Mom Exhaustion: Is this the new normal?
May 21, 2013 – 6:08 am | One Comment

I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to that question and it, unfortunately, is yes.
The exhaustion. It is slowly killing me.
I remember how I felt as a first-time mom with a newborn and wondered how …

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Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Cooks up Kid’s Cooking Classes
November 3, 2012 – 1:54 pm | 1 Comment
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Cooks up Kid’s Cooking Classes

As if there is not already enough to do in Beaver Creek in the winter. Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa is stepping up a notch with teen and kids cooking classes.
The team from …

Fantastic holiday service opportunities for the whole family
November 3, 2012 – 7:12 am | Comments Off
Fantastic holiday service opportunities for the whole family

Believe it or not, Christmas is right around the corner! Teach your kids the true spirit of Christmas giving this holiday season with these fabulous service opportunities from Volunteers of America for seniors and families …

Five failing schools to lose money supposed to help them improve
November 2, 2012 – 9:05 am | 12 Comments
Five failing schools to lose money supposed to help them improve

The Colorado Department of Education will cut off school-improvement money to five of the state’s poorest-performing schools because they haven’t gotten better despite the influx of cash.
The schools — Gilpin Montessori elementary, in Denver’s Curtis …

Mama Drama: Calming the Candy Crash
November 2, 2012 – 6:16 am | 5 Comments
Mama Drama: Calming the Candy Crash

Dear Mama Drama:
Every year I dread the post-Halloween crash. My kids are exhausted and alternately hyper and cranky from sugar highs and lows. After they spend so much time planning costumes, decorating the house, carving …

Working Mom vs. SAHM …and my modern-day superhero phonebooth.
November 1, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Working Mom vs. SAHM …and my modern-day superhero phonebooth.

Wise words by Christine Lagarde on the topic of career and motherhood resonated loudly with me recently. She explained, in a too often overlooked simplicity, the retort o’ day la touché of the ongoing – and ridiculous – debate of Working Mom vs. SAHM. Ms. Lagarde said, [brace yourselves]…

“We can’t have it all · ALL AT ONCE.”

In wake of Jessica’s slaying, focus was on a safe and fun Halloween in her neighborhood
November 1, 2012 – 6:50 am | 2 Comments
In wake of Jessica’s slaying, focus was on a safe and fun Halloween in her neighborhood

The sound of laughter and celebration returned to the neighborhood that separates the homes of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway and her alleged killer, 17-year-old Austin Sigg.
“The past month has been the nightmare,” said Mike Harper, who …

Halloween recipes: Edible swamp, bones and mud
October 31, 2012 – 7:08 am | 1 Comment
Halloween recipes: Edible swamp, bones and mud

Party food should to be easy. You are, after all, having a party to have a good time, right?
That’s why we assembled these easy Halloween party dishes. Not only are they simple to assemble, they …

Toms Urban 24: Larimer Square’s Newest, Hippest 24-hour Restaurant
October 31, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Toms Urban 24: Larimer Square’s Newest, Hippest 24-hour Restaurant

While the rest of the world is focusing on trick-or-treating, Denver’s newest, coolest eaterie Toms Urban 24 is opening at Larimer Square today. I was recently invited for a preview breakfast so I forwarded …

Parents on high alert this Halloween after Jessica Ridgeway murder (and tips for a safe Halloween)
October 30, 2012 – 7:00 am | 5 Comments
Parents on high alert this Halloween after Jessica Ridgeway murder (and tips for a safe Halloween)

On Halloween, hyper-vigilance will be as abundant as candy and costumes in the aftermath of the abduction and slaying of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
Relief followed the arrest of 17-year-old Austin Sigg in connection with her death, …

Denver Deal: Denver Arts Week, Halloween Meals & Ski Expo
October 29, 2012 – 10:36 pm | No Comment
Denver Deal: Denver Arts Week, Halloween Meals & Ski Expo

I’m so very excited that Keystone will open the slopes for the season this weekend! I love getting going to the slopes – but, I am frugal. I don’t always love to spend the money …