The Ultimate Locavore's Gift and Giving Guide

Vicki Nichols Goldstein

Vicki Nichols Goldstein has always been, what she calls, an ocean junkie. So it only seemed natural to establish an ocean advocacy organization in a land-locked state...

Cropland Constitution

The future of Boulder County’s local-, organic-food-filled plates lies in the hands of non-elected officials this month as Boulder County’s Parks and Open Space moves forward with its first-ever comprehensive cropland policy...

Joy of Cooking

It’s about this time of year that we begin craving stuffing, pumpkin pie and all the temptations and trimmings of the holiday table...

The Ultimate Locavore’s Gift and Giving Guide

Holiday shopping can be daunting—but you know what they say: No pain, no gain. YS has compiled our favorite Colorado-made items into one big gift-wrapped package, perfect for everyone in your life...

Mountain Range

Check out our ultimate guide to winter sports in Colorado with a little somethin' somethin' for every athlete...

Editor’s Picks: Nov. ’11

Light Bright There are a lot of parades of lights this time of year, but few offer the chance for everyone and their mother to participate. Louisville’s parade does just that, and the only rules are that your “float” entry must have lights and not include a Santa (he’s apparently very brand-aware, and doesn’t like people messing with his carefully cultivated image). So, here’s your...

Six Questions with Jewish Rapper Matisyahu

Thanks to the fact that his first hit was arguably one of the most beautiful ballads written this century, Matisyahu avoided facing a deep pigeonhole as a gimmick out of the gate...

Gifts to Open Twice

It pains me to write about Christmas when (as of this submission) we’re still two months out, but you don’t want to let opportunity slip by for the ones you love. Let’s face it, some people are hard to buy for; they have their hobbies covered, their Fruit-of-the-Looms have no holes and the bottles of Hai Karate from the ’70s remain unopened (eBay!). But if your loved one enjoys a good...

Digital Payola

As iCloud rolled out with Apple’s release of iOS5 and the iPhone 4S, one of the things that really started to stand out was how far we’ve come in terms of streaming media; specifically over our cellular networks…and how far we have to go...

For the Love of Education

God bless Rollie Heath. Despite having his thoughtful ballot question, Proposition 103, shot down by a 2 to 1 margin, he exhibited something sorely lacking in modern government: leadership and vision...

Eatery News Nov. ’11

Openings/Closings Happy closed its doors and reopened as simply The Bitter Bar. According to a release, the bar will serve the same cocktails by the same mixologists, with the addition of “delicious, straight forward, American bar food and decadent, intelligent, well-made desserts.” /Azitra, an Indian restaurant, opened at FlatIron Crossing in Broomfield. /Your Place or Vine, a wine bar...

Oh Baby!

A few weeks ago, we got to feed our daughter her very first taste of solid food. I stood behind my husband, camera at the ready to capture the priceless moment...

A Handmade Holiday

You say you want a revolution? Forget occupying Wall Street. Occupy the stores, shops and sites that support local craftspeople, artists, makers and creatives. There already seems to be an artistic uprising, ready to take down “the man” and the man’s crappy taste in décor, jewelry, fashion and furnishings. But it’s happening as silently as a knitter. I like to think of it as...

Month in Review Nov. ’11

Firefighters rescued a pregnant cow that fell down an Erie well, Lafayette psychic Nancy Marks had herself hospitalized on the day of her fortune-telling fraud trial, and Erie High School students got Halloween day off courtesy of a handwritten bomb threat...