Being a nice Jewish mother, I have always felt a sense of guilt when it came to letting my children play on the beloved bacon and eggs at the Cherry Creek Mall. While it was certainly not Kosher, it was a right of passage for every Denver child and I, too, joined in the fun [...]

One day in April, Durango students sat down to a lunch that included Tuscan blend vegetables, a choice of fresh fruit and a salad bar.
For parents who remember school veggies as limp green or orange wads floating in watery brine and smelling of tin cans and steam trays, Durango’s fancy local produce and grass-fed beef [...]

I have always been intrigued by treasure hunts. The prospect of discovering something valuable and cosseted is exciting to me. From the moment I first watched The Amazing Race, I was hooked. Following clues and traveling the world would be a dream come true.
Getting lost in umpteen countries is not.
My kids and I recently watched [...]

“On my honor I will try…”
I can’t even begin to count the number of times I recited my scouting pledge as a child. As the daughter of a life-long scout, my mom enrolled me early and lead my troop for years and years. I earned badges, sold cookies, learned songs that I find myself [...]

Pinkberry 1000 S. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, 303-756-7465. Open seven days, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
The look: Pastel and pretty, Colorado’s first outpost of the once-edgy, now-trendy Pinkberry is a jewel box of a frozen-yogurt shop on South Colorado Boulevard near East Tennessee Avenue. Pop music fills the air, towering windows let in copious light. It is spotless [...]

Dear Mama Drama:
I am so frustrated with my children because they are so oppositional. It seems like whatever I tell them they do the opposite. If I say don’t run, they run. If I say don’t hit you brother, they hit. If I say don’t forget your coat, they forget the coat.
They also don’t want [...]

“Look, Mommy – a radish!” I beam with pride as my toddler excitedly points to the stack of
pink-hued veggies on the table and correctly shouts the name.
It’s Saturday morning and we’re wandering between tents at the Cherry Creek Farmers’ Market.
For years I’ve enjoyed frequenting the various markets around town. I’d saunter through, comparing quality, chatting [...]

Friday-Tuesday. See what’s happening up north at the Larimer County Fair and Rodeo. The theme for this year’s fair is “Home Grown,” a salute to all the good things born and raised in Larimer County. In addition to livestock judging and animal demonstrations, this fair includes the Gnarly Barley Brew Fest, the Timber Works lumberjack [...]

“They say it’s your birthday”!
My birthday is this coming week.  I don’t quite celebrate them quite like my kids do – complete with cake & ice cream and a Games2U set up anymore but I do love the word FREE so anytime I can get FREE for my birthday, I’m in!  Psst, I am willing [...]

You may think the greatest piece of equipment in your kitchen is your knife, or your stove, or your panini press. But in the dog days of summer, it’s hard to beat the freezer. • You can puree just about anything you can think of, pour it into a frozen-pop mold, and within a few [...]