ISSUE 03: SUMMER 2013
CONTENTS FEATURES
These townspeople protect and celebrate the area’s rich history full of tall tales through the tradition of oral storytelling. BY JULIE PIOTRASCHKE
24 THROUGH THE WELCOME ARCH Long live the Oxford Hotel, which continues to shine as a beacon of luxury and hospitality for all of Denver’s visitors. BY CATHERINE ADCOCK
28 MAD SCIENCE: AN URBAN WINE EXPERIMENT
40 TIM ALLEN: DENVER’S HOME-GROWN HANDYMAN
34 CHEF JENNIFER JASINSKY: BESTING THE BEST OF
46 HARD HITTIN’ ROLLERGIRLS
Let the tourists have the wine country. Denver has its own laboratory genius cooking up barrels of Colorado’s most buzzed-about wines. BY AMY SPEER
This Wolfgang Puck acolyte brings home boatloads of accolades from culinary critics the country over — all while running things behind the kitchen doors at three top Mile High restaurants. BY DAVE MUSCARI
Once a local boy who stared at model planes hanging from his ceiling, Tim Allen opens up to DHM on his Denver childhood, his real-life role as Dad and being a Dick. BY AMY SPEER
Denver’s Rocky Mountain Rollergirls don’t pull punches on or off the track. A local photographer captures the league’s intense competitive spirit. BY AMY SPEER
Photo courtesy ABC
18 TALES FROM TELLURIDE
40 COVER STORY: TIM ALLEN
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