Faces of Boulder Pic of The Day
Meet Jack, 21. Jack is a Junior at the University of Colorado. He is a history major and is a member of the Boulder Sigma Pi Chapter. When asked what he enjoy’s most about Boulder, he said the 3 P’s, Pearl St, Pi Phi, and Partying! Cheers!
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Take a Hike at Bear Canyon in Boulder
Bear Canyon, in south west Boulder begins at a trailhead nestled in a neighborhood. Bear Canyon Trailhead is grouped together with the NCAR trailhead and a couple other access points. The hike begins with several different wide trails that area residents like to run, take their young children to, or walk their dog as there is not too much of a grade and no difficult obstacles. The views include rolling grassy and shrub covered hills, the Flatirons, and a lush riparian corridor.
Trailhead entrance sign and map
As the hike progresses, scars from the September 2013 flood are apparent and even impede the trail. There’s washed out trail, sloughed off and eroded hill sides, and even a tricky stream crossing (at least tricky when there’s ice!).
The trail crossing Bear Canyon Creek has been washed out from the flood, and ice covered with mud makes for a few tricky steps
Icy conditions are likely especially in canyons, come prepared!
Bear Canyon trail follows the Bear Canyon Creek and intersects with the Mesa Trail and then ends at the junction of the Green Bear and the Bear Peak West Ridge Trails. …read more
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Faces of Boulder Pic of The Day
Meet Jack, 21. Jack is a Junior at the University of Colorado. He is a history major and is a member of the Boulder Sigma Pi Chapter. When asked what he enjoy’s most about Boulder, he said the 3 P’s, Pearl St, Pi Phi, and Partying! Cheers!
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Boulder’s Tastiest Start-up
November 11th, 2014 marked the grand opening of one of Boulder’s long awaited start-ups, award winning chef Hosea Rosenberg’s farm to table restaurant, Blackbelly Market. Originally started as a catering company and food truck in 2011, Blackbelly finally grew into a full service restaurant serving dinner seven nights a week and breakfast and lunch take-out in the mornings.
Going beyond providing quality food and service to each guest who walks into the establishment, Blackbelly is also committed to supporting and encouraging other local Boulder businesses as much as possible. They want to feature the numerous quality vendors Boulder has to offer from farming and agriculture to spirits and coffee. Local farms like Blackbelly Farm itself provide most of the ingredients used in the food and other farms such as Oxford Gardens or Isabelle Farm provide top-notch produce and lamb or pigs from McDonald Farm are often featured specials on Blackbelly’s menu. The crusty bread served before meals comes from a company in Golden, Colorado called Grateful Bread Company and even the tea and coffee served after dinner are from local vendors, Pekoe and Ozo Coffee respectively. The local love doesn’t stop there though; Blackbelly also serves local craft beers on …read more
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Faces of Boulder Pic of The Day
Marina, 17. A Boulder High School senior heading to University of Colorado in the fall to major in business and journalism. Marina has been living in Boulder for the past twelve years and loves it! Her favorite part is the size of Boulder, she explains you can meet new people but you can also run into people you know, plus the weather!
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Ten Must-Do things in Rio de Janeiro
I honor of Carnaval season in Brazil being underway…
…besides the massive block parties that happen ALL the time during the month of February and sometimes into March (which you can see above from last year’s Carnaval)..here is a list of my favorite things to do in Rio if you get a chance to get away from all the madness for a few minutes!
1: Dos Irmaos Hike: I’ve posted about this hike before and I will continue to write about it for many reasons, the most important being it’s not only a hike but a cultural experience as well. To get to the top of the famous Dos Irmaos, the two famous mountains you usually see when looking at pictures of Rio, it takes several forms of transportation, which in turn gets you to see many different parts and neighborhoods of Rio. You take a taxi, and then hire a motorbike to take you through the favela, then you hike through someone’s yard, and bam, then you get to the bottom of the trailhead. The total of the hike takes about 45 minutes to an hour once …read more
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Aussie Flat White lands in American Starbucks
Last month, Starbucks began serving flat whites. The espresso based drink originated in Australia and is widely popular there and in New Zealand. Over the past few years flat whites have garnered a decent-size following here in the States, thanks to Australians ordering them at obliging third wave coffee shops. Starbucks adding flat whites to their menu may be an attempt to court a more sophisticated clientele. But flat whites are tricky drinks generally ordered by picky customers. It seems like Starbucks is trying to serve a cup it really can’t handle pouring.
So what is a flat white? Well that’s a really good question—one that I often discussed during my barista days. It’s something in between a latte and a cappuccino; it has less milk than a latte but it also lacks the airy foam of a traditional cappuccino. The reason it’s a tricky drink to define and make in America is because cappuccinos themselves aren’t uniformly crafted here. Most third wave coffee shops make “wet” or Northwest-style cappuccinos, which have similar milk textures to lattes and don’t have the traditional Italian-style foam cap on top. Ristretto espresso shots are also key factors in making a flat white. These …read more
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