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A local book buyer’s guide to the best children’s books
Liesl Freudenstein spends a lot of time reading children’s books. And not just because she has a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old at home...
Holiday crafts for your kids
Do you have a little artist on your hands? Here are some places around town where your child can get into the holiday spirit by creating decorations or gifts...
Eco-friendly toys
Your children may have smaller feet than you, but their carbon footprints are just as big as yours. Buy your child ecofriendly toys this year. Pass up the toys with the excess packaging, toxins and BPD and opt for a toy made from reclaimed materials. Shop locally for...
Activities that will get your kids to abandon the screen
Are your children on winter break yet? Tired of having them sit around the house...
Winter desserts
I'm so honored that our trusty weather gurus listened to me. Snow, snow, went away and won’t come back ... well until at least next week...
Green decorating
More than 28 million Christmas trees were chopped down and decorated in U.S. households during last year’s holiday season, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. Some say that is 28 million trees too many! This year, give something back to our ...
Your resource to the top sporting events
You can get a friend or a loved one tickets to a game, or you can get them tickets to the game...
Merry mixology
Put down the eggnog and open your liquor cabinet. Dust off those alcohol bottles and invite some friends over for these classic and curious holiday cocktails created by mixologists from the Happy Noodle House’s Bitter Bar and Tahona Tequila Bistro. Cheers...
Membership gifts offer chance to share
Everybody’s doing it. You can too — or give someone else the chance to...
Digi-gifting for the 2009 holiday season
Nothin’ honors those ever-soworthy kith and kin on your shopping list each holiday season like gadgets — handheld, hi-def, mobile-on-the-go, ergonomic, rechargeable, solarpowered, or just plain noisy and cool. Green shoots are for suckers — the economy is still in ...
Tap into Boulder County’s seasonal brews
Boulder County — where the beer flows like wine, and where the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. No, wait, that’s Aspen. But the beer does, indeed, flow like wine here in the Foothills. Boulder County boasts 23 breweries, brewpubs and meaderies...
White Chocolate Popcorn Surprise
Dear almighty weather person, please warm this joint up! Yes, yes, it’s just beautiful. The snow covering the Flatirons is like frosting on a cupcake. The holiday lights twinkling through the cold white stuff is like something out of a fairytale. But what about my ...