Gifts
Holi-dealing
If youāre shopping for gifts on a budget, you should know it differs from shopping for yourself: Ramen is generally not a much-appreciated present, and a card that says āJust wear the same clothes another yearā in lieu of a gift doesnāt fly...
Hot 2011 outdoors gifts
On the eighth day, Santa said āLet there be gear!ā And behold there was a plethora of Gore-tex laid before the masses and fleece grew from the trees and carbon-fiber precision welded bike frames sprang from the earth. Mankind did rejoice at 800-fill down ...
Gear of the Year: Five items you won’t want to live...
Christmas is coming, but the ski and snowboard season has already started. Regardless of whether youāre celebrating the start of winter, adding a few āspecialā items to that gift list, stoking out a friend with an early December birthday or rewarding yourself...
Stocking success
Stockings are one of the better things about the holidays. Stuffing them requires imagination and knowledge of the receiver beyond a specific list of desired presents, and you have a small space to prove you have it. If youāre stumped, here are a few ideas for what ...
Give and give back
Shopping fair trade is about more than just supporting local retailers ā though this holiday season, there are plenty of local businesses selling fair trade goods. Shopping fair trade means supporting the small producers who run their businesses with a sense of ...
Wean off the screen
Sometimes itās good to get back to the basics when shopping for kidsā holiday gifts...
Vital video games
The holiday season is also a season of gaming. Every fall, the biggest and brightest video games hit store shelves with hopes of filling the stockings of hard-core gamers and casual gamers alike. Luckily, weāre here to tell you whatās hot, and whatās not...
For the tech-hound
Just 10 years ago we couldnāt imagine some of the technology we have today. Everything from small touch-screen computers and phones to the near irrelevancy of CDs and DVDs...
Local, handmade gifts for everyone on your gift list
In the spirit of creating and supporting community, many Boulderites ignored the Black Friday buzz and made the decision to allocate their gifting dollars to local businesses and artists this holiday season. In an effort to foster commitments like these and to ...
Helping others buy local — where it’s needed most
While a lot of emphasis is placed on buying local and keeping our hard-earned dollars in Boulder County this holiday season, there is another way to give a meaningful gift without pouring money into the coffers of giant corporations...
A gift idea that helps support our local organic food suppliers
BoulderĀ“s Best Organics is an offering from Best Organics, Inc., a primarily woman-owned business that has its roots firmly planted in our city below the Flatirons. The Boulder company offers a wide variety of gift boxes and baskets that will make any recipient both ...