With a box full of carrots and a hankering for something vaguely exotic, Mary-Claire van Leunen turned to her computer for a recipe.
“I looked for ‘Turkish carrots,’ and I found it easily; in fact, I found half a dozen,” said the retired Seattle software researcher.
Almost everyone’s done it — fired up a search engine to [...]

CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER JEN CHARETTE!
One of Denver’s newest baby boutiques is not only celebrating their one-year anniversary, they’re laying another egg in their Nest on Larimer Square. Nest’s second location (opening in time for holiday shopping) will hold true to their mantra, “clothing, gifts & community from crib to classroom,” with an even [...]

Howard Mitchell loaded 12 children into his van Thursday morning, preparing for the drive he made twice each weekday — three times during football season — from Kit Carson to the children’s school in Eads.
The 20-mile trip each way was just one of the sacrifices Mitchell and his wife, Melody, made over the years after [...]

The mealtime struggle between parents and children is a daily event for many families. While some kids are just picky eaters, other times they flat-out refuse to eat. Here’s some advice about food strikes from Marilyn Day, MSRD, Nutritionist in Preventive Cardiology at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
What should I do if I my child refuses to [...]

My children have been homeschooled since day one of their education. My son is 11 and in 6th grade, my daughter is 7 and in 2nd grade. We sit at the dining table, crack open books and rev up the pencils. Reading happens, discussions get going, we get our hands dirty with experiments, and we [...]

f you’ve always wanted to dress as Lady Macbeth or the donkey in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for Halloween, now’s your chance.
The Denver Center Theatre Company has cleaned out its costume closet and for the first time since 1991 is putting more than 1,000 items on sale from Thursday through Saturday.
Prices will range from $1 [...]

Do you love Halloween as much as I do? It is my favorite holiday…gorgeous fall weather, turning leaves, pumpkins, candy and glowing, bubbling activities.
Welcome to Spangler Science Saturdays with Steve Spangler Science at Mile High Mamas. Halloween is highly anticipated at Steve Spangler Science. We have an entire section dedicated to Halloween experiments and activities [...]

I’m not gonna lie to you. When people start talking finance…I completely glaze over. I’m okay with the day to day basics, but when it comes to stocks, bonds, Dows, and percentages…I know I’m a lost cause. That’s why, when I was left to fend for my financial self after the death of my husband, I retained the services of Certified Financial Planner™ Kristi Sullivan of Sullivan Financial Planning, LLC.

Through Oct. 22. The Molly Brown House Museum really turns into a historic haunt during the “Victorian Horrors.” Guests creep into the darkened museum, lit by candlelight, and encounter the “spirits” of famous authors. Writers like Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells will tell their spooky tales to the small groups of adventurers. [...]

New lifts, lodges, parks and perks are behind the more than $100 million that Colorado’s ski areas are pumping into their hills for the upcoming season.
On the heels of the busiest U.S. ski season ever and defying the rumbling over a possible double-dip recession, ski areas are returning to the high times with upgrades and [...]