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New year's resolutions, you either love ‘em or hate ‘em. I’m more of a onesmall-change-per-week kind of a person, but once the pandemic hit, everything went out the window. With the dust still settling on what our “new normal” really is, annual resolutions just seem confusing to me. Like are we really going back to those old things again? Of course, I do think keeping healthy choices front of mind daily is crucial to wellbeing, which is why I’m excited to share that we’re taking a bird’s eye view this month on what it means to be well. It’s so much more than a number on a scale; it’s a mind, body and spirit connection. It’s what you eat, how you move, what you feed your mind, the music you listen to and so forth. We explore local companies and brands offering products and services that are good for you—and the community—through sustainable practices and giving back initiatives. And if there’s anything we’ve learned during the past year, it’s that loving where you live is important, but it’s also good for the soul to plan a few nights out! We explore upcoming entertainment options to mark on your calendar and where to grab a bite while you're out. Let’s toast to a new year and a mindful reset, day in and day out. Salute!

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48 Sipping From Home, Supporting Women Around the World

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26 Business Monthly 40 Healthy Lifestyle

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Future Fit Foods has launched a new line of instantly fresh plant-based soups called SUPPAS, delivering a bundle of tasty, plant-based nutrition in convenient mini-meals. Offered in three delicious flavors—including Spice Up Your Life— SUPPAS utilizes an ancient Incan preservation technique to lock in nutrients. Lightweight and easy to carry everywhere, SUPPAS are available for purchase at Bricks Retail in Longmont & Organic Sandwich Company in Boulder, with additional locations coming soon. GetSuppas.com

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Screening of Short Film "Above 10,000" Followed by Q&A On February 2, at 6:30 p.m. Boulder's Onus iV will host a screening of the short film "Above 10,000." The film chronicles world-class trail runner Cody Reed’s 2021 attempt to set a new course record at the prestigious Leadville Trail 100 Run. Reed’s friend and professional trail runner Josh Stevens serves as the team's crew chief. Stevens provides the viewer an intimate look into one man’s audacious attempt to take on one of ultra running's most iconic records.

TLC Gardens Is Now Solid Ground After 20 years of designing and building outdoor living spaces in Boulder County, TLC Gardens is changing its company name to Solid Ground! The name Solid Ground reflects the company’s growth from a design build firm to a full-service general contractor. Solid Ground offers custom steel work, mobile design, sunrooms and excavation services in addition to design build. As they’ve grown as a team, their commitment to their customers and their "why" remains the same: elevate lives.

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Contemporary Spanish Cuisine in the Heart of Boulder Gemini is a family affair. Twin sisters Catherine Neckes and Elizabeth Neckes, with their husbands Michael Mehiel and Chef Brian Pierce, bring a broad set of talents to this exciting concept. The restaurant focuses on contemporary Spanish food and wine, and the seasonal menu highlights sustainability-farmed meats and produce from Colorado purveyors. Organic and low-intervention wines from Spain and the West Coast, classic cocktails, and selections from Colorado's craft brewing community comprise the beverage program.

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AFTER A TRAUMATIC COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN FORCED AS A CULTURE TO EXTEND OURSELVES A LOT OF GRACE. IN LIGHT OF THIS, IS IT TIME FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO COLD-TURKEY “RESOLUTIONS”?

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APIST WE KNOW FROM PANDEMIC LIFE THAT "BALANCE"—THE PERFECT PIE CHART OF ALL THE ROLES WE NEED TO PLAY ON A GIVEN DAY—IS RARELY POSSIBLE. WHAT SELF-TALK IS MOST HELPFUL IN TIMES WHEN THINGS FEEL OUT OF WHACK? The first thing that comes to mind is acceptance of reality. When we fight reality, we create suffering. If you can’t go on a vacation because you got COVID, the resistance that it shouldn’t be this way creates suffering. Instead, name how you are feeling. “I am really disappointed. What does that feel like in my body?” That can help separate you from your thoughts, and separate from the stories you are telling yourself. “Maybe I shouldn’t have gone out! Where did I go wrong?” Forgiveness is another part of this. Forgive yourself. The opinion of others can be so loud, how people are thinking of us. It is ingrained in us to care about how others think, but instead you can look at areas where you can build confidence and self-esteem. The way to build self-esteem is to play on your strengths and add bricks of success in small areas. Then it becomes internal.

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EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, WE SEE NEWS STORIES ABOUT SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER, A TYPE OF DEPRESSION DUE TO THE CHANGE IN SEASONS. HOW WIDESPREAD IS IT, AND CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU RECOMMEND TO CLIENTS? S.A.D. is a real thing, and the lack of sunlight really does affect us. Luckily, here in Colorado, we have days filled with sunlight. Vitamin D is so crucial and gives us more energy for the long, dark evenings. I recommend supplements of Vitamin D if your blood levels test low for it. Make sure you get exercise and eat healthy in these days of darkness, but there is also something about natural changes in the seasons that allow us to go inside, get cozy and have hot chocolate by the fire—and not feel like we need to conquer the world. It’s another opportunity to embrace change, and also knowing how to have those “I don’t want to do this” feelings and doing it anyway, like going for a walk after dark. We can work with those edges and go past them.

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THANKS (?!) IN PART TO COVID, THESE DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE MORE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OPENLY ABOUT GOING TO A THERAPIST. HAS THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH CARE REALLY SHIFTED THAT RAPIDLY AND WHY? 44

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During her 18-year-long background in international development, Winter Wall witnessed first-hand women advocating for their independence through creating their own businesses in East Africa and South Asia. Empowering these women, small business owners would soon become the core component of Winter’s Denverbased company Kebon Coffee. She founded Kebon Coffee in 2020 during her career’s travel lull because of the pandemic, all to offer the highest quality, single-origin coffee from women-owned producers around the world and support entire communities in the process. To Winter, access and dignity are a major part of worldwide poverty alleviation. When Winter started Kebon Coffee—and thus talking to women business owners and friends in Uganda and Guatemala where she’d done much of her international development work and lived for some time—most shared that access to capital and larger markets is their main impediment. Kebon currently sources beans from Uganda, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. Winter started partnering with coffee growers in Uganda, like Gloria. Gloria started her company Endiro Coffee in 2011 and hires from

within her community, where she offers a training program for vulnerable young women and men. “There’s so much data to support that, when women are successful financially, they invest in all the avenues that create sustainable livelihoods,” Winter says. “Investing in women is investing in communities. When I see women starting businesses, it’s not just about that single business.” Winter says that the women business owners she’s partnered with around the world tend to focus on creating occupational and educational opportunities, pouring money into their community’s schools and churches, or financing healthy and accessible food options for impoverished families. While a lot of funding options help minority small business owners to get off the ground, “support mechanisms and guardrails drop off for scaling and growing women-owned businesses,” Winter says. There aren’t as many foundations or corporations looking to help sustain these companies once they’ve been established. Kebon provides its partners with resources, expertise and support from a network of other women who own coffee businesses.

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As a part of the 49 billion dollar annual market for coffee in the United States, Kebon Coffee currently mostly sells direct-to-consumer online through individual purchases or the company’s subscription model. As companies start thinking more and more about fair-trade sourcing and supporting sustainable supply chain practices, Kebon Coffee is expanding into retail and corporate clients too, selling subscription models and larger quantity coffee bags to businesses. Winter says it’s an intimate honor to be invited into people’s homes every morning for their habitual routine, especially during the pandemic when an action as small as brewing a few cups of coffee throughout the work-from-home day is all that keeps some sane during such an otherwise monotonous time. COFFEE FROM AROUND THE WORLD Though Endiro Coffee in Uganda produces a deliciously aromatic bean with cherry notes, Winter wanted to expand her single-origin coffee offerings while also supporting growers elsewhere in the world. Many smaller coffee producers are often a part of a larger growing cooperative so they can provide a higher volume, Winter partners with individual farms within these co-ops to offer consistent quality from specific growers.

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Mother-daughter team Ellen and Ashley Prentice work on and manage Gento farm in Guatemala, which produces coffee with tasting notes of chocolate and citrus. Kathia is Kebon’s partner who runs Cloza Farms in Costa Rica, which grows beans with warm honey and caramel notes. Kathia’s Cloza Farms received the Women Care Certification for Kathia’s commitment to empowering women in the coffee industry. Kebon’s coffee from La Hondureña in Honduras comes from producers Socorro Reyes and Norma Lara, who work hard to disrupt the specialty coffee industry by fighting for fair pay for farmers and funneling that money back into their community. Grown in the La Labor region of Honduras, these beans come with hints of green apple and caramel. Winter is in early conversations to partner with co-ops in Indonesia, as well as a woman-owned co-op in Mexico and growers in Columbia, where coffee growing is an incredibly male-dominated field. Winter has also created a coffee community centered around women online through Kebon Coffee’s blog, where she posts a few pieces a month about storage tips, how to use coffee ground leftovers, their partners, and how to make espresso without an espresso maker.

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Ode HOW BOULDER’S OLIKO IS BRINGING GINGER BEER BACK TO ITS DELICIOUS BASICS

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Gabriel Oliver-Kose’s love of ginger—and all things spicy for that matter—stems from his childhood. Since his youth full of cooking ginger-infused meals inspired by his father’s upbringing in India, Gabriel has continued to be influenced by this powerful plant throughout his career. “There is so much more to ginger than its spiciness,” Gabriel says. “The amazing warming sensation mixed with its tummy-taming powers has always made it special in my mind. When I found myself in the beverage world, it only made sense for me to reach first for ginger over other ingredients.” Alongside his passion for ginger, Gabriel also developed an intense interest in fermentation throughout his more than 10 years working in the fine dining and bar industries in both California and Colorado. As a sommelier and craft cocktail bartender, he noticed a major gap in the market for high-quality drink mixers that were on par with the spirits he was pouring. This was the genesis of OliKo—Gabriel’s cultured, probiotic and non-alcoholic ginger beer recipe that is also the namesake of his Boulder company founded in 2019. As the founder, owner and spice master of OliKo, Gabriel notes that his brand’s ginger beer pays homage to the origins of the beverage—a history that dates back to the 18th century when it served as a popular alcoholic drink in England and its colonies. However, he notes that this original concoction made by fermenting ginger and sugar in water is often drastically altered in its modern iterations with dominant extracts, preservatives and an overload of sugar. “OliKo literally goes back to the roots of ginger beer,” says Gabriel. “There are no extracts or preservatives in our spicy fresh beverages ever. The end result is a no-nonsense ginger beer that has minimal ingredients, a spicy backbone and a tangy finish.”

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OliKo ginger beers are created using fresh-pressed, organic ingredients—such as Peruvian ginger— and wild fermentation. While originally created to serve as a cocktail or mocktail mixer, OliKo ginger beers also stand alone beautifully as fizzy, delicious imbibements. Gabriel notes that, with their four flavors currently on rotation, there is an OliKo ginger beer perfect for anyone, any season or any occasion. For the purist looking for a classic go-to? The Classic Ginger contains just three ingredients and is a spicy, tangy option for ginger beer sipping or cocktail creation. For a cozy, especially warming experience? The Carrot Turmeric is unique in its utilization of a vegetable versus a fruit, and it provides earthy tones and the added boost of the health benefits of turmeric. For a recommendation from the spice master himself? The Green Apple Cardamom is inspired by two of Gabriel’s favorite things—apples and the unique flavor profile of the cardamom spice. It is his personal favorite of OliKo’s flavors with its balance of tartness, sweetness and spice, and it’s his choice when it comes to enjoying it on its own as well. For thirsty summer dreamers looking for a respite from the winter chill? The Blackberry Mint is OliKo’s most recent flavor and is a celebration of the tastes synonymous with Colorado summers. The myriad benefits of OliKo extend beyond the physical properties of its ginger beers and permeate the company’s mission as a whole. Deeply invested in nurturing the Boulder community, Gabriel is a champion of both local nonprofit organizations and the local food and beverage scene.

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“Boulder is a very special place for food and beverage brands,” says Gabriel. “There is a wealth of resources both independently and through Naturally Boulder, and it is also home to some of our favorite brands that have gone on to see national success. We feel blessed to be based in such an amazing town.” For more information and a trove of exciting ginger beer cocktail and mocktail recipes, visit the OliKo website at OlikoGingerBeer.com.

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Cul t ure C urated A newly converted red flagstone and concrete building, formerly the Masonic Lodge, punctuates Broadway and Pine Street just north of Pearl. The Museum of Boulder, previously known as the Boulder History Museum, is a state-ofthe-art building that opened its museum doors in May 2018 with a storied history that dates back to 1944. The museum has occupied many spaces, including the 1889 Harbeck House on University Hill, and has evolved to become an impressive collection of artifacts. They also host a wide range of programs for the community and deliver unwritten stories to the public. The non-profit museum takes its educational role in Boulder seriously, creating impressive exhibits expertly curated to be interactive experiences. We spoke with Lori Preston, the executive director of

the museum, about creating a space that recognizes history through tech-forward installations and exhibits of self-discovery for all ages (see the Google Garage designed for experimental young learners). “We have become much more of a community hub, a gathering place to have conversations, special events, parties, memorials, and to teach art, dance, and at the same time take away a slice of deeper Boulder history,” shares Lori. The national award-winning gallery, The Boulder Experience, highlights historical stories from the Indigenous Arapaho leaders, Boulder’s finest educators, athletes, scientists and innovative voices from the youngest generations. The modern, sleek buildout of the exhibit points to the gallery’s impressive approach to education by displaying compelling content in a high-design layout. The second-floor CONTINUED >

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exhibits transform every two months to feature community nonprofits like eTown and recently, a music history display from CU. In early December Returning: Contemporary Works by Arapaho Artists began. A facet of the museum’s mission is to provide inclusive experiences by sharing under-represented voices of the region. “Emily Zinn, the director of education, works closely with Indigenous groups who host a special interactive theater space for visitors. Latino leaders have curated our next major exhibit Voces Vivas, which will be replacing B.E.A.T.: Convivial Machines in the main gallery in February,” shares Lori. “It, too, is a community collaboration of stories, art, history and current experiences of Boulder's LatinX community.” In 2021, they hosted Japanese Buddhists who hung hundreds of paper cranes that represented Colorado’s Japanese internment camps as well as a Persian Cultural Circle, LatinX Teen Corps handmade shadow boxes, and food and clothing drives by Native Womens Wilderness. The museum's Open Studios collaboration allowed artists who could not show their work elsewhere during the pandemic to express themselves here. The lower level features the Playzeum, a self-motivated play environment curated to support children’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. It is a place of music-making, building,

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creative exploration, collaboration and entertainment all in one area that was put together from the minds of locals, like Phil Lewis whose custom art wall produces sound upon touch. Admission is free for underserved learners (those who need financial support) via the Dodge Foundation between PK and age 8. Don’t miss a visit to their rooftop event space with stunning views of the Flatiron Mountains, a reminder of the natural beauty that Boulder is built upon. It takes a community to keep the museum evolving, and the staff has enlisted many Boulderites to help with everything from serving as docents, installing exhibits to enlisting musicians to play during openings. Among the supportive staff and contributors is Susan Glow, who serves on the Board of Directors and helps with the financial strategy through fundraising and planning. She also recognizes the resilience of the museum, especially over the past two years. “The Museum is here to save, protect and share the history of Boulder,” Susan says. “As a visitor-based organization, COVID has struck us particularly hard and, were it not for our amazing staff, dedicated donors, and hands-on Board, we may not have fared as well as we have. The interruption may have been a formidable 'crack,' but our light is now shining brighter in our community than ever before!” MuseumOfBoulder.org

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For those who know the music of Denver’s Grammy-award-winning bluegrass band the Infamous Stringdusters, resonator guitar player Andy Hall’s latest solo album “A Universe Within” hits a surprising note. The music trades bobbing bluegrass notes for soothing and meditative ambient compositions. He spoke with us about the project, which was born of the pandemic and features a music tradition he compares to “aural CBD.”

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HOW WERE THE SEEDS FOR “A UNIVERSE WITHIN” PLANTED, AND WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CRAVED A PROJECT THAT DIVERGES SO NOTICEABLY FROM YOUR WORK WITH THE STRINGDUSTERS? I actually have a very vivid memory of being maybe 8 years old and my mom taking me to an outdoor arts-and-crafts event. I remember walking up to this artist’s tent with these beautiful fantasy paintings of castles on a mountainside. The music that was playing was this new age music and the whole scene just drew me in. I asked the artist at the booth what the album was and bought the cassette tape of it. I was obsessed with that album. I was also listening to all kinds of other things, you know, as a kid in the ’80s. But from that moment, there was always a place for ambience music and new age music for me. With the pandemic lockdown, it was finally an opportunity to work on purely a passion project. It was a quiet time, being home all the time. And there were a lot of difficult things happening in the world. This type of ambient music gave me a place to go and reflect.

I’VE HEARD YOU DESCRIBE NEW AGE MUSIC AS “HEALING,” AND I’M WONDERING WHAT ABOUT IT YOU FIND HEALING AND WHY? Ambient music takes its time. It’s slow and it creates a space for you be calm. So much of life is very fast paced, and we’re always

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WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU LISTENING TO FOR PLEASURE LATELY? I’ve checked out Billy Strings’ new record, and Greensky Bluegrass has a new single out that I love. Iron Maiden put out a new record that’s cool. There’s a great band called Ozric Tentacles that I love. They’re kind of like instrumental-prog-psychedelic rock. I also love Washed Out, which put out a record last year. One of my girlfriend's favorite bands is Band of Horses. We caught them at the Mission Ballroom, and they were fantastic. I also went to Levitt Pavilion this summer and saw The Polish Ambassador and Robert Randolph.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU’RE ESPECIALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022? I am excited to be back touring with the Stringdusters. Bringing people together to hear music is just such an important thing. The Stringdusters have an album coming out in February called “Toward the Fray,” and we’re doing a big tour with Greensky Bluegrass in the winter. So I’m really excited for more music, more touring and more of the things I love to do.

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This is a story about yeast, mozzarella, tomatoes and pepperoni. Oh, and love; there’s love too. So yes, it’s the best kind of story because it’s about pizza and love and really, what else do you need? As there aren’t enough pages in the entire Library of Congress to do justice to the glory that is pizza, and also because you’re probably short on time, I’ll give you the CliffsNotes version up top: Barchetta is making some of the best pizza in Boulder, and your life would be a lot happier if you were there eating that pizza right now. Now that you’ve got the gist of it, feel free to read on for the story. Or not, because you’ve got a pizza eating mission, and I fully understand that that takes priority and I won’t take offense. But if you’re interested, here is the story of Jesse Jensen’s love affair with pizza.

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Jesse started his working life at Little Caesars when he was 15, and while sure, the chain may not represent the pinnacle of the pizza making craft, it taught him that pizza, counter to popular opinion, does not just miraculously appear but rather must be made. And so he learned to make it. He liked working in a professional kitchen, and he got better and better and better. He really mastered the pizza making art working his way up to Chef de Cuisine at Pearl Street’s Pizzeria Locale, and he soaked up the creativity and refinement of Chef Kelly Whitaker working for him at Basta and The Wolf’s Tailor. Jesse became obsessed with locally milled flours, the creamiest mozzarellas, and unexpected flavor combinations, and in 2021 he took all that he learned and loved and created Barchetta. Essentially, a love letter to pizza. “I’ve always loved making pizzas,” Jesse says. “We started by calling it neo-Neapolitan style, but we’re inspired by all kinds of pizza. We just want to make really great pizza; we’re not too hung up on labels.” Jesse’s pizzas have a chewy-crispy crust, and a mix of modern and traditional toppings. Take the Ruby, a triple cheesed, vodka sauce creation, or the white pie Potato Boy, with guanciale, rosemary, potatoes, cheese, and cured egg yolk. Or go totally classic with the Queen, a garlicky spin on the margherita, or the pepperoni topped Red Barchetta. (All pizzas can be made gluten free.) CONTINUED >

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Besides putting vodka sauce and potatoes on pizza, Barchetta innovates with its self-pour tap wall. You can pour as much or as little as you’d like of the rotating six beers and eight nonbeers (seltzers, wines, a spritz), all of which are priced by the ounce. (Within reason; Barchetta has some rules in place so no one is overserved.) On the walls, you’ll see Jesse’s love of animation in the form of 50 cartoon drawings by his other love, wife Sydney Miller. They complete the retro-modern diner vibe, which, with its sliding windows paying homage to the building’s original purpose as an auto mechanic, is nice and all, but you’re there for the pizza, and nothing else much matters. That’s what it comes down to at Barchetta: the love of pizza. The flour, yeast, mozzarella and toppings that, although mighty on their own, come together to form a love language that speaks to everyone. Like this story, at Barchetta it all begins and ends with pizza. Barchetta.Pizza

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For Boulder architect and real estate broker Cheri Belz, contemporary aesthetic and environmental consciousness are more than just ideals to strive for in modern architectural design. They are practices that marry in complete harmony in her “modern organic” style, which is put on stunning display in one recent Boulder County custom home project. Seeking to create a truly unique home that maximized the property’s panoramic mountain views, the homeowner enlisted Belz to design a structure that felt embedded in its natural surroundings, but that also boasted a highly distinct look.

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“The client for this project wanted a piece of art to live in,” says Cheri Belz, who often just goes by Belz. “My design mantra since I became an architect has been that one’s home is the merging of the spirit of the place with the spirit of the person, and that was very apparent in this project.” For Belz, the first order of business was to undertake some of the technical challenges brought about by the site. This included designing a simultaneously aesthetically pleasing and extremely durable bridge over Left Hand Ditch to facilitate access to the site’s prime area for mountain views.

Belz likewise worked with a utility boring company to ensure that all of the home’s utilities could be delivered beneath the ditch to accomplish its functionality. Then came the design of the home itself, for which the homeowner was seeking an open concept, loft-like design that allowed the beauty of its surroundings within, from the distant mountains to the flora of the property itself. As part of its desired distinct look, the goal for the home was for it to also incorporate unique design elements, such as an intriguing roof and ceiling and the use of natural materials throughout. CONTINUED >

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The result is a 3,720 square foot splendor, complete with a 646 square foot attached garage, that simultaneously stands out as a practice in sterling modernity and that is rooted in its surroundings. The home is canted on a southwest axis to optimize its mountain views, and the floorplan is voluminous and bright. Environmentally responsible design alternatives were utilized throughout whenever possible, including peak solar orientation for the building, which Belz works to incorporate into all of her designs. The focal point of the home is the great room, comprised of the connected main living, dining and kitchen areas. Curved steel beams frame the room’s hemlock ceiling, which imbues a sloping embrace synonymous with the Front Range outside. This rooms leads to the outdoor living area complete with a courtyard, firepit and pizza oven, making for a true indoor/outdoor living experience. Stunning views are present throughout the home, from the main level primary suite with its pristine bathroom to the study with its gorgeous built-ins and the continuation of the great room’s arched ceiling. A glass-enclosed stairway leads to the second-story yoga balcony—one of Belz’s personal favorite features of the home—that looks out on the picturesque natural setting.

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The home incorporates its natural surroundings not just in its overall form, but also in its details. Belz notes that she and the homeowner worked together closely to select the materials, colors and finishes within the home to ensure that they functioned as artful design touches while also tying the space explicitly to the nature surrounding it. Some of these details include green stucco that pays homage to the natural grasses of the site as well as stone that contrasts this hue while “planting” the home into the ground.

A number of additional amenities add further luxury to the home, including a radiant in-floor heating system as well as a large shower with a rain head and wall shower system in the primary bathroom. At one with nature within and throughout, it is a sustainably modern home that represents an effortless, environmentally conscious Boulder County living experience.

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Boulder’s First Zero Waste Grocery Store P L A S T I C-F R E E A N D C O M P L E T E LY C O N V E N I E N T

The first of its kind in Boulder is a new zero-waste grocery store designed to diminish single-use packaging, offer locally sourced health foods and a place for locals to gather. Welcome to the scene ‘drum roll, please’...Nude Foods Market. Located on 3233 Walnut St., Nude Foods is what you would expect from a traditional grocery store, stocked with fruits, veggies, juices and prepared meals—all without the overwhelming plastic packaging that wreaks havoc on the environment. “Americans produce about 1,700 pounds of trash a year,” shares Verity Noble, one of the four founders of the company.

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She is an entrepreneur and a passionate advocate of waste-free living, noticing over the years that people hate the amount of trash produced but also want convenience. This reality set in motion their entire business design to sell plastic-free, pre-packaged food (more accessible than a bulk store) that can all be purchased through a contactless system via a smartphone or a traditional check-out option. It’s all about listening to customers and responding through action. Verity calls their business “a grocery store from scratch,” referencing the team’s experimental approach that could be credited to each of the founder’s unique backgrounds, from chefs to builders, with

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none of them coming from the grocery store space. Their plastic-free supply chain begins by sourcing from local farms and organic wholesalers with the majority delivered in reusable containers and then packaged in bread cloth or glass. They have hundreds of dry food items like pasta and pantry staples and a vibrant selection of vegetables and fruits curated with an ‘ugly produce’ approach in opposition to the big-box grocer’s mentality. There is a large refrigerated section of pre-made goods as well as lifestyle products, including cleaners, reusable Tupperware and coffee filters, and even locally designed greeting cards. CONTINUED >

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“I hear what the customers are asking for and keep my eye on the market and where we are headed,” Verity says. Covid actually gave them an opportunity to grow their delivery service and build a solid customer base. Most recently, they developed a subscription meal plan to take food-prep stress off of households by offering everything from baked goods, currys and plant-based proteins, among many others. To cater to the community’s taste buds, they enlist a customer board that tests each product before it hits the shelves. Verity notes that many people assume their storefront to be a premium price, but in reality, their pricing is competitive with local grocery stores and always lower than Whole Foods. Their commitment to a lifestyle of sustainability is exemplified in their recycling program that reimburses customers for returning glass containers in-store, where you initially pay up to $1.50 and receive $1.00 back upon return. Think of it as your investment for a cleaner, greener planet. They also take customers hard-to-recycle materials, like body care products, plastic bags and pens that are organized and then taken to CHaRM recycling center in Boulder. Customers are always given the option to contribute 1 percent of purchases to Restore Colorado, a program that gives grants to farmers who apply regenerative farming practices to help reverse global warming. When speaking of the communal input that has helped launch the grocery store’s success, Verity says, “Nude Foods has so much been about amazing, serendipitous moments.” Upon stepping into the store, it is impossible to look past the live greenery bursting over shelving units and

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throughout the aisles. This is thanks to their collab with Incrementum, a local plant-design service helmed by two female creatives who have adorned the space in an organic, natural vibe promoting Nude’s purpose to connect us closer to the land. Their work towards building bonds within the city means hosting events before or after the store’s hours. They have done coat drives for the unhoused, school fundraisers, cooking classes and flower arranging classes hosted by Incrementum, with 2022 bringing drawing classes and tango lessons for curious locals. As we discover new ways to be more eco-conscious at home, we are hard-pressed to find a reason not to be on board with Nude Food’s delicious mission. NudeFoodsMarket.com

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Boulder-based Cycling Great’s Tours of Italy Spin On ARTICLE BY ADAM PERRY When Andy Hampsten, the only American man to ever win the historic Giro d’Italia, was about to retire from professional cycling, his mother asked what his plans were. Hampsten, who calls Boulder home but spends part of each year in Tuscany, recalls thinking, “Everyone that comes to visit me in Italy loves meeting other people that I know, and riding bikes around Tuscany is a really good way to have exchanges with people in the culture, either just riding bikes or doing cooking lessons or visiting a winery, or visiting what [Italian] people do.”

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Soon, Cinghiale Cycling Tours was born, with its name nicked from the moniker some Tuscan locals had given Andy. The idea was to alternate long-distance cycling tours (attracting experienced riders eager to slay iconic mountain passes with a legendary cyclist who raced many of those passes during his 1988 Giro victory) and more vacation-oriented tours that combine cooking lessons with more moderate cycling. Twenty-plus years later, Cinghiale is still thriving, with the help of Andy's wife, Elaine, and an incredible team of guides and mechanics made up of Italians

and expatriates. COVID-19 forced Andy to cancel Cinghiale’s 2020 tours, but Andy and Co. were back at it this past summer and fall, beginning with a beastly 450-mile ride through the Dolomites for cycling lunatics and ending with a foodie-focused cycling-andcooking week of bliss aimed at vacationing couples. “We asked everyone to just accept the fact that we are the travelers going to another country, so there’s an onus on us to not bring in more cooties,” Andy explains in a recent interview. “We felt comfortable asking all of our guests to be vaccinated, and I thought everyone appreciated the chance they had to do something exceptional, that was so much fun, with other people that were just feeling the same vibe.” What has the pandemic taught Andy? “Not to push things in a business direction to make up for lost time.” Andy, who also has small custom-bicycle and oliveoil businesses, says that the pandemic has, if anything, strengthened his passion for putting on Cinghiale’s tours, and his love for Italy. “It’s better than ever,” he beams. “I think the feedback I got reflected what I was feeling: that we all just went through hell. Italy certainly did, and they were so happy to have guests. As a guest, and hosting other guests, it was just special.” Cinghiale.com

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New Year, New Events at the Colorado Chautauqua WHAT’S ON TAP FOR 2022 AT THE CHAUTAUQUA COMMUNITY HOUSE AND AUDITORIUM

ARTICLE BY LISA VAN HORNE

Ringing in the new year brings not just the excitement of new beginnings and resolutions. It also ushers in an exciting line-up of live concerts, lectures and events at the beloved Colorado Chautauqua within its two stunning, distinct venues. When the Colorado Chautauqua was originally founded at the base of Boulder’s Flatirons in 1898, the Chautauqua Auditorium was the focal venue for musical, educational and enriching happenings—and it remains a much-loved event destination today. Chautauqua’s perhaps lesser-known venue—the intimate Chautauqua Community House—was built in 1918 and continues to hold the personable warmth and charm of a historic private home today. Open year-round to host a variety of events at its 125-person capacity (compared to the Auditorium’s 1,313), it is a singular site described by public events manager, Danny Cohen, as Chautauqua’s living room. From lively concerts to enlightening speaker series, here is a round-up of what’s currently on the schedule at Chautauqua’s two venues during the initial months of 2022.

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Chautauqua Community House

April 11

Space Series: Tim Cichan and Marcella Yant, “Next Steps: Moon to Mars” Join

February 10

Explorer Series: Sasha DiGiulian Experience an inspiring lecture from Sasha

Timothy

Cichan,

Space

Exploration

Architect at Lockheed Martin, and Marcella Yant, Planetary Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin Space, as they discuss what the future could hold for lunar and Martian exploration.

DiGiulian, a world-renowned, awarded and lauded climbing superstar. Sasha is also an advocate for female empowerment in the adventure space, working to provide greater access and positive experiences to other women in the outdoors.

Space Series: Vicky Hamilton, “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission: Saying Goodbye to

Concert: Peter Bradley Adams

Space enthusiasts will revel in this discussion with NASA’s Dr. Vicky Hamilton as she shares learnings gathered from recent years of data collecting from the asteroid Bennu, a highly significant celestial body.

Concert: Andrea Gibson & Zoe Keating Partake in what promises to be a memorable oft-awarded and captivating poet, and Zoe Keating, an accomplished cellist with a distinct technical flair.

Enjoy the unique, insightful music of Peter Bradley Adams during this intimate concert songwriter, Adams has spent his career creating introspective experiences through his songs and sounds.

June 4

Concert: Ólafur Arnalds Experience the uniquely personal music of Ólafur Arnalds with an emphasis on his latest album as it’s performed for the first time

Asteroid Bennu and Preparing to Say Hello to the Returned Sample”

May 21

evening with Andrea Gibson, a renowned,

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performance. An accomplished musician and

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Chautauqua Auditorium

May 2

live on stage.

Seas on Titan”

July 9

Space Series: Alejandro Soto, “Storms and

Join planetary scientist and aerospace engineer Alejandro Soto as he discusses how recent discoveries about Saturn’s Titan moon are helping map the way for potential further

April 8

exploration of this cold, gaseous world.

Heavy Diamond Ring

May 4

Concert: An Evening with Kenny G Enjoy the inimitable sounds of Kenny G— household name and massively successful contemporary jazz artist—in this exciting musical event.

Concert: KGNU Presents: Hunter Burnette &

Hunter Burnette—a rising singing and songwriting star based in Denver—performs with collaborative indie-folk group Heavy Diamond Ring in this fantastic auditory experience.

Explorer Series: Chris Weidner

Many more events will be announced for 2022 in due course. Keep an eye on the Colorado

Experience a one-of-a-kind discussion with

Chautauqua “Upcoming Events” page at chau-

Chris Weidner, an accomplished journalist,

tauqua.com/events/ and subscribe to the news-

author and climbing expert with deep experi-

letter, which can be found at the bottom of the

ence across the many disciplines of the sport.

chautauqua.com home page, to stay up-to-date.

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