The midwinter feast of our ancient ancestors is thought to be the ancestor of the Christmas dinner we enjoy today. Archaeological excavations have uncovered that pork and beef were the most commonly served meats at pagan midwinter solstice feasts. Boulder has a number of excellent restaurants where you can spend Christmas Eve. Based on the […]

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Meet Chelsea! This Indiana native is a full time student and musician, that loves going to shows in her free time. Some of her favorite things about living in Colorado is the easy access to hiking, and the clean mountains air. Her grandparents currently live in Erie, and she visits boulder regularly. Thanks you for […]

Those in the Boulder County area are truly spoiled not only with the many hiking trails and walking paths throughout the foothills and beautiful green fields east of Boulder, but also with the amount of outdoor activities and sports that are available to us, and for some just 20 minutes from our homes. If you […]

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Mid-1990s Boulder was busy with activity. Fitness was king. Local businesses were prized. Hacky Sack circles and jam band opuses were ubiquitous anywhere students congregated. Simultaneous to that, though, was something wholly different. Buried in the corridors of the JILA tower on CU’s campus, a breakthrough was purring along quietly. Professors Carl Wieman and Eric […]

“If Boulder were an animal, it would have to be something smart but really silly. Like a baboon.” Meet Jess, an Integrated Physiology graduate from CU. She grew up in Aurora, Colorado, but has been in Boulder since starting school four years ago. She says that her favorite place on campus is right outside of […]

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“I think throughout the different major times of our life we need to seek out different qualities of landscapes and environment. For example, the mountains cradle us more so than an open desert plane or an open vista. Yet there are times when we need that blank slate. We need something to start again, and […]