This holiday weekend will be a good one for outdoor walks along the paths and trails in Colliers Hill, AND, for getting cozy on the couch with a bowl of buttered popcorn and a watchable Thanksgiving-themed or otherwise four-star movie. Here are a few to consider!
Whether you will be hosting a much smaller holiday dinner or are willing to try some new ways to liven up Thanksgiving, it’s a good year to revisit Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s proclamation: “No Citizen of the United States should refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day.” On the contrary, from wild pheasant to turducken to vegan, there’s an alternative bird for everyone!
We can’t believe Halloween is already around the corner! While this Halloween is going to be very different from others due to social distancing and mask mandates, you’ll still find so many ways to celebrate the spookiest holiday. From scary to adorable, we’ve rounded up our favorite Halloween 2020 drinks and costume ideas so you can sip, scare, and savor All Hallows’ Eve in style.
This is the year to focus on gifts for Dad that make sense for a safer-at-home kind of holiday celebration. From outdoor gifts that he’ll use all summer long, to prezzies that make his life easier, healthier, more fun and more comfortable! Whether he’s a BBQ kind of guy, or handy with a hammer, here are some ideas for Father’s Day gifts that he’ll want to keep!
Ever wonder why Valentine’s Day, which celebrates love and romance and relationships, is marked by giving chocolate and other sweets? The ancient Aztecs considered chocolate an aphrodisiac, and by the 1840s the notion of celebrating love on Valentine’s Day had reached many countries. But it was Richard Cadbury, scion of the British chocolate manufacturing family, who recognized a marketing opportunity and produced the first heart-shaped box of chocolates for the holiday. 
We’re ringing in the New Year (and decade!) tonight at midnight with a few different appetizers to go along with our celebratory cocktails! And whether you need to supplement your New Year’s Eve finger-food menu, or plan to home-gait on New Year’s Day and watch the NY6 college bowl games, here’s a flat-bed full of palate-pleasing appetizer recipes that’ll fit any occasion!
Trimming the tree with beloved Christmas ornaments, hanging the garland and stringing the lights is way more fun than pulling everything down and putting it away. Maybe it’s the jolly spirit of anticipation for the holidays vs. the “gee-it’s-all-over” aftermath! Whatever the reason, here are a few top tips and storage hacks from the pros to make it easier.
Gingerbread houses are not built in a day, especially if you go the from-scratch route! You can get the kits – prefab gingerbread houses – that are available at Target, Amazon and Williams-Sonoma, to name a few. But if you want the crafty construction pleasure of making the dough, cutting the pattern pieces, baking, assembling, and decorating — here are a few imaginative ideas for walls, roofs, frosting and candy!
Stocking Stuffers suffer a bad rap for being the afterthought of holiday gifts—useless trinkets that are quickly unwrapped and then forgotten in almost the same moment. But we’ve curated a list of whimsical pint-sized gifts—all under $20—that are sure to be well liked and well-used! In fact some of these handy gadgets will make Christmas shopping for friends and loved ones a winter breeze!
If you get an invitation to a cookie exchange, don’t turn it down if you’ve never baked up a bunch o’ holiday dough to share! Look at these recipes from celebrity and home bakers and chefs and you’ll be armed to the teeth with some of the best cookies ever! Although unless we’re mistaken, some sound so good, they may never make it to the exchange!
Three miles west of I-25 at exit 232 (Erie Parkway). Just 20 minutes from downtown Boulder and 25 minutes from downtown Denver.
