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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is Done, Discrimination Isn’t
I won’t pretend to be completely objective about the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I’ve been in the military for four years, which gives me regular access to gay and homophobic soldiers. So in the midst of fresh DADT…
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The Bolder Life: Fraternizing Food Trucks
Love your local food trucks? Wish they would all get together in one place to make it easier for you to compose a delicious meal concocted from each truck’s menu? Then you need to skip the homemade meatloaf, frozen pizza…
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The Bolder Life: There’s a Farmers’ Market in Erie?!
You bet there is, and it’s the best market to get in, get some ridiculous deals on locally produced groceries, and get home in time to prep for that awesome barbecue/dinner you’re having. Armed with some gifted “market bucks” (accepted…
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The Bolder Life: Best of BoCo Winery Tour
With so much attention going to the local beer scene in Colorado, I felt that it was time to check out the emerging and growing winery scene that is slowly spreading through Boulder County. I spent seven, pretty fantastic hours…
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The Bolder Life: Local Ways to Spend Your 3 Laborless Days
Don’t let the recent heat wave in Colorado fool you—summer is officially on its last leg, and what better way to bid it farewell than a three-day weekend full of fun, sun, and time away from the office. For most,…
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Couponing Gone Awry
Confrontations. Arrests. Thievery. Sounds like a compelling plot for an upcoming blockbuster or crime novel, right? Wrong.
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The Bolder Life: Weep No More, Boulder
Have you ever been to a show at the historic Chautauqua Auditorium tucked beneath the base of one of the most popular hiking destinations in Boulder? I hadn’t, until an opportunity finally arose and I got the chance to cross…
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Colorado River…Good to the Last Drop
The Colorado River has not emptied into the ocean since 1998. Coloradans see it in the two-weeks-early runoff and their rapidly disappearing snowpack—the agonizingly slow death of Colorado’s primary water source. As the state moves rapidly toward doubling its population…
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The Bolder Life: An Evening Under the Stars
Last weekend marked the 21st time that the fine folks of Planet Bluegrass hosted the annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival which is currently being held on the musically sacred grounds of Planet Bluegrass in my tiny hometown of Lyons. Having…
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