Everyone has an idea of what makes the perfect holiday tree. For some, it’s the quintessential blue spruce, tall, full, perfectly shaped and dressed. Others like the Charlie Brown variety, a few scraggly limbs and an awkward tilt, the tree that most needs love. And...
It seems like everyone on Facebook this week was playing the same game, tagging each other and posting a designated number of little-known facts about themselves. And while it was entertaining enough to read which friends are afraid of clowns or who secretly wants to...
When most people think about hunting, they picture a bunch of dudes in camouflage pants and fluorescent orange vests, drinking cans of beer and driving around in oversized trucks. But there is more to it than that, and the faces of people who hunt are...
The Telluride Horror Show is in its fourth year, and it has proven itself as a serious film festival that explores the genre of horror movies. This year is no exception, with guest director Frank Henenlotter, who helped to sculpt the genre with his 1982...
One thing is for sure about horror movies: someone is going to get whacked. But who? Most cinema critics and film buffs agree that the modern horror film genre has Marxist elements, the classic socioeconomic warfare between the rich and the poor, the upper crust...
[caption id="attachment_35197" align="alignright" width="224"] The bride-to-be celebrates with friends after the hike.[/caption] I was texting my friends furiously this week. I had a few spare hours, and hadn’t spent any quality time with friends lately—and there was a window of gorgeous fall weather. Meet me at...
We pulled up at Gateway Canyons Resort for our romantic weekend getaway, and the car next to us snagged our attention. It was a gorgeous, sleek Corvette ZR1, slowly pulling out of the space. I cocked my head to see who was driving this beautiful...
[caption id="attachment_33681" align="alignright" width="224"] Sandy in Deep Creek[/caption] This is Sandy. She is a 75-pound Pyrenees/Lab mix who has never met a leash she couldn’t chew through or a command she couldn’t ignore. She chases small animals and cars, but couldn’t care less about a bear...
I never thought I would want to buy a camper. I was always a tent person, or a sleep-outside kind of person. But then, we had kids. The truth is, camping with kids is not that easy. There is a lot more gear involved. There...
Kale is not a traditional breakfast food. There’s a good reason for that—when you set up a breakfast buffet with eggs benedict, bacon, waffles, and kale, you can probably guess which thing won’t end up on someone’s plate. So the first day of the cleanse, when...
