WINE: Wine-tasting videos with an attitude

Gary Vaynerchuk's shtick is simple: Sit on a couch or at a table, have a New York Jets spit bucket off to one side and taste and compare a handful of wines.

Ask!: Date check is cashed is up to its recipient

ASK: Slow push of a button causes flash of an ad

A reader wondered about a less-than-one-second flash of a public service announcement that he notices frequently on CBS4 News in the mornings. It has to do with a button that triggers local ads.

Cancer League ball captures 'Imagination'

About 600 guests raised funds for the Cancer League of Colorado at the Colorado Hope Ball "Just My Imagination."

Ask!: They don't roll out the oil barrel anymore

John wants to know how big this barrel of oil is that we keep reading about and how many gallons of gas we get from it.

ASK!: Life in a trapezoid

SHULGOLD: A key to the music

Will McFarlane enjoyed plenty of success in his 75 years, but let's not forget another part of the legacy: His role in establishing the Colorado Symphony.

CHANDLER: August to-do snubs locals

Denver artists feel left out: "Dialog:City," the big blowout arts event pegged to the Democratic National Convention, involves artists from anywhere but here.

Green thumbs up for stores

It's true: big-box home-improvement stores do honor their one-year, money-back guarantee on plants, even when the plants are fragile. Some local garden centers honor similar guarantees.

Garden goal: picture-perfect

Some people gaze longingly at romantic gardening magazine photos and sigh. Rich landscapes in full flower are attainable, with a few tricks.

Ask!: A paper trail with teeth

The most common guess at why newspapers' bulldog editions are called that is that the term recalls days when carriers fought aggressively to sell papers.

ASK!: Carrying a torch to great lengths

There's an elaborate ritual for keeping the flame burning for the Olympic torch relay.

Ask!: RTD king of the road

Ask!: Lampoon's a wrap

The last issue of the famously irreverent magazine National Lampoon was published in 1999, 29 years after its start, but there's still a Web site.

SHULGOLD: All the theater's a stage for 'Cinderella'

On the list of moms deserving of praise on Mother's Day, Cinderella's probably won't show in the Top 10, but that isn't stopping Boulder Ballet from performing that fairy-tale saga.