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HOME&HOOD

Brutal Times in a Decent Market

There’s no doubt that the American dream has been rocked and rolled in the past few years. The ability to own a home—and feel secure within it—is no longer a fact of this American life, and the reality has turned homeownership and real estate decisions into something emotional, tenuous and kinda scary. But still...

Features

The Green Light

By nature, magazines can't always walk the walk. We can offer up suggestions, tips and stories about conservation, sustainability and green-ness. We can be printed on recycled paper, printed with soy-based ink and ask our readers to recycle us after they read us. Still, we increase the amount of waste being tossed into landfills and we consume enormous amounts of energy in our production...

The Green Thang

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 that are both super-cool and truly eco-friendly that would be great as gifts or just additions to your greenie lifestyle...

Ho Hos at Home

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 want us to believe that Fruit Loops are a good choice for breakfast, because they contain whole grains; that Pop-Tarts...

Home Sweet Net-Zero-Energy Home

Thousands of miles away, the Gulf Coast is hemorrhaging oil...

Brutal Times in a Decent Market

There’s no doubt that the American dream has been rocked and rolled in the past few years...

Oddly Hip, Just Down the Street

By most standards, the nearly universal success of tap rooms at our local craft breweries is an illogical anomaly that just doesn’t make sense. Because when you think about it, serving only beer (with maybe some free peanuts or pretzels thrown in to make sure patrons stay thirsty) in the sparse setting of a warehouse with no television (well, okay, Twisted Pine and Boulder Beer have one), no...

Ronda Grassi

Ronda Grassi is ready for anything. The more you talk to the woman, the more you realize she thinks in solutions, in synergy, in strategy...

Earl Noe

At some point in the conversation with Earl Noe, the longtime Boulderite happily describes himself as “just a ragamuffin.”...

Cuisine

Eating Your Greens

You think that the green food movement is new. You think it’s a progression forward. You think you can only see it at farmers markets and Whole Foods. Think again...

Ho Hos at Home

Ho Hos at Home: Recipes

Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe from Smitten Kitchen Adapted from King Arthur Flour Pastry 2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into pats 1 large egg 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) milk 1 additional large egg (to brush on pastry) Cinnamon Filling (enough for 9 tarts) 1/2 cup (3 3/4 ounces) brown sugar 1...