Meet Nicole! Nicole is helping raise money for her Young Life to help send kids to camp! While some people think of bake sales or auctions to raise money, Nicole decides to let people pie her in the face! She’s from Denver, however she has heard of the various street performers here on Pearl street […]

Boulder is an interesting paradox with its culture. It is both black and white at the same time yet none of those fifty shades of grey in between. You have the opposing ends of the spectrum co-existing in a unique balance while not veering a whole lot towards the middle. Extreme is the name of […]

While it can be tough relying on tips for a living, working as a barista also has the potential of being a tolerable, decently paying, and possibly even enjoyable part-time or transitional job. With specialty coffee companies on the rise and major chains still making solid profits, the occupational opportunities and benefits of barista-ing have actually never […]

Meet Michelle, Natalia, and Katie! (left to right) Katie just moved to Boulder from Saint Louis, Missouri for her new job as a graphic designer for a software development company! She’s visited the area before, but is happy to start a new chapter of her life here with her new job. Michelle and Natalia came […]

 “There’s a lot more to coffee than beans” – Pixán founders, Louisa Lombera and Gates Gooding   I’ll take a short break from featuring businesses explicitly endurance-athlete related to focus on a product that embodies other important ideals for Boulder businesses: organically grown, sustainable, environmental management, social responsibility, improving markets for Latin American farmers and something many […]

Meet Emma! Originally from New York, she has packed her bags and headed west to Boulder! She’s been in the Boulder area for a little over a year and has been enjoying all of the outdoor activities Colorado has to offer such as biking and running.  She loves ham mocking too and sells them for […]

In 2008, Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby’s excellent book The Chris Farley Show was released. Among other things, the biography of comedian Chris Farley explored Farley’s belief that, as a big guy, audiences only ever wanted to see “fatty fall down.” He felt that audiences would never accept him as anything but a lumbering, clumsy oaf. […]

Meet Will! Will Baumgartner is a saxophone player with the band The Pamlico Sound. When he’s not playing live funk music at venues in the Boulder/Denver area, he can be seen playing jazz standards on Pearl St., sometimes into the late hours of the night. “I like playing on Pearl when the bars start to let out, that’s when […]

Meet Zach! Zach is originally from Denver, but works around Boulder promoting Greenpeace. This organization is famous for coining the phrase “Save the Whales,” but Zach explains that they do so much more than that! Working for the company for a little under two years, he finds comfort in knowing he is spreading the word […]

Well it’s finally summer in Boulder! Time to put away the skis (well you have until A Basin closes), hit the farmer’s market, lounge by the Rez, and dine alfresco. Honestly there is no shortage of things to do in Boulder in the summer. (I’m personally very excited to be using my Boulder Passport for […]