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Transportation

Small Space, Big Idea

One hundred miles southwest of Boulder, down a dirt road just outside Hartsel, a tiny house is made smaller by the expanse of countryside that dwarfs it. The home is 130 square feet. The solitude, combined with the view of the coarse Taryall Mountains, calls to mind words from Robert Frost's The Gift Outright: "The land was ours before we were the land's

Features

A Fungus Among Us

The gregarious 30-something is hoping to become a go-to mycelium man in Boulder County, beginning with the production of oyster mushrooms and eventually building a barn housing various species from the protein-rich shitake to the medicinal reishi.

Unpaved

I came here to learn more about the future of personal transportation. Why Mrs. Otter is here, however, is beyond me.

Small Space, Big Idea

The "Tiny House Movement" is an architectural and social push to live simply in smaller spaces.

PreFabulous

The addition is covered in a rusted corrugated metal siding, which along with repurposed barn wood used for ceilings and doors, speaks to the couple's commitment to sustainability and creativity. The din of saws slicing metal overhead speaks volumes to it. A new addition is being built—one out of shipping containers.

A Not So Big Home

More than a decade ago, Sarah Susanka started a residential revolution: Instead of thinking about square footage and archaic tradition, she thought, we should build smaller, more comfortable houses that emphasize quality over quantity.

Scene

Editor’s Picks

Bird’s Eye View The Erie Chamber’s annual Town Fair and Balloon Festival on May 18 is one of those “official start of summer” events the whole family can get behind. One of the biggest hot air balloon launches in the state takes flight (weather permitting); the festival features more than 200 craft and food vendors as well as buskers and performances from local bands. In addition

Four Questions with Jenny Bloom

Arguably Colorado’s most famous haunted landmark, the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is best known for providing the incomparably creepy backdrop for one of the scariest horror films ever released: The Shining. It stands to reason, then, that the nation’s newest horror film fest should take up residence here.

We Need a Smarter Congress

Writing law should be done by people who understand the topics as opposed to the people who simply understand Roberts’ Rules of Order.

Cuisine

Challenging Elements

Mint is synonymous with that word, refreshing. In toothpastes, chewing gums and breath fresheners, we’ve experienced the herb in it’s most exaggerated form. So we at YS wanted to change it up.

Tip Tapas

The menu covers everything from weekend brunch to daily lunch and dinner with an impressive array of additional small plates any time and good happy hour specials.

Living, Not Dieting

The universe did not see fit to equip me with both the food appreciation gene and the “let’s exercise for fun!” gene. Could I really reach and stay at a healthy weight while being a professional foodie?

Cheat sheet

Tweeting Happy

In a recent study, three Boulder County cities were named among the top 15 happiest cities in the country.

Notables

Glenda Russell

Glenda Russell, a Boulder clinical psychologist, talks to YS about the history of the LGBT movement in Colorado.