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. […]

Lenny “Lensworth” Frieling is thrilled to announce the release of his very first book, a stunning collection of award-winning photography. Published internationally by Amazon, the book is available in both eBook and paperback formats—but Frieling recommends the paperback, where the full impact of his images comes alive on the printed page. Already, the book, simply […]

Reed Maiocco has succeeded!!! He completed his final of the 58 peaks over 14,000 feet in Colorado before turning 20. He now belongs to an elite group of 5 young superstars. His climbing partners have included  Jason Penaloza, his mother, Amy Campbell MD (about 15 peaks), climbing partner Lucian Dacchille,  and his father on one […]