Electric Slide

by Chris Outcalt March 23, 2010

Or how to avoid lightning in the high country. It was the crackling I heard first—like a bowl of Rice Krispies amplified through the speakers in Madison Square Garden. When the sky could no longer contain that noise, a blaring bang burst out of the dark gray air. A flash of light popped around me [...]

Urban Homesteading

by Jayme Moye March 23, 2010

The time is ripe to turn your patch of concrete into a vegetable garden or create a fishery in your backyard. Boulder was named a runner-up as America’s Foodiest Small Town by Bon Appétit last year, and locavores are looking forward to the start-up of many of Colorado’s farmer’s markets this month. But the big [...]

Hope and Harmony

by Doug March 23, 2010

The first “festival” I ever went to was Live Aid in 1985. The show raised $286 million for Ethiopian famine, while putting superstar artists on the stage including Black Sabbath, The Pretenders, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Led Zeppelin (with, odd as it may sound, Phil Collins playing drums). As someone who came [...]

Italian Cycle Style

by Elevation Staff March 23, 2010

No, we’re not talking about who is shaving what or who is drinking Lambrusco during their rides. We’re talking GranFondo, the Italian obsession of long, challenging rides through spectacular scenery. The point of a GranFondo is to finish, making it a ride, not a race, by nature. Although it is timed, because in Italy, most [...]

High Spirits

by Jayme Moye March 23, 2010

Montanya Distillers brings Caribbean rum in to the Rockies Two years ago, Silverton residents Karen and Brice Hoskin were beaching it in Belize. The question arose, as it does this time of year, how do we make this type of trip a tax deduction? The answer came a few days later in Guatemala, when the [...]

Spring Flings

by Jayme Moye March 23, 2010

Some are rejoicing that the snow is going away and warm weather is finally here. Some just can’t let winter go. But there’s sun and snow (and the occasional naked person) in the Colorado mountains in April, and you can celebrate spring fever in style at these farewells to the white stuff. 5th ANNUAL KAYAKS [...]