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Kristen Richard

When I'm not traveling down a rabbit hole of random esoteric knowledge, you can usually find me camping, hiking, biking, reading, hanging with my dog or rocking out to metal bands.

Environment

Book Review: Grizzly Confidential; A Deep Dive into How We Can Learn to Coexist with These Fierce Predators.

December 10, 2024 Like 0 Kristen Richard

In a country where more and more once unpopulated landscapes are taken over by apartment buildings and skyscrapers, how do we continue to coexist with wildlife? Especially when the wildlife in question is the grizzly. Creatures who were born to…

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Off Menu with The Restaurant Bringing Colorado Elevated Indian and Nepalese Cuisine

October 24, 2024 15 0 Kristen Richard

In an unassuming strip mall, nestled among a nail salon, a math tutoring center, and a handful of other businesses, you’ll find a restaurant looking to bring Broomfield and the surrounding area elevated dishes. But not just of any cuisine.…

Magazine

The Challenge | Indulgence Issue 2024

September 30, 2024 Like 0 Kristen Richard

Main Street Longmont offers it all Chris Curtis I put forth the challenge of a meal focused on indulgence to the Gafner Group, who operate three concepts on Main Street Longmont. I wanted to see if they could create…

Foodie

A Brief Intro Into Colorado Apple Growing | Foodie

August 29, 2024 2 0 Kristen Richard

Apples might not be native to Colorado, but that hasn’t stopped the Centennial State from making this fruit its own

Magazine

Restaurants Across Boulder County Permanently Close | In the Cups

August 1, 2024 5 0 Kristen Richard

Cristine Ruch found the building that would become Fresh Thymes Eatery in 2013. Before it opened several renovations were needed; including opening up the kitchen and putting in a massive marble countertop. Ruch hired a contractor, got the necessary permits,…

Magazine

The Great Outdoors Before and After Covid

July 31, 2024 1 0 Kristen Richard

“In the beginning, no one had any real answers as to what was going on,” said Chris Ham, deputy director of recreation, lands, minerals, and volunteers for the Rocky Mountain region of the Forest Service. “And many of us were…

Magazine

The Hottest Summer Drink? Shrubs

June 15, 2024 Like 0 Kristen Richard

When you hear the word “shrub,” you’d be forgiven if your mind immediately conjures up images of Monty Python’s Knights who say “Ni!,” who not only terrorized King Arthur and his knights but demanded they find a shrubbery. Rather we…

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Off Menu with Dash Harrison of Curtis Market

May 9, 2024 5 0 Kristen Richard

There are a few things I miss since moving from the Northeast to Colorado. The list includes family, friends, and perhaps — the thing I miss most of all, delis — specifically deli sandwiches. But then I was introduced to…

Online News

Brian Hedden Leads Colorado’s Environmental Movement By Example

May 6, 2024 1 0 Kristen Richard

Between his upcoming documentary and future plans, Hedden does more than tell us to make greener decisions. He wants to show us how. Brian Hedden didn’t set out to make a documentary on fracking in Colorado. But back in 2017…

Local

John Fielder: Legacy In Color

March 4, 2024 Like 0 Kristen Richard

A look at the life and legacy of Colorado’s premiere nature photographer Perhaps, one of the greatest, and sometimes overlooked, elements that shaped Colorado’s long, complex web of history is water. Water shaped landscapes, acted as a driving factor in…