GILLETTE, Wyo. — Clint Oldenburg once had Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton take his walking boot after the star NFL player had knee operation. Newton was taking a tour of their EA Sports offices in Orlando, Florida, and he even had something on his head. Newton, listed at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, is a athletic […]
3.5 stars (out of 4) Carrie Baird didn’t want for “elaborate toast” to become her trademark dish. Following a final-four end on season 15 of “Top Chef” — and two Quickfire wins courtesy of her amped-up bread creations — the plate is now a permanent fixture in the menu at Bar Dough, at which she’s a […]
Base Village at Snowmass can now lay claim to an outdoor ice-skating noodle, the newest Limelight Hotel and, in case you’re direct to ask Mawa McQueen, the world’s most expensive crepe. “Google it,” she explained with a laugh. “Nobody has a 120 crepe. ” McQueen, an Aspen chef that was born on the Ivory Coast […]
On Christmas Eve in 1818, two guys with a small guitar entered a church in Oberndorf, Austria, and also prepared to sing a brand new Christmas carol. Times were bad in Oberndorf, by which lots of individuals worked on the water, manning the salt barges that plied the Salzach River. The upheaval in central Europe […]
Another season, another round of new restaurant tendencies and adventures: Latin dim sum! Down with menus! Zero-waste! Sustainability! Simply give us a burger! No, just give us foie gras terrine! There kind of was something for everybody, from super-sophisticated French food and walk-up pizza windows to seriously great Chinese and bucket list-worthy pita and hummus. […]
From the new biopic of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “On The Basis of Sex,” which opens Dec. 28, Ginsburg and her staff march up the white, marbled steps of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals at downtown Denver’s Byron White Courthouse, where much of this movie ’s third action takes place. In “The […]
We thought we were prepared for our long-awaited visit to Paris. We had our progress tickets for the Louvre, the Musée Id ’Orsay, 2 times on the Batobus (river boat) and another 2 times on a hop-on, hop-off excursion bus, and a full-day visit to Normandy along with a show at the Moulin Rouge. My […]
“The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail,” by Barney Scout Mann (Rizzoli) What makes America great is not its constitution nor its entrepreneurial spirit, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nicholas Kristof in his introduction to “The Continental Divide Trail. ” & & ldquo;Another element of American exceptionalism is that the attractiveness and sweep of our […]
Cymon Padilla’s show of oil paintings at Leon Gallery is titled “re:mixture,” however it’s probably best described as a mash-up. Or, even more precisely, as a 10-car art pile-up. Caravaggio’s & “Doubting Thomas” crashes into Donald Duck. Rodin’s & “Thinker” collides with SpongeBob SquarePants. Duchamp’s most notorious smashes into cartoon personalities Ren & Stimpy. Throughout […]
Following a tribal dancing and drum performance, Steve Turner canvassed the History Colorado Center on Dec. 8 conversing with all members of three Ute tribes, about 300 of whom revealed to welcome “Written on the Land: Ute Voices, Ute History. ” “The display program is really coming into life,” stated Turner, executive director of History Colorado. […]
