There are a lot of things I’d like for my >INSERT APPROPRIATE SECULAR HOLIDAY HERE< gift this year. So, I decided the fair thing to do would be to list them all here, so my legions of readers and fans…
Stashing for the holidays The stealth gift that will reap huge rewards is an aged case of imperial beer. Like fine wine, high alcohol beers age and mellow with time. Varieties brewed now will taste much different in March or…
Perhaps no character in history has evoked more controversy or provoked more heated discussion than the Hanukkah fairy. Mostly because he doesn’t really exist—and not even in a “Santa Claus doesn’t exist” way. He doesn’t exist in a much more…
The holiday sights matter, the lights and trees, as does the sound of carols and the aroma of pine, but it’s the traditional goodies that make the season sweet. Taste takes us back to our childhood and that early seasonal…
Santa never used to look like this… He’s traded in his reindeer for Crescent Moon snowshoes He’s wearing GoLite and Crocs This winter, you’ll also want something you never had… Cause Santa’s got a brand-new bag! This winter, Santa has…
St. Vrain Valley Credit Union 777 21st Ave., Longmont, 303.772.7776; 1444 East 3rd Ave., Longmont, 303.772.7776, svvcu.org “She was our inspiration. She spearheaded this. We have stayed true.” —Julia Davis, business development and community advocate The community involvement didn’t start…
Being a philanthropist can be an expensive venture. But charity isn’t always about big checks or canned soup or bake sales. In fact, it means different things for different people and different organizations. Proving that anyone can help drive the…
I thought the Paris Hilton fad was done. I thought we were over her, and by “we,” I mean whoever found her worthy of attention in the first place. I thought it was now uncool to dislike her, passé even.…
When I stand in my new kitchen on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving Day this year, I shall not stand alone. My son and my sister will be there, and so will my mom and her mother in spirit.