Month: July 2021

Labor Day 2021 Events in Denver: Family Fun You Don’t Want to Miss!

Celebrate Labor Day weekend in Denver September 3-6, 2021 with these fun family events. Pig out at A Taste of Colorado or enjoy the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and remember: summer ain’t over until it’s over!  A TASTE OF COLORADO  WHEN: Sept. 4–6, 2021 WHERE: Downtown Denver This year’s A Taste of Colorado event will take place throughout the streets of Downtown Denver over Labor Day weekend to celebrate our city with diverse food, music, culture, and a Kids Activity Zone.  SUMMERFEST 2021  WHEN: Sept. 4–5, 2021 WHERE: Buchanan Recreational Park, Evergreen Summerfest, now in its 41st year, features a fabulous selection of gallery-quality fine art and fine crafts chosen by a jury process. Live music, a children’s craft area, fresh food a...

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at how Olathe Corn is harvested

A delicious, delicate morning light had just started to illuminate a cornfield as vans pulled up alongside it. Dozens of seasonal workers got out in sun hats and baseball caps, cell phones and water bottles in their back pockets.  Later that same day, a beloved summer staple would return to grocery store shelves: Olathe sweet corn, named for the nearby Western Slope town that’s been synonymous with the crop for decades. But first the corn needed to be harvested — by hand. A line of men marched into the muddy field and each swiftly pulled the corn off their stalks and tossed them into metal troughs that spread out like wings from either side of a flatbed trailer. Above the troughs, others sorted the corn into plastic baskets and pushed them down a conveyor belt, where more people stack...

Celebrate Colorado Day with these fun and free events

Colorado celebrates its 145th birthday on Sunday, August 1, 2021, and y’all are invited! Here are a few fun happenings in Colorado to celebrate.  History Colorado Center. On Sunday, August 1st, History Colorado Center is holding a free carnivalesque gathering fit for an entire state. From alpacas to mascots to professional chalk artists, there will be more than 20 attractions surrounded by live music provided by local artists, including everything from traditional taiko drummers to jazz guitars. Ice cream, popcorn, and other refreshments will be available both outside and in the museum’s  Café Rendezvous. Inside, guests will enjoy four floors of award-winning exhibits, including the new Building Denver: Visions of the Capital City. The History Colorado Makerspace will...

GetOutPass: Get 45% Off Denver’s Best Activity Pass (exclusive offer!)

Keep summer going all year long!!   Sure, Denver’s glorious summer may be winding down but NOW is the time to secure your GetOutPass so you can enjoy Denver’s best attractions like Elitch Gardens, Fat Cats, and Bandimere Speedway all year long for 45% off (scroll down for details). WHAT IS GETOUTPASS? The GetOutPass is a 12-month membership to Denver’s best attractions that can be paid for in a few ways, making it affordable for everyone. You can pay the full yearly price upfront for $149.95 for the one-time payment, $23.97 for quarterly payments, $8.37 for monthly payments. There is also an option to gift the GetOutPass with the gift voucher option this can be bought now and redeemed later. EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT If you use code MILEHIGHMAMAS at checkout you’ll get...

Deals: Denver attractions pass discount, free courtyard yoga, gas savings and more

Is there something in your life that you have avoided because it SOUNDS hard? Me too. I had wanted to do Tough Mudder for a couple of years – but not enough to actually train for it. It was just sort of this elusive thing. Then this year I was offered an opportunity to do it and I did it! Wow! I can’t believe I’ve waited this long! It was like a kid getting to play in mud puddles (and yes, they have a kid’s course too). But what I like is the lesson they tell you at the beginning and you have to keep in mind through the course – you can’t really do it [or life] alone. You need help and you need to turn around and help others over obstacles! Wow – inspiration and grit (both mental and physical). I will for sure do it again next year!   GetOutPass Discount. Enjoy Denver’s best attr...

Calling All Teachers!…Littleton School Of Music Seeks Instructors With Passion

At Littleton School of Music, our musical community will always be dedicated to being the place where you can “Play To Your Potential,” and that goes for our music students and teachers alike. Right now, we’re looking to add to our amazing faculty of music teachers, and we’d love to hear from anyone who wants to join our team of passionate professionals. I’m extremely pleased and excited to announce that our enrollment has just about doubled in the last 18 months!  We’re bursting at the seams with enthusiastic, eager-to-learn music students, and we have room for more instructors who want to stay busy igniting the musical passion in these folks. Stringed Instruments (guitar, banjo, bass, and ukulele, as well as violin, viola, and cello)… Keyboards… Percussion… Voice… even Brass and Woo...

Chronic pain? This mom shares her daily coping skills

Our friend Amy Allen from MomAdvice.com has been battling chronic pain for many years. Though some of her coping skills are specific to her condition, many are not and she has given us permission to share her tips as a support and strength to you.    It’s been five months since my adventure with POTS Syndrome, after a viral sinus infection and, whoa, this has not been fun at all. Since this time, sooo many people have messaged that have been battling this as a COVID long-hauler and asking if I had any experience to share.   For those that don’t know what this is, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition that affects circulation (blood flow). It involves the autonomic nervous system (which automatically controls and regulates vital bodily fu...

Watch for these Coloradoans at the Summer Games!

The 2020 Tokyo Games are well underway and after years of hurdles, it sure feels nice to have some semblance of normalcy, even if there aren’t any spectators in the stands.  If you want to cheer for your hometown heroes, these are the Coloradans participating in the Summer Games and their events: Zachary Lokken, Durango (canoe/kayak) Christopher Blevins, Durango (cycling) Maddie Godby, Louisville (cycling) Erin Huck, Boulder (cycling) Yul Moldauer, Arvada (gymnastics) Amro ElGeziry, Colorado Springs (modern pentathlon) Samantha Schultz, Littleton (modern pentathlon) Kendall Chase, Evergreen (rowing) Jessica Thoennes, Denver (rowing) Amber English, Colorado Springs (shooting) Lucas Kozeniesky, Colorado Springs (shooting) Will Shaner, Colorado Springs (shooting) Lindsey Horan, Gol...

Protecting our girls from unwanted male attention

“Early experiences of male sexual aggression are maybe one of the most reliable rites of passage for female children,” observes Moira Donegan in The Guardian. “It’s more common than any of the other rituals that signal impending adulthood, more universal than the bat mitzvahs, or quinceañeras, or sweet sixteen parties, or proms. By the time a girl reaches any of these milestones, she has likely already developed a skill set for navigating the unwanted attention of adult men.”   After a teenage girl recently posted a TikTok video which captures her discomfort when an adult man sits at her table while she’s working alone on her laptop in a hotel courtyard and tries to engage her in a clearly unwanted conversation, Donegan adds that many women saw in the exc...

How you can personalize your family’s Olympic viewing experience with Comcast NBCUniversal! 

You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who loves the Olympics more than I do! I’ve lived in two Olympic cities (Calgary and Salt Lake City) and in 2010, I was Microsoft’s accredited blogger at the Vancouver Games. And after a looong COVID season (and the postponement of the Olympics), I’m thrilled that The Games Must Go On. Back in the Olden Days, you had limited options for watching the Olympics but Comcast (an official Team USA partner Olympic sponsor) will bring the Tokyo Olympics to all their entertainment customers through X1, Flex and Stream, offering them more choice, more streaming, and more ways to ensure you never miss a must-see Olympic moment. Where to Watch the Games   X1 will once again offer Xfinity TV customers the premiere Olympics viewing experience. For these...

Don’t miss these back-to-school deals and Renaissance Festival discounts!

Can I just gripe here a little? I love back to school. The new books and supplies are awesome. I love a brand-new outfit and planning what I will wear is fantastic (and I would usually get TWO new outfits because I’d get one for my August birthday). But, what happened to just loving that? Now I’m seeing pumpkin spice things pop up already? I’ve seen loads of fall pins on Pinterest. I think many people got a “pass” on putting up their Christmas lights early last year because of covid – but, let’s just love the last fading days of summer, of hearing the ice cream truck and of jumping in the lake. Now if you’ll excuse me so I can go back-to-school shopping and score some great deals! Tough Mudder. Have you ever really wanted to be an adult and run through the obstacle courses that you remembe...

Family Fun in Fort Collins: Raptors, Museums, Nature Walks & More

Fort Collins is home to fabulous recreational opportunities, diverse cultural attractions and family fun. From raptors to the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, to bison, to a National Heritage Area, don’t miss our guide to family fun in Fort Collins.  Learn about how the landfill works at the Garbage Garage Calling all kiddos who are obsessed with the garbage truck! Larimer County Landfill’s Garbage Garage Education Center offers fun educational programs and hosts workshops, patio games, storytimes and other activities. Learn how the landfill works, just how much trash you create, what gets made from the stuff we recycle and more. Discover how energy is harnessed at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery  The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery features hands-on, inter...

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