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10:53 am, May 28, 2013
Higher Ground
MT. BIERSTADTTRAILHEAD ELEVATION 11,669 feet (West Slopes standard route)SUMMIT ELEVATION 14,060 feet HIKING DISTANCE 7 miles round-trip TIME 2.5 to 3 hours up; 2 hours down DRIVE TIME FROM DENVER 1.5 hoursA Close Encounter I’m not going to lie: Peering up at a tall mountain while simultaneously thinking about climbing it usually gives me... MORE
4:34 pm, May 23, 2013
Top Dentists 2013
Methodology How the Top Dentists List is CreatedThis list is excerpted from the 2013 topDentists database, which is created from peer evaluations and includes listings for nearly 700 dentists and specialists in Colorado alone. To compile this list, topDentists asked dentists and specialists a personal question: “If you had a patient in need of a... MORE
4:21 pm, May 23, 2013
Alfresco
5280.com Exclusive: Learn to make CafeBar’s Summer Mint Lemonade and the Main Squeeze, a tipsy version. MORE
3:31 pm, May 23, 2013
Whoomp! (There It Was)
“How do you spell ‘whoomp’?”Steve Rolln was on the line with his man DC the Brain Supreme. DC had been talking to three strippers—Cinnamon, Chocolate, and Dark-N-Lovely—who’d just gotten back from Miami and had told DC, who was a strip-club DJ, about a chant that had gone viral in the South Florida clubs: “Whoomp! There it is.” It was difficult to... MORE
2:21 pm, May 23, 2013
Building Blocks
5280.com Exclusives: Listen to six kids explain what they love about the museum and watch Ryan Hainault of the Children's Museum of Denver give us an inside look into what it took to build the 3, 2, 1...Blast Off! exhibit. Luke Gottschall has been repeating the same process for 10 minutes: He collects handfuls of hollow,... MORE
11:56 am, May 22, 2013
Mirror Mirror
The views from this ridgetop property in Castle Pines stretch from Pikes Peak to Mt. Evans—a glorious expanse of Front Range beauty. So when the owners decided to renovate their backyard living space, they told landscape architect Courtney McRickard of Three Sixty Design to make the panorama the centerpiece of her design. She did better than that... MORE
11:51 am, May 22, 2013
Mastering the Bath
1 Timeless EleganceA traditional bathroom with just a touch of shimmer. When talking about her master bathroom, interior designer Michelle Jaffe uses terms like “formal balance” and “scale graduation.” We just call it good design—which comes not only from Michelle, but also from her husband, Bruce, a cabinet-maker, and architect Lisa Egger, whom... MORE
11:24 am, May 22, 2013
Classic Beauty
Some homes are so perfect—every inch of trim, every glowing light fixture, every coordinating throw pillow—that it looks as if the design fairy flew in and waved her magic wand. This Cherry Hills home is that kind of place.Mary Knape and Kelly Zibell of Knape & Zibell Interior Design created the home’s bright, handsome interiors with careful... MORE
10:25 am, May 22, 2013
Where West Meets East
Designer Laurel Quint of Laurel Quint Interior Design is known for her ability to mix Western design with surprising hints of East Asian style. Her signature look grew from her work designing residences both in Colorado and in China’s biggest cities. (What began as a single gig decorating the home of a Chinese national—who picked her portfolio... MORE
10:07 am, May 22, 2013
A Cabin in the Woods
The FourMile Canyon fire was casting an orange glow just beyond Michelle Wieber’s Salina home five miles west of Boulder. With an evacuation order in place, she frantically gathered family photos, art, and antique jewelry; her son Colton helped neighbors do the same. Her husband, Eric Stevens, the assistant fire chief for the Four Mile Fire... MORE
10:03 am, May 22, 2013
Art + Craft
Jeff and Beth Newell are creators by nature. Their 20-year collaboration as business partners and as a married couple has yielded paintings and screenplays, hand-carved picture frames, and to-die-for lacquered consoles—and four rambunctious sons, too.But the duo is best known as the inspiration behind Denver’s Newell Design, a furniture design... MORE
4:01 pm, Apr 25, 2013
Denver Real Estate 2013 - Get In The Game
It’s Saturday morning and you’re still rubbing sleep from your eyes when your cell phone rings. It’s your real estate agent. You exchange a few pleasantries before he gets to the point: Are you interested in selling your house? It’s an odd question, considering you haven’t told him you’ve even thought about putting a sign in your front yard. And,... MORE
3:39 pm, Apr 25, 2013
Spin Cities
COLORADO SPRINGSThe Ride: Cheyenne CañonDistance: 11.4 miles round-tripTime: 1 hour or lessDifficulty: HardNearly every cyclist living in or around Colorado Springs, including international pros and riders training at the U.S. Olympic Complex, uses this climb to test his or her fitness level. Anything under 20 minutes qualifies a rider as a “... MORE
2:56 pm, Apr 25, 2013
Risky Business
Read more about Colorado's most dangerous jobs:Jobs: Who Does That For a Living? Sports: Eight Seconds to Glory Business: Dying to Work Sneak Peek: Colorado's Extreme JobsOr continue to our May feature, Risky Business. High AnxietyOperating the Royal Gorge Tram _____Name Bob CuppAge 70Title Tram senior operator, Royal... MORE
2:47 pm, Apr 25, 2013
Escape
Krystal Ryan was tired. Not work-tired, when your eyes start to burn. Or mom-tired, when your shoulders ache and your neck feels hollow. The 34-year-old mother of two was tired in a way she couldn’t sleep her way out of. She’d tried, but her 5-foot-7-inch frame had stopped doing what she wanted it to. Her nose ran constantly. Her teeth ached. By... MORE