Best of the West

Even if the Shoe Fits, Maybe You Shouldn’t Wear It

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Hali Young

If you’re thinking about wearing those haute Gucci pumps that you just broke the bank on: Don’t. OK, we know how not cool that sounds. But wearing the wrong kind of shoes can cause severe heel foot, knee, hip and…

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Ask a Greaser!

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Paige Nickell

When we asked, Brett Sawchak, CU Biodiesel outreach director, if he thought vegetable oil biodiesel-fueled cars smell like French fries, he replied, “Biodiesel does have a distinct smell to it. Some say it smells like French fries, I think it…

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What’s the deal with vegetable oil?

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Paige Nickell

First things first, a common mistake people make is to think they can dump vegetable oil straight into their fuel tanks. The EPA has not condoned the act of using straight vegetable oil as gas. They say raw vegetable oils…

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Down The Road: Ten Transportation Issues Impacting You in the Next 10 Years

April 15, 2011 Like 1 James Burrus

Getting around Metro Denver and the Front Range is getting easier every day. But making faster progress may mean digging in to our collective couches for the pocket change to make it happen. In the next 10 years, transportation issues…

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Winged Migration

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

A small bird darts just overhead, hugging the side of the ridge, holding its wings back like an F-14. Binoculars and cameras point quickly in the little jet’s direction. “What is it?” someone asks.

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Jennifer Wilger

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Brandy Simmons

For Micah Wilger, it was sharks and whales instead of cows and hogs—but his family’s path was set to cross Temple Grandin’s from age 3. It was at that age Wilger and Grandin were diagnosed with disorders that make typical…

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Cruise Control

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

A few years back, I interviewed a woman who had a degenerative eye disease that took her vision slowly and awkwardly. Several accidents ensured her vision constantly changed—partially blind in her right eye, mostly blind in her left eye, and…

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Restaurant Rumblings

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Tasty tidbits from the dining world

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Still the Best of Broomfield

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

A recent letter remarked with incredulity that our Best of the West poll had awarded Bloom the honor of Best Restaurant. Our accolade, it seems, had steered them smack dab into a Bad Restaurant Experience. Intrigued, my watchful editor put…