Do your kids (and you!) like dinosaurs? Do you have the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s dinosaur exhibit memorized? In May, you’ll have another option – the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience! The Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience will be a museum combined with outdoor education and recreational opportunities. Families and kids of all ages can
The Shortlist: 2/12-2/14 This past weekend was full of excitement, pride, and big wins for Coloradans everywhere. There’s nothing better than seeing the Denver Broncos take home the big W at the Super Bowl, and we’re sure you celebrated all Sunday long! Don’t be bummed that football season is over, there’s still so much fun
Need some wall art but don’t want to pay a pretty penny? Head to the local thrift store or scout out garage sales to find a book of botanical illustrations. Carefully cut out any images you like using an X-Acto knife and pop them into simple, inexpensive frames. Even if you have to buy a […]
The perfect bed layering technique One of the best parts about winter is feeling nice and toasty under the covers. But blasting the furnace runs up the energy bill and wastes energy. Fortunately, I stumbled upon the perfect bed-layering technique to insure a toasty night’s sleep and I’ve yet to feel the nip in the […]
Fascinations created a boutique brand called MayBee, offering ambiance to the intimacy shopping experience. Creating a softer feel from the original Fascinations’ stores, this brand helps support the mainstream evolution that Fascinations as a whole is working towards. Shopping for intimacy products should be a fun experience and we encourage our guests to enhance
You can never be too safe when it comes to crib safety. While the current recommendations—placing babies to sleep on their back in a bare crib—are fairly common knowledge, many parents, including myself, are always on the lookout for products that make things safer for baby and easier for us. When I first came across […]
February Hikes and Events Visit the Agricultural Heritage Center Saturday February 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 8348 Ute Highway 66 west of Longmont Come to the farm, enjoy the rural setting, and learn about the rich agricultural history of Boulder County. The farm includes two barns with interactive exhibits, a milk house, blacksmith shop, and a
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) is hosting the 2016 Foovie (food + movie) event as a benefit for the non-profit BIFF, and the Colorado Film Society. The Mardi Gras-themed benefit will be held on Saturday, February 13th from 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM at eTown Hall in Boulder. Foovie-goers get the FIRST look at
We here at Brock are HUGE Broncos fans! Are you going to be watching the big game Sunday?
From honeycomb to hexagon and everything in between, geometry is moving beyond the classroom and into your home this season. Because geometric patterns can easily overwhelm a space, they’re best used as accents or accessories. Bold geometric tiles make quite the statement, so they work best in an otherwise neutral room. Keep walls and fixtures […]
By Beki Pineda Photo Credit: Town Hall Arts Center VIOLET. Music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics and book by Brian Crawley; directed by Nick Sugar. Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 West Main St., Littleton) through Feb. 7. Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or http://www.townhallartscenter.org. A sign on the wall of the set of VIOLET promises
If you’re like me, you often stumble upon a quarter-full jar of spaghetti sauce or a half-used bottle of salad dressing and can’t remember when you opened it. I usually do the “sniff test” and warily use it anyway, but some foods I’d rather not leave to chance. The alternative is to throw out the […]
This garden was carved out of a hillside and “set” in amazing stonework.
Slackliners brainstorm ideas on how to propose a reasonable and respectful compromise with the Boulder County Council. If you’ve ever seen someone attempting what looks like tightrope walking between two trees a few feet from the ground in a park, you’ve seen the sport of slacklining. From trees and vertical poles to rock faces, the
Congrats to Boulder’s Sopher Sparn Architects for providing the “sparkling” design that integrates affordable housing, commercial and retail space, open space and parks, and energy efficiency. In September, Boulder’s city planning board approved a new modern urban village, said to be the first of its kind in the county. S*PARK, short for Sutherland Park—because it’s […]
Nature Detectives in the Field: Twinkle, Twinkle, BIG Star Friday January 8, 5-6:30 p.m. Meeting location will be provided to registered participants Explore our galaxy with hands-on activities and demonstrations. Join naturalists Deborah Price and Katherine Young to learn why stars twinkle, how big and far away things really are in space, find a few
Our county and state offer amazing wildlife watching. Visit these places at the appropriate times and you’re sure to see spectacular things.
Leaving the city and arriving at the beautiful stillness of nature—water, rocks, trees and sky—is the reason many people love having a cabin.
Collect, Clump, Stay, Go A little over a year ago I was introduced to a book by Marie Kondo that was destined to become a cultural phenomenon: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. The book has many followers, and even Facebook groups dedicated to it. While the book […]
As the holiday season winds down, we’ll look to store many of our wearable baubles for the next season. To prevent the inevitable mess of tangles, try one of these three tips to keep necklaces free of knots. 1 For thinner necklaces and ones with a long chain, thread the chain through a straw and […]
