http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Barbara Neff , William Bond , Julie Patterson , Joe McDaniel , Carol Forbes , Karin Malchow , Michael Rule , Gregory Liptak , Gladys Mercier , Richard Gardner , Nikki Britain , Jonathan Lack and William Boucher . This baker's dozen of YourHub.com contrib...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~544711.aspx11/5/2008 7:45:31 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezPhew. I wasn't too late! On Tuesday evening, I secured my Halloween costume. I'm going to be Gov. Sarah Palin this year, and youbetcha a lot of other women will be too. I've heard for years that I resemble Tina Fey , but wearing my glasses and sweeping up my hair won't be enough. A...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~535326.aspx10/15/2008 11:43:19 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezThank you to everyone who expressed concern about YourHub.com 's absence from the RockyMountainNews.com and DenverPost.com homepages recently. A virus attacked one of the Denver Newspaper Agency's machines Labor Day weekend, forcing the widgets we use to post links on the Rocky an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~529559.aspx10/3/2008 9:28:13 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezStarbucks announced today the store in the Denver Newspaper Agency building will close Oct. 24. The 101 W. Colfax Ave. location is among nine of the coffee giants' shops in Colorado that will close in the next year. In July, Starbucks announced 600 stores across the U.S. would shutter by ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~534268.aspx10/13/2008 1:06:26 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezIf you read my Fourth of July blog last year , you'll recall that you were supposed to forget where I spent the holiday because it was, oh, perfect. The kind of perfect that could be compromised if everyone becomes privy. We here at YourHub.com don't want to leave you under a fireworks...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~488264.aspx6/24/2008 10:16:20 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezAre you ready to rock? It appears the People's Fair organizers are because they just announced the music lineup for the June 7 and 8 event. Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods staff selected performers for the annual event from the top scorers at the Ultimate Music Xperience auditions as we...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Music/Blog~470174.aspx5/14/2008 12:51:08 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezOm. I mean mom. I'm one of the few childless women in my yoga class at Clare Gardens, so I listen in on my instructor Dara and classmates' Highlands Mommies talk as if they're national security briefings. It's a parallel world that exists right in my neighborhood. Today, Dara leak...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~454798.aspx4/11/2008 8:32:08 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezToilet seats are again in the news. Remember the Colorado man who sued Home Depot after he claimed he got stuck to a toilet seat at the Louisville store? Tame. This evening, my friend Melissa showed me a bewildering story out of Kansas, where I spent my formative years. After a woman...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~441731.aspx3/14/2008 12:33:09 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezJust when you've finished digesting green beer and washing the green glitter out of your hair this year, Easter will be here on March 23! Check out our roundup of Easter events that folks from around the metro Denver area have posted.If you'd like to be added to this list, simply register (it...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~438152.aspx3/6/2008 3:14:28 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezFolks from around the metro Denver area have been posting St. Patrick's Day events to help you get your Blarney on. If you'd like to be added to this list, simply register (it's free) and submit the event . Once it's on the site, e-mail me the link and I'll add it to this list. Vis...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~438059.aspx3/6/2008 12:29:38 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezGloria Neal is in a sweat, but it's not because Sassy 107.1 fired her last month. I talked with Neal on the phone Tuesday when she was driving home from the gym. Because my car doesn't pick up Sassy's signal, I hadn't heard Neal's voice since here Jammin' 92.5 days. "I'm not interested...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Blogs/Archive/Blog~437040.aspx3/4/2008 5:00:25 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezOn Feb. 1, I attended Denver Magazine 's launch party at DU's Cable Center. Probably the least posh in the bunch, I enjoyed spying the jewelry models, go-go dancers and stilt-walkers; bumping into a few friends and sipping the wine spritzer that a bartender suggested when I ordered champ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~425599.aspx2/6/2008 4:25:44 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezDid you read this week about environmental group BetterBagsColorado lobbying Denver City Council to put a 10-cent tax on grocery store plastic bags? Until my husband and I switched over to a polypropylene 1Bag at a Time set and Western Kentucky University tote in the fall, I had a ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~426638.aspx2/8/2008 2:00:10 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezYourHub.com users have come through again, posting dozens of events to make your Valentine's Day in the Denver area just what you want. Whether you seek oysters and chocolate or doilies and safety scissors, read on. If you'd like to be added to this list, simply register (it's free) and...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~425235.aspx2/6/2008 10:44:30 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezChoo choo! Unless you've been under a tree that this week's wind blew on your house, you're likely aware that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama as well as Hillary Clinton 's husband and daughter are making whistle-stops in Denver today. Obama reportedly charged up a crow...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~422155.aspx1/30/2008 4:49:47 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezThe Stanley Cup has been a peanut bowl, a beer stein and in contact with what else I don't want to know. Of course, it's also the coveted trophy in hockey, and it was in our lobby at work today. We received at least two e-mails from HR this week letting us know the trophy would be on displa...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~416408.aspx1/17/2008 11:49:06 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezSometimes being a Spears is a good thing. CU basketball's Brittany Spears got the season started right helping knock off Missouri with a 70-58 win Wednesday . Spears pulled 24 of those points. The 6-foot-1-inch freshman forward is currently the Big 12 Rookie of the Week . Teamm...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Sports/College-University/Blog~413349.aspx1/10/2008 8:33:20 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezAfter posting my December blog about single-stream recycling , I got a call from Tom Strickland . He is the recycling program administrator for the City and County of Denver, well-suited to clarify a few points that I picked up on my Waste Management tour. Basically, the list of wha...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~412606.aspx1/8/2008 1:27:36 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezA headline on rockymountainnews.com declares, "This is it -- the night everyone has been talking about all year." Really? I've heard a lot more about post-holiday sales and Jay Leno , David Letterman and Conan O'Brien 's return to late night. Rocky Mountain News columnis...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~410574.aspx1/3/2008 10:07:22 AMFairlight Baer-GutierrezWant to get a free ride home after enjoying many an adult beverage New Year's Eve? Denver attorney Michael Sawaya is a marketing pro when it comes to amateur night. He is also someone who has experienced personal tragedy. Sawaya is offering to cover taxi rides for anyone 18 and up. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~409160.aspx12/30/2007 10:18:47 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezUntil this year, I have been the type to eagerly pursue a memorable New Year's Eve. A pub in Amsterdam , a motel in Moab , a hotel in Bangkok , Dixons and defunct nightclub LuckyStar have been among the just-right spots. I embraced Y2K with a smooch on a pedestrian bridge over Kellog...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Nightlife/Blog~407859.aspx12/26/2007 1:56:46 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezThere are no light bulbs numbering in the tens of thousands. No inflatable snowman. No radio station you can tune into to watch lights flash in sync with Jingle Bell Rock . But inside one Lakewood woman's home, you'll find a lot of lights and about 153 Christmas trees. After YourHub.com sta...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Blog~405492.aspx12/17/2007 5:56:55 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezUpdate: I received an e-mail that clarifies that the city accepts a lot more at its drop-off sites than in residents' purple carts. Tom Strickland , with the city,also lets us know the capital R right way to recycle shredded paper. Click here to read more. Want to lose 6 pounds in 3 days ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~402516.aspx12/10/2007 1:32:31 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezThis weekend, I experienced a couple firsts. I ran a 5K, the Colder Bolder , and I bought underwear for my cousin. When you have a family member serving in Iraq, there's no shame in buying the guy some skivvies. Chris did ask for them after all. Tuesday is the USPS deadline to send pack...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~399658.aspx12/3/2007 2:05:40 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezHave you ever bought someone a llama or pig? This year, our staff decided to make a donation to Heifer International in lieu of doing a holiday gift exchange. If we pull together $150,a llama or alpaca would be given to a Peruvian family for their wool and heavy-load toting abilities. If ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Recreational/Blog~397495.aspx11/28/2007 12:38:57 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezIt's Friday night. I'm on Interstate 10 in Southern California. I'm hungry. I'm also determined to stop my I'm-in-California-or-Vegas-so-where's-the-In-n-Out? habit. Next thing I know, I'm eating my first chili burger. Welcome to Original Tommy's World Famous Burgers . Bear spotted Tomm...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~391678.aspx11/13/2007 3:59:52 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezWhat will occupy the land at 3810 Federal Blvd. next? Not a Diamond Shamrock. Valero Energy Corporation director of media relations Bill Day told me today that the land that used to be home to a gas station is under demolition to be sold "fairly soon." Day said Valero is "evaluating reta...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~389789.aspx11/8/2007 3:21:59 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezNote: Click here for new information on 3810 Federal Blvd. What happened to the gas station at 38th and Federal? And what's replacing it? Hoping to write an informative blog for you, neighbor, I've pursued the answers by talking to at least five contractors, engineers and executives, o...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~389734.aspx11/8/2007 2:20:54 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezSome 37 people were arrested near Fenway Park in Boston early today for getting raucous after the Red Sox win. The city will hold a parade for its World Series champs tomorrow. Rockies fans have been a picture of friendly fan-dom since our Colorado team began careering to their Natio...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~384550.aspx10/29/2007 4:10:19 PMFairlight Baer-GutierrezWhat's the most clever Halloween costume you've seen this year? I tend to like topical, albeit controversial, get-ups. Last year, two of my friends dressed up as John Mark Karr and Jon-Benet Ramsey . It's eerie what shaving off a beard and wearing your waistband across your bell...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Nightlife/Blog~384123.aspx10/29/2007 10:19:20 AMFairlight Baer-Gutierrez