Magazine

January 6, 2011 Like 1 editor

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

Ditching the Diet

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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.…

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The Virtual Classroom

January 6, 2011 Like 2 Andra Coberly

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

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11 ways to count down to 2011

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

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…

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Set Free

January 5, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

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…

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Exploring NOLA

January 5, 2011 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

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.…

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Anne Garcia McCullough & Maura Ellis Youle

January 5, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

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…

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Geoffrey Kent

November 30, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Geoffrey Kent only plays a bitter Christmas elf on stage. In reality, he’s a fulltime actor and fight choreographer, he’s the president of the Society of American Fight Directors and he’s a member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Also, he’s…

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DIY Merriment

November 30, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

When I was a child, every Christmas was marked by at least one full day of cookie-baking madness. Family friends would come to the house where my mother was busy mixing and rolling and cutting dozens upon dozens of sugar…

Spotlight

3 Questions with Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham

November 30, 2010 Like 0 French Davis

Ventriloquists creep people out. We’re not sure why, but they rank just below clowns on our informal office pool of things that make people’s skin crawl (also on that list, strangely: The chubby guy on Outsourced. Go figure). It doesn’t…