Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes’ Chicken Won Ton Happiness Salad makes me happy.
That’s why taking the restaurant up on their 25% off discount for catering was a no-brainer. My neighbor Kristen (already a mother of three kids and two stepchildren) is pregnant with twins. Unexpectedly. If that doesn’t deserve an all-out celebration, I don’t know what [...]

With Halloween upon us, my family is in the throes of Everything Pumpkin. While my husband Jamie may be obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin, I am consumed with eating it. My pumpkin craving began when I was six months pregnant with my firstborn and, six years later, has not abated.
But a nearly year-long [...]

I am very thrilled to announce I am featured in the November issue of Woman’s Day, which hit newsstands this week. My understanding was that the magazine would interview me about my favorite Colorado haunts for a travel feature.
What I did not anticipate: They would send me a laundry list of questions and I, in [...]

The media and blogosphere are abuzz in the wake of the suicide of Rutgers college freshman Tyler Clementi after his roommate secretly broadcast his encounter with another man.
This is an extreme and tragic example of cyberbullying and it makes me wonder 1) Do the two students who committed the crime have a history of bullying [...]

Fright Fest
Fright Fest at Elitch Gardens runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31. There are family-friendly activities during the day, but after dark, it becomes a scream park of haunted houses, ghouls and zombies. At 1 p.m. Oct. 16 is the Pet Parade Costume Contest benefiting the Denver Dumb Friends League. 2000 Elitch Circle, [...]

Last summer, my daughter Hadley and I went on a mother-daughter trip to the San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino in Puerto Rico.
Three months later, she is still raving about it.
And what’s not to love? For a parent, the great thing about Puerto Rico is it feels like an exotic international adventure with all [...]

CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO RENEE DUNN.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is frequently ranked as the top zoo in the United States and they are ready to party this Halloween!
It’ll be all treats and no tricks (except the magical kind!) for your little ghosts and goblins at this year’s Boo at the Zoo. The event is a fun [...]

On Wednesday evening, Mile High Mamas went wild.
Or rather, into the wild.
We were among the first to see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest exhibit, “Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches.”
The museum hosted 40 of Colorado’s social media moms to a gourmet South American buffet dinner that included Columbian Sirloin Empanadas, Acarajé-Brazilian [...]

Question: What do you get when you mix Halloween “Boos” with bugs?
Answer: The Butterfly Pavilion’s Bug a Boo!
This Halloween celebration will be held October 23 and 24 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Follow Rosie and her friends on a search to discover the 8th wonders of the world – arachnids! Discover how fascinating spiders, tarantulas, [...]

Erie Corn Maze
Fall Fest 2010 has 7.5 miles of trail through designs of a bear, a bald eagle and a moose. There are also pumpkin patch hayrides, farm animals, a barrel train, small hay-bale maze for youngsters, facepainting, pedal karts, gem mining, food and more. Open daily now-October 31 on 6728 County Road 3-1/4 in [...]