March 29, 2013
Repurposing a blown bicycle tube Don’t toss out that blown inner tube the next time you find yourself with a flat. Instead, take some advice from thebigeazy of reddit.com’s r/bicycling forum and The Denver Post’s Free Range blog on how to it can be repurposed: Keep a bit of inner tube on your handlebars. Put it over the brake, locking your bike wheel, very useful when taking your bike on a train or bus. Wrap your D-Lock in inner tube to prevent damage to your bicycle’s paint. Inner tube make a great seal. It can be used to make lights waterproof. Bits of inner tube make a great cushion between various attachments on your bike, much better than the insets that come with the items. See the full list of inner tube repurposes, including how to use one to start a fire, here. 

Repurposing a blown bicycle tube

Don’t toss out that blown inner tube the next time you find yourself with a flat. Instead, take some advice from thebigeazy of reddit.com’s r/bicycling forum and The Denver Post’s Free Range blog on how to it can be repurposed:

  • Keep a bit of inner tube on your handlebars. Put it over the brake, locking your bike wheel, very useful when taking your bike on a train or bus.
  • Wrap your D-Lock in inner tube to prevent damage to your bicycle’s paint.
  • Inner tube make a great seal. It can be used to make lights waterproof.
  • Bits of inner tube make a great cushion between various attachments on your bike, much better than the insets that come with the items.

See the full list of inner tube repurposes, including how to use one to start a fire, here. 

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Filed under: bicycle bikes biking diy repurpose reuse tires recycle cycling 
March 8, 2013
Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout beer in cans — two-packs, of course Wynkoop Brewing’s most unique brew, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout, will be available for purchase Monday in cans. Two packs, to be precise. The stunt-turned-stout beer, which contains — you guessed it — bull testicles, is getting favorable reviews from beer critics. Would you have the, um, courage to try this brew?

Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout beer in cans — two-packs, of course

Wynkoop Brewing’s most unique brew, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout, will be available for purchase Monday in cans. Two packs, to be precise. The stunt-turned-stout beer, which contains — you guessed it — bull testicles, is getting favorable reviews from beer critics.

Would you have the, um, courage to try this brew?

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Filed under: beer food rocky mountain oyster diy microbrew brewing wynkoop denver colorado stout 
January 10, 2013
1940s-vintage apron and dress patterns In the 1940s, clothing patterns were offered for sale through The Denver Post. For 16 to 20 cents they could be purchased from our Pattern Department. Here’s a sampling of some vintage apron and dress styles that were available. In this example, a crocheted hostess apron with rose filet for someone who loves to entertain, from Aug. 6, 1945. These retro fashions are so much fun that it’s a shame we don’t still have the patterns. But they’re out of stock, so please don’t send your money.

1940s-vintage apron and dress patterns

In the 1940s, clothing patterns were offered for sale through The Denver Post. For 16 to 20 cents they could be purchased from our Pattern Department. Here’s a sampling of some vintage apron and dress styles that were available.

In this example, a crocheted hostess apron with rose filet for someone who loves to entertain, from Aug. 6, 1945.

These retro fashions are so much fun that it’s a shame we don’t still have the patterns. But they’re out of stock, so please don’t send your money.

(Source: The Denver Post)

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Filed under: ad apron clothing denver denver post design diy dress fashion newspaper pattern post vintage history 
May 8, 2012

The Richthofen Castle, an iconic relic of Denver history, is under contract for sale.

If the deal closes, it will mark the end of 14 years of on-and-off-again efforts to sell the 35-room estate that was built by the uncle of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron flying ace of World War I.

Baron Walter von Richthofen, a Prussian immigrant turned Colorado mining baron, conceived the idea for the limestone castle in the 1870s and finished it in 1887.

What are the most impressive or interesting homes you can think of?

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Filed under: Architecture castle denver design diy historic home mansion news real estate red baron vintage history 
April 26, 2012
Free to good home: A bridge Wow, what a deal the Colorado Department of Transportation has for you: All that’s needed is the time, money and equipment to disassemble, relocate and reassemble a 150-foot-long, 33-foot-wide, 77-year-old metal truss bridge that has vertical clearance of 13 feet, 2 inches. Click here for more on adopting the Dotsero Bridge, built in 1935.

Free to good home: A bridge

Wow, what a deal the Colorado Department of Transportation has for you: All that’s needed is the time, money and equipment to disassemble, relocate and reassemble a 150-foot-long, 33-foot-wide, 77-year-old metal truss bridge that has vertical clearance of 13 feet, 2 inches. Click here for more on adopting the Dotsero Bridge, built in 1935.

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Filed under: free news architecture DIY bridge colorado 
January 18, 2012
Is Trader Joe’s (finally) coming to Colorado? The grocer filed documents on Monday registering the business name with the Colorado Secretary of State. According to state records, the grocer expects to begin “transacting business or conducting activities” in Colorado as of April 1.

Is Trader Joe’s (finally) coming to Colorado?

The grocer filed documents on Monday registering the business name with the Colorado Secretary of State. According to state records, the grocer expects to begin “transacting business or conducting activities” in Colorado as of April 1.

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Filed under: denver grocery news trader joe's diy food business boulder health health food organic humane 
September 17, 2011
Vandals spray swastikas on buses at Grant Family Farms in Wellington Mobile chicken coops on the Grant Family Farm in Wellington were vandalized with messages of hate last week. Swastikas and anti-gay messages were scrawled on the sides of three buses the farm uses as mobile chicken coops. Sometime between Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. and Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. vandals entered the farm passing clearly marked private land and defaced the buses, said Angela Simon, chef for Grant Family Farms and representative of Boulder Community Supported Agriculture. (Read more)

Vandals spray swastikas on buses at Grant Family Farms in Wellington

Mobile chicken coops on the Grant Family Farm in Wellington were vandalized with messages of hate last week.

Swastikas and anti-gay messages were scrawled on the sides of three buses the farm uses as mobile chicken coops. Sometime between Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. and Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. vandals entered the farm passing clearly marked private land and defaced the buses, said Angela Simon, chef for Grant Family Farms and representative of Boulder Community Supported Agriculture.

(Read more)

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Filed under: news vandalism hate swastika farming agriculture animals coop community boulder colorado diy 
June 22, 2011

When the Centennial, Colo., IKEA store opens July 27, customers will enter the second-largest IKEA store in all of North America, housing the largest IKEA restaurant in the Western Hemisphere.

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Filed under: news IKEA architecture video centennial colorado denver DIY design 
June 16, 2011
Metro beekeeper Gregg McMahan leads a class Saturday on backyard hives. “It’s magical for people,” he says of the cottage industry. The surge in urban beekeeping has been driven by women, experts say. McMahan would agree, as a majority of his students are women. (Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post) From the story: In 2006, honeybee colonies began to mysteriously vanish from the American landscape. Scientists gave the phenomenon a name — colony collapse disorder — and the U.S. Department of Agriculture set aside $20 million a year for five years to study it. There are still no answers to what is killing the bees.

Metro beekeeper Gregg McMahan leads a class Saturday on backyard hives. “It’s magical for people,” he says of the cottage industry. The surge in urban beekeeping has been driven by women, experts say. McMahan would agree, as a majority of his students are women. (Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

From the story:

In 2006, honeybee colonies began to mysteriously vanish from the American landscape. Scientists gave the phenomenon a name — colony collapse disorder — and the U.S. Department of Agriculture set aside $20 million a year for five years to study it.

There are still no answers to what is killing the bees.

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Filed under: news bees animals livestock apiary apiarism beekeeping honey farm farming food DIY science colorado hive beehive Colleen O'Connor honeybees honeybee 
April 21, 2011
Meet the winners of our Peeps Diorama Contest 2011’s First Place Winner is pictured above: “Chilean Mine Peeps Rescue,” by Rande Johnson and Carol Epps. (Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) Peeps diorama makers looked to the news, politics and pop culture for inspiration in our Fourth Annual Peeps Diorama Contest. Judges “ewed” at the sugared versions of Charlie Sheen and his tarts, and “awed” at the many Justin Peepers with their shaggy moptops. In all, we had more than 150 entries.

Meet the winners of our Peeps Diorama Contest

2011’s First Place Winner is pictured above: “Chilean Mine Peeps Rescue,” by Rande Johnson and Carol Epps. (Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

Peeps diorama makers looked to the news, politics and pop culture for inspiration in our Fourth Annual Peeps Diorama Contest. Judges “ewed” at the sugared versions of Charlie Sheen and his tarts, and “awed” at the many Justin Peepers with their shaggy moptops. In all, we had more than 150 entries.

(Source: The Denver Post)

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Filed under: Photo Peeps Diorama contest winner funny cute adorable LOL art food DIY royal wedding 
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