Highlands Ranch, CO September 2020

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Good Taste and Style ”EVERYBODY THINKS THEY HAVE GOOD TASTE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR BUT THEY COULDN’T POSSIBLY ALL HAVE GOOD TASTE.” This line from the old rom-com “When Harry Met Sally,” delivered by Carrie Fisher’s Marie, always comes to mind when I think of Style.

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After wrapping up our September Style Issue, I’m reminded that good taste and

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Style are very different.

Style is much more than pretty things — though we’re so grateful for all the pretty things. Style is feeling beautiful in your own skin, knowing that those wrinkles and other imperfections are part of your story, and learning how to feel confident being “Imperfectly Perfect,” as Highlands Ranch photographer Elle Blom reminds her clients when sitting for her portrait sessions.

Style is also going out of your way to make every person you meet feel valued and respected, in your business, in your classroom, in your church, in your

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of Lone Tree who has been working for racial equity and inclusion in education

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INSIDE THE ISSUE SEPTEMBER 2020

FEATURES 14 Dunton Hot Springs This Restored 1880s Miners Camp Reinvents Mountain Luxury Getaway With Gourmet Meals, Attention to Detail

20 Imperfectly Perfect Highlands Ranch Photographer Elle Blom Redefines Beauty, Aging And What Makes the Perfect Shot

26 Honoring All Equity Expert Dr. Rosemarie Allen

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of Lone Tree Shares Thoughts on Building Inclusive Communities

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DEPARTMENTS 4

Lifestyle Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Travel Destination

20 Trend Setter 26 Local Limelight 30 Healthy Lifestyle 32 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Local’s Choice

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GOOD TIMES

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Farmers Market The Highlands Ranch Farmers Market operates every Sunday at Town Center South.

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Memphis might seem like an odd choice for a second location; however, the owners' son plays college football there so they have been traveling to Memphis quite a bit and fell in love with the city.

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TRAVEL DESTINATION

THIS RESTORED 1880’S MINERS CAMP REINVENTS MOUNTAIN LUXURY GETAWAY WITH GOURMET MEALS, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND FAMED BATHHOUSE

D U N TO N H OT SPRINGS ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY JENNIFER STARBUCK

FROM THE OUTSIDE, THIS WEATHERED AND CREAKY TWOSTORY MINER’S CABIN DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MUCH. But the inside of what is known as The Library is a book lover’s paradise, with its hundreds of diverse titles lining the wrap-around shelves and overstuffed seating, animal skin rugs and wood fireplace — an invitation to vacationing guests to curl up and read a while.

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The Library, a restored cabin that was given as wedding gift from Dunton Hot Springs owner to his wife

This bounty of pages shouldn’t be here, in the middle-of-nowhere Colorado forest. But just like The Saloon a short walk away offering chef-driven mountain cuisine and crisp G&Ts for happy hour, I’m so glad that it does.

We’re here for an extended weekend at Dunton Hot Springs, a boutique luxury mountain resort about 25 miles southwest of Telluride, which sits along the West Fork of the Dolores River. It’s a collection of about two dozen 1880’s miners cabins, once strewn throughout the valley but moved on-site and refurbished into high-end accommodations. There’s an open-air chapel, yoga studio and spa house for massages and other treatments. Some of the cabins feature hot-spring-fed soaking tubs.

As a book lover, I’m drawn to The Library (a wedding gift from the owner to his wife many years ago), but that’s not the main attraction here.

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We’ll fill our days horseback riding, hiking, fly fish-

And then to Christy’s Tent, a misnomer if ever there was

ing, and of course, soaking in Dunton’s mineral-springs

one. This walled-tent cabin with adjoining bath suite is

pools. The accommodating staff can arrange just about

furnished with wrought-iron bed, sumptuously thick and

any guided outdoor excursion, and routinely work with

downy bedding, and comfortable and clever camp rock-

nearby Sutcliffe Vineyards near Cortez to host wine

ing chair and desk. There’s a wood-burning stove that will

tasting and dinner events.

make winter guests very happy.

The Bathhouse is the centerpiece and features a spectacular hot bathing pool, nearby cold-plunge

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If there’s one thing we’ve learned here so far, it’s that all the soaking can make a guest famished.

stone tub, and hypnotic mountain views from the slid-

As if by magic, the original Dancehall & Saloon silently

ing barn-door windows. A sauna and natural soaking

beckons guests for inventive and hearty breakfasts, and

pool sit right outside.

dinners with menu offerings such as Alaskan Halibut with

This was the first place we headed after checking

XO Sauce, Bison Tartare, and Lombatello with Salsa Seca.

into Christy’s Tent, our home away from home for the

And when you’re waiting for one of those afternoon

weekend. We slipped into the thick green Dunton spa

cocktails, take a moment to check out the scratchings

robes and padded down the dirt road to start the irre-

and scrawlings on the Saloon’s original bar, where the

sistible circuit, from bathing pool, to cold plunge, to

name Butch Cassidy is rumored to have been carved

outdoor pool, and back again.

there by the man himself.

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AT D U N TO N , S U R P R I S E S A N D DELIGHTS ABOUND. addons

stay Dunton Hot Springs is a yearround high-end luxury resort that features its 1880’s miners cabins that have been refurbished into luxury accommodations.

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TREND SETTER

FAMED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER PETER LINDBERGH ONCE SAID, “THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAKES A WOMAN INTERESTING, SOMETHING BEYOND BEING YOUNG OR BEING OLD. And I’m going to find out what that something else is.”

Inspired by his work, Highlands Ranch resident Elle Blom of Elle Photography strives to depict her subjects not only as interesting, but as the complex and beautiful women they are. Growing up in South Africa, she was fascinated with photos of relatives in photo albums and on the walls of her childhood home.

Elle studied photography as part of her graphic design degree 20 years ago, mastering pre-digital foundational skills such as shooting on film, dark room development and studio techniques. After university and an 8 year stint in London, a work transfer brought her

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family to Colorado in 2006. The birth of her oldest child 13 years ago re-sparked her interest in photography, first shooting him, then her friends’ children.

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I M P E R F E C T LY PERFECT HIGHLANDS RANCH PHOTOGRAPHER AND SOUTH AFRICA NATIVE ELLE BLOM REDEFINES BEAUTY, STYLE, AGING AND WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT SHOT

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After dabbling in many forms of photography, Blom now spe-

found that with so much cultural focus on beauty, and women’s

cializes in maternity, newborn, and portrait photography. Her

worth bound to their appearance, experiencing the changes that

specialty and preference is studio work; she enjoys being the

childbirth and age bring can be unsettlingly. Her boudoir sessions

master of lighting and mood.

are not about taking sexy pictures for someone else. Instead she

“I have tried almost all the genres of photography over the years.

aims to “create art for women and not for the gaze of others.” Elle

Some I’ve realized are just not for me,” Elle says. “The genres I love

wants to spread the notion that “beauty goes beyond having smooth

most are where I can give someone a great experience. I love mak-

skin, losing 20 pounds or having perfect features. Women are god-

ing someone, especially highly pregnant mamas-to-be or new moms

desses just as they are and this is a powerful experience.”

who’ve had little sleep feel special and pampered.”

Elle describes herself as fairly introverted and most comfortable

Alexandra Lewis, a KUSA 9 News anchor and Elle Blom

behind the camera. Talking about her favorite aspect of her work,

Photography client, had given birth to her little girl just a few weeks

Elle says “I can be totally creative and now after 20 years it feels

before her Highlands Ranch Lifestyle photoshoot with Elle.

I am finally finding my style that I love. In the photography world

Boudoir photography is a unique area of expertise for Elle. She

you never stop learning. I learn something new every day...attend

was drawn to it as she entered her 40s as a way to re-examine her

workshops and professional conferences to keep up with trends and

own self care, body image and rediscover her areas of strength. She

new products to offer my clients.”

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Interestingly, Elle highly encourages her clients to print their photos, not just view and display them digitally. She says this “probably

caring for a newborn, she is traveling, fostering dogs or decorating for whatever holiday is around the corner.

stems back to seeing (photos) on the walls of my childhood home

Inspired to keep her family’s traditional Mexican recipes alive,

growing up. My own home is full of my boys’ photos. Studies show

Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack of Highlands Ranch is an Emmy-

that kids grow up with better self-esteem seeing their photos every

winning producer and writer, award-winning food blogger

day. They always make me smile when I pass.”

and author of Muy Bueno and Latin Twist. You can find Yvette

When not behind the camera, Elle enjoys vintage shopping,

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watching movies, and hiking with her two boys and husky.

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT

honoring all

EQUITY EXPERT AND EDUCATION PROFESSOR, DR. ROSEMARIE ALLEN OF LONE TREE, SHARES THOUGHTS ON BUILDING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES

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ARTICLE SONJA NIX

DR. ROSEMARIE ALLEN IS A 21-YEAR LONE TREE RESIDENT, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE CONSULTING FIRMS THE CENTER OF EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE AND INSTITUTE FOR RACIAL EQUITY & EXCELLENCE, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY. A nationally renowned expert on implicit bias and culturally responsive practices, Dr. Allen has also written two children’s books to help students and teachers better appreciate the experiences of young Black children. She recently gave a presentation titled “Building Inclusive Communities” sponsored by Arapahoe Libraries and attended by many residents of the South Metro area.

Highlands Ranch Lifestyle Magazine caught up with Dr. Allen recently to talk about race in our community. Find out more at Rosemarieallen.com.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND. I was raised in Los Angeles, California. As a curious and very active child, teachers didn’t know what to do with me and I was suspended multiple times. I decided to become a teacher, so that other children would not feel as misunderstood as I felt. After graduation, I worked with young children, and moved to Colorado in 1994. I grew into leadership positions and eventually became the Director of the Division of Child Care at the Colorado Department of Human Services overseeing more than 9,000 child care facilities, adoption agencies, and foster care homes. Motivated and profoundly impacted by the racial inequities in our education system that I experienced myself and observed, I earned a doctorate in Equity and Leadership in Education at the University of Colorado, Denver. As an associate professor, I now work with future teachers to teach the tools to address inequities in their classrooms.

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK IN EARLY

and the Lone Tree Police Department asked

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND HOW

how they could help and devised a plan to

THAT RELATES TO THE WORK YOU DO

put an end to it. That is anti-racism.

WITH YOUR CONSULTING FIRMS. During my tenure at Human Services, my

WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE

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TO SEE TO MAKE THE SOUTH DENVER

early childhood programs for all children.

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Research shows teachers often judge chil-

INCLUSIVE PLACE?

dren’s behavior differently based on race

Colorado, especially places like Lone

and implicit bias impacts teachers’ behav-

Tree and Highlands Ranch, can be difficult

ioral expectations of children and contrib-

places for Black people to live; residents have

utes to poor outcomes for children of color.

little exposure to Black people. This leads

On every indicator of child well-being, Black

to avoidance, reliance on stereotypes, and

children are at the very bottom. It became

microaggressions. People assume I don’t live

my mission to close these gaps. I asked,

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“What good is a high-quality early educa-

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tion program if those who need it most are

man’. Often people make judgements without

denied access through disproportionate

even knowing it. Refrain from comments like

suspensions and expulsions?”

“You are so articulate”, “How can you afford

IREE and CEE were founded to address these gaps in three major focus areas,

to live here?” or “Do you like fried chicken?”

These questions are alienating.

1) Professional Development, 2) Family

Catch yourself when you’re feeling

Advocacy, and 3) Culturally Responsive,

uncomfortable around a person of color,

Community Based Child Care Licensing. CEE

and ask yourself ‘why?’ One of my favor-

provides equity training, including 43 State

ite sayings is, “Aware is half way there”.

Departments of Education, Law Enforcement

Authentically engage with your Black

Agencies, and Mental Health Organizations.

neighbors, create a welcoming atmosphere and more people will view our

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community as a place that honors and embraces difference.

or fail to do. When racist practices, policies,

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and behaviors are promoted and upheld,

WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT OUR

and you fail to take action against these, that

COMMUNITY TO KNOW?

is racism. There is no neutral place when it

That I belong here, I am not a guest nor

comes to racism. Either you’re upholding it

a visitor. I chose to live here so that I could

or you’re fighting against it. When my son

build an amazing life for my family, just like

was the victim of racist calls, my neighbors

most of you. Won’t you be my neighbor?

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03 Pour your egg mixture into the skillet and scramble together until the eggs are your desired texture, roughly 3 minutes.

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SEPTEMBER

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WEEKDAYS

You’ll receive a list of ingredients to

Tickets are $7 per dog in advance, $10

purchase and a Zoom link after regis-

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VIRTUAL STORYTIME

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per adult. Humans are free to splash.

themes at HRCAOnline.org.

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4 QUARANTINE(ISH) QUIZ SHOW

PIONEER DAYS

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DougCo Libraries brings you their

with Highlands Ranch Pioneer Days!

play a game and sing songs. Find the

quiz show in Quarantine format. This

This event will be streamed digitally

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and feature historical reenactments,

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