once again turn Commerce City into a destination for musicians and music lovers…not to mention hoards of teens sweating bullets in anticipation of seeing Boulder’s…
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Goodbye 14ers
Read in the Broomfield Enterprise this weekend that D-League basketball team The 14ers—who played fairly successfully at the Broomfield Events Center, winning the D-League championships this year—has been bought by an exec from the Dallas Mavericks and will move to…
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You Want Justice? Be Justice.
One of those “ha-ha” emails landed in my inbox a couple of weeks ago. It was a notarized affidavit, hand-written by a guy named Erik from Montana, explaining why he should be excused from jury service.
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A Seafood Star
When I go onto sites like Yelp and Chowhound, I’ve noticed a lot of user reviews that start out by saying things like, “Longmont is a culinary wasteland, but…” or “Even though most restaurants in Longmont suck…”
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Simply Superb
I started taking French classes in the eighth grade, despite my parents’ suggestions that Spanish might be more useful. They might have had a point, but I precociously told them that French was the language of diplomacy. I became an…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Music is changing. Do you have an iPhone? If you do, and you have an inkling to create music, there are a couple apps you should check out.
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Roundhouse Punch
Alex Nelson’s “hobby” of making micro-distilled gin and Corretto coffee liqueur in a 2,200-square-foot Longmont warehouse has taken off to the point where he’s had to hire a full-time sales manager.
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