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11 ways to count down to 2011

Out with the old, in with the new: If the New Year’s Eve of yore has taught us anything, it’s that there’s nothing worse than spending the holiday at home with Ryan Seacrest and leftover Christmas cookies. While the hype can often overshadow the reality of counting down the New Year, Yellow Scene wants to ensure your last moments of 2010 are as spectacular as possible. Here, 11 ways to spend Dec

Features

Anne Garcia McCullough & Maura Ellis Youle

Little miracles. That’s how Anne Garcia McCullough describes it, sitting in a Longmont coffee shop with her friend, neighbor and partner-in-hope Maura Ellis Youle on a fall morning. There’s nothing like an inspirational story for the holidays, and Garcia McCullough’s little miracles—which in time became one big miracle—are like inspiration personified. Beaming like Christmas trees, they

Exploring NOLA

New Orleans is like no other city in the world. This winter, explore its storied streets and colorful neighborhoods on cruiser bikes. You’ll cover more ground, see more than just the French Quarter, and feel like a kid doing it. Here’s a sample weekend by bike in the Big Easy

Set Free

Seven years ago, Aron Ralston walked out of Blue John Canyon in Utah alive. Five days prior, he had become trapped while hiking in the canyon—his right forearm crushed under a boulder. Dehydrated and verging on delirium, there was just one thing standing in the way of life

11 ways to count down to 2011

The Virtual Classroom

They say there are as many reasons for transitioning from traditional to online schools as there are students making the switch

Ditching the Diet

In every bookstore in America, dozens of different diet books will replace Christmas merchandise as December becomes January and thoughts of sugar plums become thoughts of elastic waistbands. Resolutions to climb Fourteeners or run the Bolder Boulder will be made. Gym memberships will go on sale and fitness stores will run deep discounts on treadmills, elliptical trainers and hand weights

Play Today for Health Tomorrow

Why does the term ‘working out’ include the word work? Who said getting fit has to feel like a chore?

Commentary

Who Would Jesus Help?

Could we as a country be in deeper doo-doo? That was what immediately popped into my mind as I watched in disbelief and disgust the collection of video from news broadcasts compiled about the Black Friday shopper stampede

Scene

Ed Picks: January 2011

Still King Well into his 70s, B.B. King may not be around much longer—especially taking into account his shilling for diabetes medical supply companies—so when you’ve got a chance to see him live, take advantage of it

Eight Questions with Globetrotter Hot Shot Branch

In their 85 years of existence, the Harlem Globetrotters’ travels have taken them all over the world, into solving mysteries with the Scooby Doo gang and even stranded on Gilligan’s Island

In Good Spirits

It took a couple hundred years, but beer is finally moving up in the world of barrel aging. Hoppy, more potent India pale ales acquired some woody balance from the oak barrels on long voyages. And to get that infusion of vanilla and lumber, home brewers have been tossing sanitized oak chips in their fermenters for years

Green!?!

In this month’s column, I’d like to respond to a reader e-mail: Dear Yellow Scene, Please remove (address withheld) from your mailing list. My family is a very green family and are trying to decrease our footprint by unsubscribing from as many mailed advertisements & or magazines as we can. If possible please confirm that we have been removed from your mailing list so that we do not

Cuisine

Challenging Elements: Rice Krispies

An unsophisticated, mass-produced ingredient needs a sophisticated dish,” Connie Ruel, owner of eight-month-old Tutti in Lafayette told us as we settled down to taste her Challenge dish, and that just perfectly sums up what she and her chef did when we gave her Rice Krispies as their ingredient

Rockin’ Moroccan

The real reason to visit Kasbah, a cozy piece of Morocco in downtown Lafayette, is not the lamb—which is delectable—or the mint tea or the b’stella. It’s the all-encompassing experience: a taste of a different culture, a brief visit to exotic lands and customs in the heart of a Colorado bedroom community

Dishing on 2011

As we head into 2011, I glance over my shoulder at a remarkable year of food in the North Metro area. Farm-to-table dinners became commonplace as farmer’s markets inched closer to being open year-round

Eatery Update: December 2010

OPEN, CLOSED & COMING SOON The founding chef at Boulder’s Sushi Tora recently opened Sushi Leo at 2315 Clover Basin Dr. in Longmont. Meanwhile, Yurihana Sushi Bar and Pan-Asian Cuisine is dishing everything from firecracker rolls to garlic pork at 6525 Gunpark Drive in Gunbarrel. And in-between Japanese food fans are offering kudos for Sachi Sushi at 7980 Niwot Road inside the Niwot Market

Bring on the Bubbly

If there’s one question as important as who you’re going to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it’s where’s the Champagne? What to buy, what to order, what to drink—it’s enough to make any partygoer’s head spin. Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. First, a little primer