Lacy Boggs

More Smart Shopping Tips

September 1, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

At discount stores: Hit “sale” racks first. Often there are only one or two total of each garment on sale. It’ll hurt to see the perfect item walk out the door with someone else because you were focused on new…

Foodie

Shh!

August 18, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

There’s something about a secret that just makes everything more exciting. Surprise parties, secret rendezvous and private dinners all take on a special, surreal quality above and beyond their well-publicized counterparts.

Foodie

Going Round

August 18, 2010 Like 1 John Lehndorff

Maybe it’s a sign of our growing interest in locally sourced, handmade fare or simply a result of our growing culinary sophistication, but there’s an amazing artisanal pizzeria boom arising in Boulder and the North Metro area.

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Say Cheese

August 18, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

To say that I like cheese would be akin to saying that Twilight is a popular franchise; it would be correct, but entirely missing the scope of the thing. I’ve often thought of becoming a vegetarian and could probably make…

Challenging Elements

Challenge: Beets

August 18, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

At Black Pepper Pho, the focus is very much on the traditional. “The spring rolls don’t even come with peanut sauce because it’s not traditional,” owner Huong Dang said. “We use tamarind sauce.” But they were game when we told…

Notes

Smart But Wrong

August 17, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

No one likes to be wrong, but the YS editorial staff absolutely abhors it. It’s a serious problem. It’s to the point of abnormality, usually involving super nerdy topics like verbs and AP style. Recently, as an example, associate editor…

Features

Smart Shopping

August 17, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

I was raised to believe in the power of a bargain. The women of my family have a sixth sense for knowing when and where that 25-percent-off sign will magically transform into a 50-percent-off sign, and we never pay full…

Features

The Smart Issue

August 17, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

The days of pocket-protector-wearing über nerds being shoved into lockers are over. If the high-tech revolution has taught us anything, it’s that smart is cool, and the smarter you are, the more likely you are to rule the world. That’s…

Features

The Green Thang

July 12, 2010 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

These days, it’s hard to know what’s truly green and what’s been “greenwashed” to seem greener than it really is. It makes shopping with a conscience challenging to say the least. Luckily, we’ve been able to find a few products…

Foodie

Ho Hos at Home

July 12, 2010 Like 3 Lacy Boggs

When it comes to buying food, things have gotten a little bit complicated: local, sustainable, organic or all-natural. Food producers and marketers add labels to their products touting the health benefits and natural ingredients—whether they’re actually healthy or not. They…