Shopping and Services continued from page 22 Best Advocate for Pedestrians Jonathon Stalls tiktok.com/@pedestriandignity If you have done any kind of commu- nity advocacy work in Denver over the past ten years, you’ve crossed paths with Jonathon Stalls, and you’ve most likely crossed paths through his preferred mode of transportation: walking. On TikTok, Stalls takes us (and his 100,000 followers) along as he navigates our pub- lic transit systems. Whether by foot, bus, bike or wheelchair, when you follow his path on Pedestrian Dignity, you’ll begin to see all of the barriers involved in get- ting from point A to point B, and these challenges range from woefully inad- equate to fully outrageous and unjust. Best Talk-Show Host Darren D-Mac McKee 104.3 The Fan denverfan.com Sports-talk radio in metro Denver is far more vibrant than the news format right now — and in a crowded fi eld, Darren D- Mac McKee is the most valuable player. He topped genre ratings for a decade-plus when teaming with ex-Denver Broncos great Alfred Williams, who got most of the credit. But even after Williams moved on to KOA, McKee has continued to excel in the high-profi le afternoon-drive slot thanks to provocative takes, a wild sense of humor and the ability to make his partners (cur- rently another ex-Bronco, Tyler Polumbus) sound much, much better. Best Place to Come Clean Glendale Laundromat 4389 East Mississippi Avenue glendale-laundromat-laundromat. business.site If the coin shortage has you scratching your head, wondering where you’ll find the change to do your laundry, Glendale Laundromat has you covered. This basic but clean facility has machines of many sizes, from two-load standards to eight-load mammoths — and most of them take credit cards. Rather than cycling through load after load, here you can fi nish a month’s worth of laundry in just a few hours: Wash, dry, fold and walk away satisfi ed. Washer prices start at $2 for a double load, and dry- ers are 25 cents for six minutes. Best New Denver Podcast Ghost Train cpr.org/podcast/ghost-train/ Have you ever wondered why RTD’s L Line has such a tiny service area? Why there’s no connection between Denver and Boulder, much less stops at all of the subdivisions that fi ll the space in between? You’re not alone. In the four-part podcast series Ghost Train, Colorado Public Radio’s Nathaniel Minor explores the past, present and future of transit in metro Denver, starting from the 2004 vote to back FasTracks that was meant to make Denver a world-class city. But it’s been a frustrating ride so far, and Ghost Train covers all the bumps along the way. 26 Best Podcast The Narrators thenarrators.org If you’re a fan of This American Life or The Moth Radio Hour, you might already be a fan of Denver’s The Narrators, a pod- cast along the same lines but with a Mile High spin. And if you’re not yet a fan, you should be. Local entertainers, writers and raconteurs share true stories from their lives. The show — which will soon reach its 250th episode — began back in 2010 at Paris on the Platte with Those Who Can’t star Andrew Orvedahl as host. These days, it’s taped live weekly at Buntport Theater, where it’s hosted by Ron Doyle and Erin Rollman; recent themes have covered such wide-ranging topics as blowjobs, grand- mas, marital infidelity, culinary school, old friends, shoplifting, and using the outhouse at summer camp. Best Parking Service Pay by Phone 1-877-610-2054 paybyphone.com Annoyed that Denver’s street parking rates increased to $2 per hour this year? At least Pay by Phone can make your parking ex- perience smoother. The Denver Depart- ment of Transportation and Infrastructure started enabling Pay by Phone at meters across the city last year. The app’s function is all in the name: Download it for free, fi nd your parking zone and pay then and there. If you’re not sure how long you might be, the app allows you to remotely add time. With Pay by Phone, there’s no more digging for coins in your pockets — a good thing, be- cause the quarters required to pay for a few hours these days might require a pack mule. Best Place to Watch Altitude TV Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center 1719 East 19th Avenue 720-754-6000 healthonecares.com/locations/ presbyterian-st-lukes Although it’s no fun to end up in the emer- gency room, Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medi- cal Center has a major perk for fans of the Avalanche, Mammoth, Nuggets and Rapids: The TVs here have Altitude Sports. Owing to a dispute with Comcast, Altitude TV isn’t available to most Denver residents — but at St. Luke’s, it’s at the ready, tuned to ev- erything from live games to 3 a.m. behind- the-scenes Nuggets footage. And while Altitude TV can’t continued on page 28 APRIL 7-13, 2022 WESTWORD | BACKBEAT | MUSIC & VENUES | FOOD & DRINK | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | SHOPPING & SERVICES | CONTENTS | westword.com GETTY IMAGES
