Dear Amy: After a very difficult divorce and a few years single, I married a wonderful partner last year. He brought his 20-year-old son into the marriage.
Since arriving at my home, the son’s prospects have devolved.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: Several years back, my sister was in a pretty bad place. She was in her early 30s, still living at home, and didn’t have viable career plans. She desperately wanted to get married and have children, and none of this was working out for her, as she had very little self-confidence.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Four Red Lobster restaurants in metro Denver appear to have closed as the company shutters locations nationwide. On Monday, local and national news outlets reported dozens of Red Lobster closures, from Watertown, N.Y to Sacramento, Calif.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDear Amy: I have been walking buddies with a neighbor for the last 12 years. We walk together about once a week.
While I usually enjoy our time, there have been unsettling emotional outbursts from her, either crying or screaming about one thing or another.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As soon as the sun begins to rear its hot head on warm spring and summer days, the familiar jingle of ice cream trucks returns to Denver neighborhoods.
There’s still nostalgia in a trip to a local ice cream shop, even when you think you have no more room left in your stomach after dinner.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Sushi Den’s lunch service has been on ice since COVID-19 hit in 2020. But this week, the beloved Denver restaurant has updated its hours for eager diners who have missed the power lunch.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBefore Snooze A.M. Eatery grew into a breakfast conglomerate with 70 locations nationwide, the brunch spot began humbly in Denver’s Ballpark neighborhood.
Brothers Jon and Adam Schlegel opened the first Snooze at 2262 Larimer St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: I’ve been dating my boyfriend for the past year. I brought my pets and we moved in with him this past December. He’s an amazing guy — the absolute best!More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: My very best and oldest friend, “Curt” is getting married to his long-time girlfriend.
I have spent a lot of time with them, and I can say definitively that Curt’s life is much worse since they have been together.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: I grew up in the same town as “Carly,” the woman I later married. Her older sister “Susan” and I were in the same class in high school.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
I never had much sympathy for people when their dogs died. Animals come and go. We buy and sell them like property. When people went into mourning over their lost pets, tearing up, calling in sick at work, going on endlessly about the whole mess, I thought they were being dramatic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
On a crisp Saturday evening in April, Hezekiah Morrison drove his pickup to the Star Drive-in Theatre for a screening of “Kung Fu Panda 4.” He parked so the truck bed faced the screen and lined it with pillows and blankets for optimal comfort.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: My son “Jack” is 26 years old. Five years ago, he came out to me as gay. While this didn’t fully surprise me, it saddened me. I wanted Jack to have a traditional life.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: I’m a 57-year-old man.
I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.
I am obviously not overjoyed, but I am totally accepting of this news. Living with — not dying of — cancer means a few lifestyle changes and the need to be more aware of things.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Big Choice Brewing moved from Broomfield to Brighton in 2017 and added a pizza kitchen so that it would stand out in a crowd of Colorado taprooms. But it didn’t change its name because beer was still the big draw at the time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
After five years in Middleman’s tiny kitchen, Misfit Snack Bar is making a name for itself.
Chef and owner Bo Porytko is closing the playful bar-food concept within Middleman at 3401 E.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: My wife and I are divorcing after 23 years of marriage. I am moving out soon.
We have a 21-year-old son.
I talked with him about it, and while he’s angry, he says he understands.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: I am a divorced mom in my early-30s, with primary custody of my 8-year-old child.
I have been dating “Ben” for the past two years. He is a great guy and he is very good with my son.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When Nicholas Kayser was given the choice to either close his West Highland restaurant or rebrand it, he decided to be fiscally responsible.
“Rebranding isn’t free,” the Rooted Craft American Kitchen co-owner said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Bonfire Burritos has held a steady blaze in Golden for decades.
And for the first time ever, the owners are expanding that flame out of the western city.
Co-owner Ian Lanier said Bonfire is opening its second and third locations in Arvada and Wheat Ridge, pending city and municipality approvals.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Long before former NFL offensive tackle Bobby Massie was added to the Denver Broncos roster, he and wife, Angel, visited Colorado to enjoy the great outdoors. During football bye weeks, the couple often hired a guide to help them explore the state’s best and unsung fly-fishing waters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDear Amy: My father died 20 years ago after a long battle with alcoholism. At the time, he was separated from my mother and estranged from my younger brother.
I chose to maintain a relationship with him through the last months of his life when he was suffering from liver failure, and I forgave him for the pain he had caused our family.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: In 1964, I met my wife “Laura” and her infant baby “Beth.” (Laura had gotten pregnant with a married man.)
Laura and I were married, and I adopted Beth when she was 1 year old.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: A little over a year ago, working with my mother’s doctor, I decided it was in her best interests (she has dementia) to move into assisted living.
With help from my spouse, I was able to maintain her unoccupied house for about a year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: After our teen years, my brother and I became close.
After my mother abruptly left town to be with another man, my brother and I were left to clean up the mess, literally and figuratively.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: For the past 50 years, I have lied that I was in the military and served in Vietnam.
I’m now 71. I want to come clean with my son/family.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Arvada is getting a bite of the In-N-Out madness.
The California fast-food chain is bringing its famous Double-Doubles and Animal-Style fries to the southeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and 52nd Avenue in the Arvada Marketplace shopping center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Denver restaurateur Kelly Whitaker is getting back to his roots.
The Oklahoma native announced this week that he has purchased Nonesuch, a 22-seat chef’s counter restaurant in Oklahoma City. Bon Appétit named the fine-dining spot the No.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Gastamo Group is keeping its plate full.
The Denver-based restaurant group is opening a third Lady Nomada in Central Park, bringing Homegrown Tap & Dough to Parker and opening two of its concepts in the former C.B.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but the major repairs needed on their house will prevent them from making enough on the sale to buy their next place.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share