Turkey is one of those remarkable Boulder foods that plays well with almost anything you pour into a glass. That’s why Thanksgiving wine talk is so much fun. There is no wrong answer. Whether you lean red, white, rosé, or feel like sabering a bottle of Champagne just for the drama of it, turkey shrugs, […]

Look Outside! It Snowed! It Snowed Concrete! One of the marvels of Boulder and the universe is the movement of the planets. As the earth circles the sun once a year, that thing we call “winter” returns once a year. With is, it snows in Boulder. Sometimes it snows a LOT in Boulder, especially during […]

Thanksgiving dinner begins long before the turkey meets the table. The first impressions come from the appetizers, those small, friendly promises that something wonderful is about to happen. In the spirit of keeping things quick, easy, classic, and a touch playful, here are starters that set the mood, satisfy the grazers, offer a bit of […]

Alice’s Restaurant Just in Time for THANKSGIVING! One good turkey deserves another. As it has for so many years, Newport, Rhode Island hosted the Newport Folk Festival. Famous for presenting days of the best of the best in folk music extant, it played host to a long list of Boulder musicians over decades. International Fame […]

Boulder’s neighbor zoo includes the  two Abyssinian ground hornbills (Bucorvus abyssinicus). Here, on is grooming as the other is foraging or perhaps just enjoying the grooming. These large, terrestrial birds are native to north-central Africa.  They are among the largest hornbill species, known for their massive curved bills topped with a bony prominence called a casque.  […]

Halloween generosity takes many forms, and this year I found myself thinking about what we actually give away when we hand out candy—or something else entirely. In my Lafayette neighborhood, the streets glowed orange with porch lights, candy, and jack-o’-lanterns, each one an unspoken invitation: trick-or-treaters welcome here. I sat by the door with a […]

Nebbiolo. The name itself whispers of fog — nebbia in Italian — and that’s no coincidence. In the rolling hills of Piedmont, the autumn mists curl around the vines as if the grapes were secrets waiting to be told. This noble varietal, with its thin skin and thick history, is the heart and soul of […]

There’s something about live rock on a Sunday evening that lifts the spirit, and this week at Bricks on Main in Longmont was no exception. The room came alive as Dennis Wanebo and the Night Class Band took the stage with a song list that spanned generations—Beatles, Stones, Hollies, Springsteen, and more. For two solid […]

Just before the official gates of Rocky Mountain National Park, about 300 yards shy of the ticket booths, a young elk buck had quietly claimed his dining spot. He was blissfully unaware that, technically, he was still outside the park boundaries. Elk, it turns out, are not big on reading maps or signs. Meanwhile, the […]

While cars sped past me in Rocky Mountain National Park I pulled over to take pictures. This pair was posing for me.  Boulder’s Close Neighbor, Rocky Mountain National Park, gave me a roadside gift the other day. Not a traffic-free drive, and not a parking spot at Bear Lake—those are rarer than diamonds in July. […]