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 […]

Father’s Day weekend has arrived! Treat yourself and dad to some particularly special events going on in and around Boulder. It is safe to go outside–I repeat–Summer is here!!! The events of this weekend will guarantee that no one will be forced to spend one moment indoors–show that special guy that you know how to celebrate! […]

Yup, that’s right its Father’s Day this Sunday, May 21. (That’s also the first official day of summer!) Instead of another fancy tie or shave kit, give Dad some time together on a hike. The hikes listed below are my top Father’s day hikes around Boulder, which means they have mild grades, wider trails, and great […]