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November 29, 2010 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

Most skiers have their first experiences on snow not long after their first steps. My wife, for example, grew up in upstate New York and learned to ski at 3. It’s in her blood like oxygen. First, she gets excited…

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Slush Funds

November 23, 2010 Like 3 Andra Coberly

When Auden Schendler, environmental director for Aspen Ski Company, sermonized to a congregation of green-minded folk in Boulder last year, his message wasn’t really what the audience wanted to hear. Switching light bulbs, building “green” and buying low-flow toilets will…

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Joy of Cooking

November 22, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

They say the secret to a great plate of food is the heart and soul that are put into it. And we can’t disagree. Even for those who cook for a living, some meals simply mean more than just sustainence…

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Locavore’s Guide to Holiday Shopping

November 22, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

Peace on Earth and good presents to all.

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Birds of Prey

October 18, 2010 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

It’s Tuesday but just barely. I’m meeting Andy Hall and his ferruginous hawk, Tony Stark, at a Starbucks. The sun won’t show up for at least another hour. In this early part of the falconry season, Hall explains, it’s best…

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Party Crashers

October 18, 2010 Like 0 editor

By almost any measure, the basement meeting room of the Longmont VFW is one of the dingiest meeting spaces in Boulder County. The ceiling is claustrophobically low, and because each row of fluorescent lights running the length of the vast…

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Halloween Scene

October 18, 2010 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

You want your Halloween to be frightfully good, don’t you? Killer costume, a bloody good party and even a signature cocktail that will wake the dead. Yellow Scene is on the case. We’ve put together a bone-chilling plan for creating…

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Rumble in the Rockies

October 18, 2010 Like 2 Andra Coberly

It’s the main event, and boy, is this gonna be a doozy. The challengers have trained—some more than others—and the reigning champs are in the best shape of their political careers. The sparring is over, it’s time to see who…

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American Limbo

September 20, 2010 Like 3 Dave Flomberg

“I miss my mommy.” Maria is 12 years old. She’s a sweet, skinny brunette trapped in those awful years between childhood and high school, facing all those hormonal changes that make middle school the worst time in any child’s life.…

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Snack Attack

September 20, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

Morning, noon and night, you never know when hunger will show her alluring visage and tempt you…Cookies? No? Something savory? Pupusas? Empanadas? How about a piece of pie? Ohhhh, Buffalo wings! Here, 16 ways to snack in Boulder County.