Here comes Civic Center Eats
Tuesdays and Thursdays all summer long: Come have lunch al fresco in Civic Center park downtown. Food trucks and carts, food and craft vendors, live music, good times. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. starting June 7.
Japan Animal Relief
Visit Ototo Den between now and June 13, and drop a couple of bucks in the donation box to help fund Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue, which is helping out pets displaced by the earthquake and tsunami. , 303-733-2503
Happy birthday, Marilyn Monroe
Brunette Norma Jeane Mortenson, who was transformed into über-blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe, was born on this day in 1926 in Los Angeles. She would be 85 today. Anyone for a Platinum Blonde cocktail?
Platinum Blonde
Makes 1 drink
Ingredients
2 ounces white rum
1 ounce cream
1/2 ounce curacao
Directions
Shake all ingredients with ice until frothy and strain into a cocktail glass.
