Yellow Scene Magazine

Forming Mini-Foodies

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Kids in BoCo have it pretty good, as evidenced by the outstanding plethora of classes, camps, and other fun extra-curricular activities touched on in this issue. Lucky for the mini-foodies among us, BoCo adults take their offspring’s food education pretty…

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Eatery News

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Openings/Closings Big Choice Brewing Company brings a craft brewery to Broomfield and Echo Brewing opened in Firestone. La Revolucion Taqueria y Cantina opened on Main St. in Louisville next to Lulu’s, and Miller’s Grille opened on S. Public Rd. in…

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Rib Ticklin’ Good

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

In Texas, barbecue means beef, so any place that purports to be a Texas-style barbecue joint had better bring the goods when it comes to brisket. And Lulu’s delivers. Here’s the thing: I’ve never been much of a barbeque connoisseur,…

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Challenging Element: Peaches

August 21, 2012 Like 1 Andra Coberly

When Roma Melrose was a girl in India, peaches were shipped up from Kashmir to Delhi where she grew up. They were small and sweet. They’d come wrapped in colorful tissue-like paper. Decades have passed since her days of eating…

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The Dark Night

August 21, 2012 Like 0 French Davis

Batman is The. Greatest. Superhero. Of. All. Time. This is one of those arguments that comic geeks love, because, on the surface, it’s about costumes and gadgets and super powers. But the heart of this argument is the timeless theme:…

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9 Questions for Meiko

August 21, 2012 Like 0 French Davis

Singer/songwriters are as ubiquitous as Subaru drivers in the Centennial State, but we don’t have the market cornered. Georgia peach Meiko has ear-wormed her way into our lexicon by underscoring a steady stream of pivotal moments on TV soundtracks. Her…

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Peachy Keen

August 21, 2012 Like 0 French Davis

Sure those folks in Georgia “say” they have great peaches, but have you tried a Palisade peach? Way better. Like, comparing-The-Beatles-to-Wings better. So where can you find more than 30,000 pounds of certified organic Palisade peaches? Why, the Lafayette Peach…

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A Case for Cycling

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Allison Perry

When I say “road biker,” chances are the image that immediately pops to mind (after Lance Armstrong, that is) is a tall, skinny guy with the muscle tone of an antelope attired in brightly colored Spandex, sporting a helmet that…

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This is Not a Test

August 21, 2012 Like 1 Andra Coberly

First, it was chalkboards—replaced with shiny whiteboards and, later, newfangled Smart Boards. Textbooks and spiral notebooks went the way of the Trapper Keeper, superceded by iPads and laptops. Schools began banning sugary sodas and dodgeball. Adults who wander into modern…

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Smart Teachers

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Andra Coberly

These teachers march to the beat of their own drums: Andre Adeli, Boulder Prep: Principal and Civics Teacher Charlie Garcia, Erie Elementary: Fourth Grade teacher Karen Shanley, Ballet Nouveau: Dance teacher Liz Simms, Trail Ridge Middle School: Science teacher Michael…