Going vegan, family style: New vegan fare makes an animal-free diet tastier than ever
May 16, 2012 – 6:51 am | 5 Comments

Before the television appearances and the best-selling cookbook, Roberto Martin was a typical “Top Chef” kind of guy: meat, meat and more meat.
But then Ellen DeGeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi, both vegans, hired him to be their personal chef.
Now, he rarely puts anything in his body that comes from animals.

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The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Skinny Dip at Park City Mountain Resort
February 16, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Some people have a propensity for making a lot of money.
Others for being great with kids.
Mine is for repeatedly getting locked out in precarious situations.
With the kids. And without any money.
My family just returned from a ski trip to Utah. I am a proud contributor to Park City Mountain Resort’s new social media site, Snowmamas [...]

Win One of Five Family Four-Packs to the All About Kids Expo!
February 14, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Winter doldrums getting your little ones down? Set them loose at the All About Kids Expo on February 28th and March 1st at the Colorado Convention Center.
The Expo returns for the 17th year, making it Denver’s longest running children’s and family expo. There are plenty of free activities such as pony rides, petting zoo, face [...]

Facebook Aficionados, Fanatics, and Freaks
February 13, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Melissa Howell blogs about her life with her three princesses and her one Superman-look-alike husband at The Howell Herald. She is also an administrator at Bloggers Annex and is a professional photographer specializing in babies and children. You can see her work at her website, Blue Prints Photography.
My freshman year of college I met a [...]

Hilarity Ensues With “He’s Not Just That Into You” Contest Winners
February 12, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Mile High Mamas asked and you delivered. A couple of weeks ago, we issued the challenge for you to share a time when you found out “He’s Just Not That Into You.” We picked our three favorites who received reserved seats to the movie’s pre-screening. We are also publishing their entries here today.
Christie Lawrence
Some [...]

A Horse of a Different Color
February 11, 2009 – 12:09 am | 13 Comments

Last May, my son Oliver and I went to Chicago together. It was the first time we’d been to the Denver International Airport since the big blue horse had been installed.
Have you seen the big blue horse? It’s actually a fiberglass sculpture by Luis Jiminez. Commissioned in 1992, it killed Jiminez in [...]

Chromosomal Values
February 10, 2009 – 2:00 pm | No Comment

Clearly, my son has both gender chromosomes. I know this theoretically thanks to my 8th grade science teacher, Mr O’Connor. But I have recently been able to see it for myself as well.
First, the Y:
“Mommy, which weapons can I bring to school?”
(Now, don’t go judging me to be a pistol-packing mama. Our son, despite [...]

Relationship dynamics–what are yours?
February 9, 2009 – 12:00 am | 18 Comments

This may come as a surprise to you but I can be high-strung.
Or maybe this is not so shocking to those who know me.
I married a great man who is easy going. I have known from the get-go part of what makes our relationship work so well is how we balance each other out.
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10 Tickets up for Grabs to Denver Art Museum’s Create Playdate!
February 7, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

Do not fret if you missed The Denver Art Museum’s first Create Playdate last month. Mile High Mamas is once again teaming up with this popular event to bring you the ultimate in smudge, squiggle and splatter. Held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month, these playdates are catered [...]

Why do you make your bed?
February 6, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Guest blogger Momma writes at The Casual Perfectionist, and just like the name indicates, she is an admitted perfectionist, but she’s trying to be casual about it. She and her husband have a 3-year-old girl named Claire. Momma is a firm believer in the fact that if you haven’t laughed today, you weren’t really paying [...]

The “C” Word
February 5, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment

There has been some recent brouhaha in the blogosphere about the act, or non-act of – you guessed it: to circ or not to circ. This question seems to flare up from time to time, with people heatedly coming down on one side or the other – and unfortunately, many feelings being hurt in the [...]