Your love for Boulder will still be strong, after the rain of summer has gone (Bryan Adams shout-out for those of you who also love the soft rock of the 90s)-so enjoy the last weekend of June touring the various cities, towns, and neighborhoods of Boulder County. Keep the pride alive (in more ways than one)! Saturday, […]

  Meet Francesca and Patipan! They moved to Colorado for a summer internship and came up to Boulder for a hike to the Royal Arch. Patipan is from Illinois and had only been here for three days when he conquered this hike. He said he could definetely feel the altitude but it was worth it. […]

Meet Alina! Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she is currently a student at Colorado College.  Alina enjoys hiking and recently attempted to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.  Unfortunately she developed bone contusions in her knee about half way through the 5-6 month adventure while she was back in Pennsylvania. Still a lover of […]

Meet Natasha! She works at Navigant Consulting Firm and was taking in the Boulder sun on her break today.  She brought a book, her music, and some snacks and was ready to enjoy the summer weather in front of the Boulder Court House on Pearl!

Meet Gregg! Gregg Hansen is the director of the Front Range Community Djembe Orchestra which represents drummers ages 16 to 100 and participate in drum circles in and around Boulder, Longmont, Louisville and Loveland. Many of the participants are elderly or senior citizens who love to get together and play their djembes. To find out […]

I remember seeing Jurassic Park in 1993. As a callow young punk, my father and I saw it at the dearly departed Village 4 theater in Boulder. I remember gasps from the audience at that first view of the Brachiosaurus.  I remember yelps of terror during the kitchen scene with the velociraptors. But the scene I remember most […]

According to some who don’t live here, Boulder is a bastion of agreement. Rumor has it we’re progressively—or insanely—liberal, perpetually supportive of all things fitness, and not only tolerate but court ideas considered fringe elsewhere. In other words, to those outside the bubble, we’re a city of single-minded, almost amoeba-like continuity. Granted, when it comes […]

  Meet Adam! Adam Jennings moved to Boulder about six years ago and plays his Dobro for passing crowds on Pearl St.  Adam can occasionally be heard playing and singing songs by the likes of Robert Johnson and other old time blues artists. Adam started playing Dobro and slide guitar shortly after moving to Boulder and […]

  Meet Alexa! Alexa is originally from Minnesota, but after spending a year out here for school, decided she couldn’t leave. She recently finished her freshman year at CU Boulder, and decided to have an adventurous summer and spend it here as well. Alexa has been working as an intern for an app developer, and […]

The word construction immediately makes me cringe when it is spoken. The construction on highway 36, a highway that I drive every single day, seems to only inch towards completion. My freshman year I lived in Smith Hall in Kittredge which underwent an entire year of construction, which forced me and all other Smith kids […]