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Saving the Valley One Beer at a Time
In the back of my cupboard, there’s a plastic beer cup collecting dust. It has a drawing of a cow screened on it—it is perhaps my favorite cup.
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Ahhhhhh Summer!
You’ve modeled your bathing suit in front of the mirror, finished your springtime tanning routine, found your festival sun hat and gone shopping for a brand new pair of flip flops. All you need now is guidance from us on…
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Gone Puppy Gone
You know you live in a crime-free community when the theft of one puppy makes the day’s big news. Recently, the Daily Camera devoted tons of space to a curious caper involving a missing puppy.
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Dining Pets Peeves Nos. 3 & 4
It would seem I am on a roll, and not a good one. Back-to-back terrible dining experiences in Denver have me wondering why I bother eating downtown at all, especially when there are so many solid eateries up north, just…
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Witnessing Beauty in the Wake of Devastation
Over the weekend, I received a group email looking for volunteers to come and help a day in Windsor, where a mile-wide tornado struck killing one, and damaging or destroying more than 200 homes.
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This Weekend’s Pick: Family Fun at the Farm
Mixing loose chickens, tire swings, ponies and giant tree houses makes for a heckueva fun day for a kid. You just may enjoy playing on the farm, too.
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Restaurants Slipping on Soap
Restaurant business on Pearl Street is down 20 percent, according to a reliable source. The source being an industrial soap salesman.
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This Weekend’s Pick: For Women Only
Women are not small men. That is the motto the Outdoor Divas live by. Well that, and stocking their outdoor gear shop with all the apparel that sells to women who want to get outside.
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Back for More Chinese
We were devastated when Lui closed up his Chinese restaurant in Old Town Erie last year. There was an ugly dispute that we don’t want to rehash. But it left us without Chinese food nearby, and we like to eat…
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Barack’s Tough Talk
It’s going to be very difficult for either John McCain or (presumably) Barack Obama to run a campaign to the White House this fall and dodge all the smear tactics that will be launched in both their directions without launching…
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