Denver Post: Living

Dear Amy: The son of a friend is getting married in March.
He and his fiancée have lived together for several years.
Both are 30-ish and employed.
They are planning an expensive wedding, followed by an expensive honeymoon to Thailand, and have established a registry asking for funding for their honeymoon or future home.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Chris Coleman has already shown audiences what’s he made of with triumphs such as his all-black recasting of “Oklahoma!” And he’s tested Denver’s appetite for new work with plays sourced from the Colorado New Play Summit.

By Melissa Clark, The New York Times
Do you have a desert island bean? Joe Yonan does, and it’s the chickpea.
Yonan, the food editor of The Washington Post, adores all beans, so much so that he wrote an entire cookbook starring them, “Cool Beans” (Ten Speed Press, 2020).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Readers: Like all of you, I am curious about how things turn out after I publish a question.
The following two letters are responses to a recent question from a college sophomore who signed his letter “Embarrassed.”
Dear Amy: I’ve been reading your column since I was a little kid.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

AAA just gave out its annual diamond ratings across the U.S., and Colorado restaurants received 77 of them. One Colorado spot got the highest, five-diamond rating, while 18 others around the Centennial State were awarded four diamonds for their food, ambiance and service.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Here’s what organizers want you to know about Denver Restaurant Week: The 10-day-long promotion of Denver restaurants offers fixed-priced menus for as little as $25. It’s a celebration of Denver dining and a chance to eat at some of the nicest restaurants in town for a steal, comparatively.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

After 35 years building a devoted following across Denver, El Taco de Mexico finally became a national food treasure this week. On Tuesday, it received a 2020 America’s Classics Award from the James Beard Foundation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

At first glance, Scott Young’s newest work is shiny, happy and fun — bright red neon lights spell out phrases like, “Yes, always yes,” and a multi-colored heart with an arrow through it hangs from the ceiling as a festive chandelier.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Amy: We are a group of grandmas who see our grandkids for hours or sometimes a few days at a time.
Our question is how we should handle punishments given by the parents when our grandchildren are with us.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Amy: My estranged father, who lives hundreds of miles away, has been in and out of my life for most of my life.
My mother detests him, for very good reason.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share