Fourteen Colorado chefs competed in the 2009 "Taste of Elegance" on Thurs., Nov. 12. Number 15 would have been Ian Kleinman, Colorado's captain of molecular gastronomy and winner of the "Most Creative Chef" honors at the 2008 festival. Kleinman wasn't there because he was just RIFed from the

"Free Movie Night for Seniors" is being promoted to residents of Windsor Gardens, a retirement community on Alameda near Quebec. This monthly presentation of free films, free refreshments and a raffle for DVDs of each evening's film sounds like a pretty good deal for thrifty retirees.

The venue...

"Armstrong Women's Time Trial at Worlds," according to a headline in the sports section of the Boulder Daily Camera. The headline writer must have been asleep at the keyboard when tapping out this headline. Or maybe not. Maybe s/he wrote it that way intentionally to lure readers into the...

In May 2002, Giovanna Piazza was ordained as the first female Catholic priest in Orange, Calif., and more than seven years later, on September 18, in Colorado, Sheila Dierks and Teri Harroun became the second and third. Their denomination is is the Ecumenical Catholic Communion.

Dierks, 66, married, mother...

Federal lands are supposed to belong to the American people. All the American people. But a U.S. Forest Service official implied that Latinos are different. In a press conference on August 26, USFS special agent Gil Quintana (he with a Hispanic surname) wanted hikers to be on the alert for...

In and around Denver, the best things in life are free - or cheap. Mile High on the Cheap tracks down, free entertainment sales and special promotions and posts half a dozen or more every day.

Mile High on the Cheapskates Claire Walter and Laura Daily also have...

McDonald's is promoting its new Angus Third Pounder via a tenuous tie-in with public transportation systems in eight U.S. cities. Try Free, Ride Free coupons will be distributed on one day sometime after September 13, not announced in advance. Mickey D's reps will present a total of 75,000 people...