Denver Post: Living

Ernie Bjorkman has no hard feelings about being pushed off the air by KWGN-Channel 2 — for the second time in less than a decade.
“I had a two-year contact with a third-year optional, and they decided not to exercise the third year,” said the veteran TV-news personality, who started in the Denver market at KMGH-TV, now The Denver Channel (an ABC affiliate), in 1982.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

When I asked around for tips about preparing your vehicle for winter mountain driving, landscape photographer and Colorado native Kino Alyse wrote, “this is second-nature, not something I’ve really sat down to consider; it’s already done, you know?” I know.

A lot of things will change on the National Western complex grounds in the coming years, a fact that has been met with more sadness than excitement around the property’s historic stockyards this stock show season.

“Natura Obscura” is a major departure for Englewood’s Museum of Outdoor Arts, transforming one of the region’s most respected showplaces for static painting, sculpture and other gallery-friendly art objects into something more like a theme park, a family-fun attraction that’s full of lights, sounds, sets and storylines.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

For years, you’ve had a taste for something but didn’t know its name.
It’s umami. Some call it “the fifth taste” after the well-known quartet of the tastes bitter, sweet, salt  and sour.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

There are big changes coming to the Three Lions on East Colfax Avenue.
The soccer supporters group American Outlaws Denver posted a picture at 5:30 Monday night that showed a man identified as general manager John Forget holding up a paper that read, “Here’s to all of you that were a part of Three Lion.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Ouray in southwestern Colorado is home to one of the world’s largest ice parks. The man-made ice cascades into the Uncompahgre Gorge, which creates a playground for ice climbers.
Check out the photos on The Know Outdoors.

Coloradans could be waiting in longer lines for fewer flights in and out of Denver International Airport if the shutdown drags into February.
“We were already at a 30-year low for air traffic controllers before the shutdown,” Josh Waggener, president of Denver’s National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said at a Monday morning press conference at DIA organized by the Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation.

“Pink Tube of Goo” is one of those good things that happen in the new Denver, where the economy is soaring, the population is booming, and civic self-confidence seems to be at a record high.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Cheesecake is out and a food hall is in: Denver’s Avanti Food & Beverage will move its sequel location into the former Cheesecake Factory space on Boulder’s Pearl Street.
The Cheesecake Factory closed on Dec.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share