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Summer festival shenanigans
Summer festival season is here, and with my crew, that used to mean that you couldn’t let your guard down until the sweet corn was out of season. It was the summer of 1993 and I was headed to Telluride…
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8 Ways to Enjoy the Rivers of Colorado
So, you’ve probably heard: This year will not be the best year to tame the bucking, bruising beasts that are Colorado’s famed whitewater rapids. A historically low snowpack and an early runoff mean that river recreators and outfitters must manage…
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The Bolder Life: Burning Can Is Back
You heard me right—I said Burning Can, not Burning Man; and the action is all going down this weekend in my tiny hometown of Lyons, Colorado. Once again, Oskar Blues and the Lyons Outdoor Games are teaming up to throw…
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Doug Bruce comes out of jail swinging
Is there any end to the can’t-look-away spectacle that is Douglas Bruce, anti-tax crusader and convicted tax evader? Apparently not. Fresh out of jail after serving 104 days on a tax-dodging conviction, he wasted no time finding some reporters to…
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The Bolder Life: Weekend Plans
TGIF! Am I right? This week has been exceptionally long, and difficult. I’m so happy that’s it’s Friday and I’m counting down the minutes until I’m free for the weekend. There’s a lot of awesome stuff going on this week.…
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Atheists to begin lobbying efforts in Colorado next month
Good Lord, here come the atheists. Politically active nonbelievers are most known for making headlines for provocative billboards and side-of-the-bus advertising—the most recent, displayed in Boulder in January, said “God is an imaginary friend”—but they’re hoping to get more organized…
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The Bolder Life: A Little Louisville Loving
I’m a sucker for a quaint main street, filled with cozy restaurants tucked inside remolded historic houses shaded by giant oak trees and surrounded with sidewalk patios. I love spending the afternoon browsing in cutesy antique stores and inhaling the…
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The Bolder Life: Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Colorado Urban Winefest
Last month, at the DrinkLocalWine Conference in Denver, Local Winos Media debuted a fun video of Oskar Blues Brewing founder, Dale Katechis, comparing his canned craft beer revolution to the booming wine business in Colorado. Katechis noted that members of…
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Yurting: The basics
A small but growing subculture of mountaineers has rooted itself in Colorado: Yurters. Dotting the Rocky Mountain landscape are tiny hybrid structures called yurts that strike the perfect balance between tent and cabin. People engaging in all manner of backcountry…
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The Bolder Life: Classy Happy Hours
It comforts me to know that as I “grow and mature”, so does the age-old tradition of happy hour. When I was first introduced to the concept of happy hour as a wee twenty-one-year-old, I was introduced to alcohol that…
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