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Colorado Summer Festivals
There’s a lot to love about summer. Not least on the list is the summer festival circuit, which brings bands through the state by the truck load and more meat on a stick than you can shake…well, a stick at.…
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Magazine
Love at First Site
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…
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Challenging Elements: Zamparelli’s
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…
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99 Reasons to Love Summer in Colorado
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
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
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.…
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When the World is Your Buffet
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…
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Bon Appetit
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…
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Challenging Elements: The Rib House
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…
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Duly Noted: A Great Wall of Music
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…
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