Winter Warriors

2012 Gift & Giving Guide

Deck the halls… Tis the season… Winter wonderland… The holidays are rife with clichés. It’s enough to make you ring someone’s jingle bells. That’s why the rebels at Yellow Scene break from the monotony of traditional gift guides with our Locavore’s Guide to Giving, an annual assemblage of locally-made gifts (and gifts that are made by local companies). From beauty answers to...

Winter Warriors

Colorado and winter sports go together like hot chocolate and whipped cream. Is there anyone in the state who hasn’t gazed at the newly dusted mountains and conjured images of their favorite ski slope? Even if you’re not one to pick a steep line through the trees at Copper Mountain or turn aerial pinwheels off a halfpipe at Breckenridge, you’ve probably cozied up to an outdoor heater at a...

Editor’s picks

Natural Born Killers Lots of bands have been hailed as saviors of rock and roll. While that’s hyperbolic (seriously, why is rock and roll always on the brink of a horrific death knell? Critics are a-holes), The Killers stand out among a field of rock-saving quartets. Born in the hot Vegas sun in ought-one, The Killers cut their chops before bursting onto the national scene with their 2004...

Six questions with celebrity dessert chef Keegan Gerhard

Talk about some culinary cred. Chef Keegan Gerhard launched to fame as a host on the Food Network Challenge and then opened D Bar Desserts in Denver to critical acclaim. He was also named one of the nation’s Top 10 pastry chefs of 2002 and 2004 by both Chocolatier and Pastry Arts & Designs magazines. Here, the chef talks about frozen pie dough, the sublimity of vanilla and how you get to...

Smart Money

Information is power. In the first few thousand years of civilization’s existence, this evolved quickly to mean, “He who controls the flow of information controls the power.” And, for much of that time, that power resided in the ruling class, then the church, then the ruling class again and then, finally, the people, in the form of newspapers, journalists and writers. But even that...

Eatery News

Openings and Closings Rinco Argentino opened in Boulder, bringing Argentinian cuisine to The Village on Arapahoe. Harold’s and The Bayonette Room opened on Ken Pratt in Longmont. Press Play, an “arcade bar,” opened in the former Round Midnight space on Pearl Street, combining a bustling bar scene with an old-school arcade. And a sign outside the former Daddy Bruce’s BBQ location on...

Going Whole Hog (or Turkey)

Every family has holiday traditions, no matter which holidays you celebrate. For years, my family celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with a Butterball and New Year’s with a HoneyBaked Ham. It wasn’t until after my grandmother passed that my mom decided that a smoked turkey was much easier to heat up (and equally, if not more, delicious) and that she really hated honey glazed hams and would...

Balancing Act

For parents, there is a fine line between exposing their young kids to diverse cultures or underrepresented segments of the population and scaring them with the cruel realities of a harsh world. Camille Hook of Boulder navigates that line with great care, ensuring her kids experience the truth without seeing just how ugly it gets. That includes taking your 9-year-old to Guatemala to build...

All in the Family

The Sueltenfuss family has volunteered with Longmont’s OUR Center from the beginning. Since 1986, they’ve worked in the clothing bank, helped with coat drives and wielded ladles in the soup kitchen. But it wasn’t until 2005 that the family’s role at the Longmont nonprofit developed into something special: The Sueltenfusses and the staff at OUR Center created a program that gives local...

Follow the Leader

Giselle Nevin-Porter does not seem to remember when or why she got involved with Sister Carmen Community Center. “I think I was looking for something to do. …I think it was about 8 or 9 years ago,” she said, looking up as if something from above would remind her how she got here. And at that moment, Porter’s husband Russ walks in. “You wanted to get involved in a community...

Feast of Burden

I have seen the future, and it is HoneyBaked Ham. My grandmother would shudder at the thought of it: buying a pre-made meal for the holidays and serving it to guests on the family china. But that’s just what it may come to this year. During the holiday season, simplification is a must, and that occasionally means cutting corners. When the snow is falling, the traffic is thick and slick...

Q&A with Nobel Prize winner David J. Wineland

NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, sits nestled in the shadow of the Rockies. The scientists here work on problems that focus on the microscopic and minute yet which have far-reaching impacts on advanced technologies, such as the atomic clock and the direction and pace of scientific innovation. One of these dedicated thinkers, David Wineland, was recently recognized for his...

Cheat Sheet: Blowing in the Wind

Anyone hoping for relief from the crippling drought under a blanket of soothing, moisturizing winter snow for the next several months should prepare to be disappointed. The official winter weather outlook published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts higher than average temperatures through February over much of the Western United States, including all of Colorado...

Dusk till Dawn

It’s Wednesday night. I’m in an RV with three other adults, one baby and two dogs. Considering yours truly has never set foot in an RV and usually spends school nights hiking, skiing or watching Netflix, this is not a typical Wednesday night. We are heading to Moab for the 18th Annual (and sadly last) 24 Hours of Moab mountain bike race. I am fortunate to know two members of Team Zambi...