How to Ignore a Recipe: Havana Mojito
Since I’m nowhere near Florida and can’t take advantage of the bound-to-be-world-famous Mojito Madness happy hour at Ortanique on the Mile, I decided to put together a few of these cocktails myself last Friday to celebrate my latest national magazine assignment. As my next How to Ignore a Recipe victim, I chose the original recipe [...]
A Refreshing Change in Cherry Creek: Café Colorado
For years I’ve visited a little coffee shop called Java Creek in Denver’s Cherry Creek North neighborhood. I’ve watched the business change hands several times and during this last winter the name over the door changed to C.R.E.A.M. Espresso and Baked Goods. Each new would-be entrepreneur treated the coffee shop with the same level of [...]
Helium: Lighter than Air
All across the Blogathon, the topic of content aggregators like Helium is blowing up. What started as a guest post by Tim Beyers on Michelle Rafter’s WordCount has spread beyond the cubicle and now it’s about to be chopped up and tossed into the Blog Salad. Disclaimer: This is not a real attack on content [...]
A New Threat to Children: G.A.D.D.
Every day, our children encounter an environment filled with potential hazards and disorder-causing stimuli. As parents, we simply cannot relax, not even a little. From evil wheat gluten spawning Asperger’s syndrome to spawning King Mackerel committing acts of chemical warfare on the unborn, nothing is safe. Recently, my daughter has been acting wonky. And we’re [...]
Guest Blogger Jennifer Fink: Swapping Chromosomes for a Day
NOTE FROM RON: As a participant of the bloodsport that is Blogathon, I’ve accepted a challenge to write on a topic that I don’t know anything about—therefore, I’m exchanging blog posts today with the illustrious Jennifer Fink from Blogging ‘Bout Boys. Click here to find my post on her blog. I’m not writing about boys! [...]
