Winter in the City
We’ve come up with 65 ways to stir up your body, mind, and palate (not to mention your cabin-fever-mad kids)—so you don’t go stir-crazy this season.
Magazine Section: Features
Budding Industry: Marijuana’s Impact in Colorado
This month marks the fifth anniversary of the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana for adult use in the Centennial State. Here’s a holistic look at where Colorado’s burgeoning cannabis scene is, five years in—and where it might be headed.
Cool, Calm, & Collected
Boulder designer Linda Mounce knows the tricks to creating comfortable rooms that look perfectly put together, and they’re all on display in her new modern farmhouse.
Cowboy Up for the Season’s Hottest Fashions
Delicate ruffles, moody florals, knotted fringe, and rich embroidery: Classic Western style inspires fall’s most romantic looks.
One Man’s Tragic Journey Through the Colorado Legal System
In 2012, Tom Fallis watched his wife die by suicide. More than four years later, he stood trial for a murder that never was. This is how it happened.
Are We Loving Colorado’s Wild Places to Death?
If Coloradans want to continue to play in unadulterated wildlands, they’re going to have to learn to better care for them. We show you how.
Picture Perfect
When nationally celebrated design firm Studio McGee’s dreamy remodel of this Denver Tudor achieved Instagram mega-fame, we had to get a look inside for ourselves. Homeowner and local florist Ashley Swapp gives us a tour.
Simply Charming
Love the pared-down look but not into extreme modernism? In this Congress Park bungalow, one designer reveals how traditional style can go minimalist, too.
Design Secrets From the Pros
We pressed for specifics; the designers dished. Here, learn the key style rules behind three fabulously decorated Front Range rooms.
Testing Ground
When Jon Hanover launched Roots Elementary, a charter school in Northeast Park Hill, in 2015, he hoped to create an innovative, high-performing community school by transforming the way elementary education is taught—all on a spot once devastated by gang violence. Two years later, has the school made the grade?
The Guide to the Four Corners
Thirty-two reasons to make the 420-mile drive to the Four Corners region.
Welcome to the New Denver Office
Standing desks, nap nooks, and, yes, millennials: The modern workplace is in transition. And if the Mile High City is truly the best place in the country for business and careers (thanks, Forbes!), others will be looking to us for advice on how to navigate the new frontier. Here’s how Coloradans are working smarter—not harder.
Backyard Bounty
When the owners of Marczyk Fine Foods throw a party, they make it look effortless. You can, too.
Second Act
A thoughtful and detailed restoration brings this Arapahoe Acres home back to its midcentury-modern roots.
The Perfect Pairing
This elegant Country Club remodel is what happens when a husband-and-wife design team creates their own dream home.
Happy Campers’ Happy Hour
For Jaala Sheldon of Jaala’s Party Pantry, an evening in the park is reason enough to roll out the camper and throw a bash.
Top Doctors 2017: The List
For more than two decades, 5280 has asked physicians in the Denver area whom they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one. The following 347 doctors—in 96 specialties—were nominated by their peers this year.
Betting (On) the Farm
Help Colorado’s farmers, ranchers, and vintners stay on their lands—and see firsthand where your food comes from—by jumping boot-first into the burgeoning agritourism trend.
Breach of Honor
Veterans who leave the military with other-than-honorable discharges often are denied health care and other Veterans Affairs benefits. Yet many suffer from conditions—such as post-traumatic stress disorder—that could have contributed to the behaviors that got them kicked out in the first place. The University of Denver’s Veterans Advocacy Project wants to help.
My South Park
On the 20th anniversary of Comedy Central’s iconic cartoon about the fictional South Park, Colorado-raised Ted Conover, who fell for the real thing as a teenager, returns decades later to discover that not much—and everything—has changed.
