*** STAR REVIEW | Fantasy
From their outset in 2005, the big- screen versions of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” novels have had a particularly winning champion in the character of Lucy Pevensie.
Vividly portrayed by Georgie Henley, Lucy has embodied the franchise’s best qualities: its openheartedness, its loving grasp of the sibling bond, its celebration [...]

The holidays are filled with tasty treats and busy schedules. As your family goes from one festivity to the next, Helen Seagle, Registered Dietitian at The Children’s Hospital, offers these tips for healthy eating.
1) Plan ahead – Instead of relying on fast food between school and office events, pack healthy foods ahead of time, like [...]

I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards. When they first came out in the mid-1990’s, I thought they were the definitive answer to the weary and beleaguered, last-minute shopper’s prayers; an easy way to give a gift, in lieu of cash and still look semi-thoughtful. And, of course, to receive one was a ticket [...]

Through Sunday. Get a preview of all the fun times to come next year in Disney On Ice’s “Let’s Celebrate!” at the Pepsi Center. The musical show features a year’s worth of festivities, from a Valentine’s Day ball with Cinderella to a Very Merry Unbirthday party with Alice and the Mad Hatter. The cast of [...]

Fire up the oven and dust off your cookie cutters: Holiday baking season is in full swing. Here are five classic recipes for your next cookie swap.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Recipe from Hershey’s, available at hersheys.com. Makes about 4 dozen.
Ingredients
48 chocolate kisses
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 [...]

There. I said it. I don’t like holiday decorations.  Bah Humbug!  Not only that, I’ll take it a step further. I can’t stand holiday decorations. Would “hate” be too strong a word? I’m probably not going to make very many friends with this post today, but today’s post is about confessions, [...]

There are so many things to do this time of year that are so much fun and most of them don’t cost anything (or much).  (Plus, I have to sneak in a Happy Birthday to my son Dalton who will be 11 on the 11th! – so, I have birthday plans this weekend!)
Ice Skating
The Rink [...]

“Daddy, why are you letting that man drive your car!?”
Tessa was alarmed when my husband handed the car keys to the valet at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Denver. I realized then that bringing our children to a fancy-schmancy restaurant and exposing them to fine dining was not a bad idea.
Did Roger and I [...]

Now that my kids have been in school for a few months, they are adjusting to an entirely new social hierarchy. Fortunately, they’re still young enough that friendship prerequisites center around if their peers are nice or if they have the same taste in clothes.
The latter was illustrated on the first day of school when [...]

Between body-scan controversies and holiday crowds, Denver International Airport is not a happy place to be in December.
That’s why I was pretty darn excited to hear that the Courtyard by Marriott is making your wait at DIA a little less awful with the Lobby Zone. Located in Concourse B, by gates 15 and 16, this [...]