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June 14, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Yosemite. 1979. Car camping with my family was a cross between the Brady Bunch and The Blair Witch Project. After sitting around the fire eating s’mores and listening to ghost stories, we climbed into the tent, exhausted from hiking. All…

Cuisine

Challenging Elements: Zamparelli’s

June 13, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to watch Nancy and Jimmy Zamparelli together in the narrow galley kitchen of their restaurant, you’ve seen why they’re successful. They work so well together that sometimes they don’t even need words; Nancy will…

Features

99 Reasons to Love Summer in Colorado

June 13, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

How do we love thee, Colorado? Let us count the ways…Sunsets over mountain peaks, pints on patios, camping under brilliant skies. This feisty minx of a state has wooed many, and we couldn’t help but gush over life a…

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Street Smart

June 13, 2009 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

It wasn’t until I topped 80 mph that I considered the safety aspects of driving a pea-sized Smart in SUV-dense rush-hour traffic on Highway 36 between Denver and Boulder. I think it hit my 12-year-old son at about the same…

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Staycation Guide

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Dear Reader, It’s summer, and it’s time to get out of the office. Put down the Blackberry and warm up the GPS. Get on the road and off the map. You have no excuses. Our backyard is waiting for you.…

Cuisine

When the World is Your Buffet

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

The buffet is a quintessentially American concept: row upon row of different kinds of food on display, all begging to be tried and tasted, drowning out common sense and the groans of an overfilled belly. A common—yet highly disparaged—iteration is…

Cuisine

Bon Appetit

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Boulder residents and tourists alike are so eclectic and diverse that it pays not to judge a book by its cover. That young man sporting Grizzly Adams’ beard and his be-dreadlocked wife could just as easily be young eco entrepreneurs…

Cuisine

Challenging Elements: The Rib House

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Have you noticed the delicious smells in the air around One Boulder Plaza lately? If you’re anywhere near 13th Street and Canyon, you’re bound to notice people turning their noses to the air and deeply inhaling the heady aromas wafting…

Scene

Duly Noted: A Great Wall of Music

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

You’re in a band. That may be presumptive, but I’m playing a hunch here. If you’re reading this you’re either in a band or between bands or thinking about starting a band. Why? Because these days, everyone’s in a band…or…

Scene

The Funk Master

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Del Tha Funky Homosapien now qualifies as “elder statesman” when it comes to hip-hop. He cut his teeth with Da Lench Mob “back in the day,” to use the appropriate vernacular, waxing militant and angry with Ice Cube’s notorious backing…