Magazine Section: Features

Web Exclusive: Holly Slideshow

Last March, a tornado tore through Holly, a tiny Hamlet in southeastern Colorado. Gus Puga and his family were particularly hurt. The tornado ripped apart their house, throwing Puga, his wife Rosemary, and their three-year-old daughter into a tree. Rosemary quickly died from injuries sustained in the trauma. Now, Puga, as a single father, and the residents of Holly are trying to get on with their lives, but the slow pace of change is complicating their efforts to put the past behind. Our slideshow gives you an intimate look at the town and its most devastated survivor.

The Softer Side of Spring

Fashion’s current love affair with the dress and skirt spills over into spring. Celebrate the season’s pervasive romance with fl oaty gowns, gauzy cocktail attire, and softly structured dresses.

Web Exclusive: Recipes

Ever wondered whether you can replicate a delicious restaurant meal in your own kitchen? Now you’ll get the chance. Check out these favorite recipes from some of Denver’s hottest chefs to see how your own kitchen chops stack up.

Best Restaurants

The definitive list for dining in Denver, including the top 40 restaurants, the sweetest places to brunch, and the swankiest spots to nosh at the bar. Plus, your most pressing dining questions answered.

The Gift of Gil

Scores of Denverites have opened their lives to an autistic man named Gilbert Carpinelli with the hope of helping him out.

Love Colorado Style

Here on the Front Range, the conventional wisdom is that the couple that plays together stays together. But is it true? 

Web Exclusive: Slideshow of Ahimsa Horses

Final Roundup

Despite increasing public pressure to ban the practice, thousands of Colorado’s horses will end their lives not out to pasture but on foreign dinner plates. Unless some determined rescuers—and their unlikely allies—can save them.

This Man Thinks You’re Fat

Michael Karolchyk has built his unorthodox fitness brand by offending nearly everyone. He calls himself the health conscience of America, but is he really trying to help you, or is he more interested in helping himself?

Perfecting Pleasantville

In many ways, Cherry Creek North represents the best of Denver. So why are the neighborhood’s leaders so consumed with making it even better?

Back to the Future

One Hilltop couple proves that, sometimes, all your home needs is a little face-lift.

A Time to Change

A milestone birthday. A major promotion. A hectic life as a caregiver, wife, mother, and volunteer. Patti Bennett needed a big change, fast. Here, her stunning transformation, plus our experts’ best makeover advice that anyone can use.

Web Exclusive: A Time to Change

You’ve read the story of how 5280 helped Patti Bennett get her new look. Now see her thoughts on how the transformation went and how she sees her “new” self.

Web Exclusive: Three Cozy Recipes

Whip up soulful grub in your own kitchen with recipes from Snooze, Mezcal, and La Sandía.

10 More Can’t-Miss Colorado Drives

Immerse yourself in Colorado’s stunning fall splendor.

The Face of Hunger

Colorado is the 16th-wealthiest state in the nation. So why are so many of our neighbors still having trouble putting food on the table?

House Beautiful

What is Colorado style? Surely not the antler-heavy, Lincoln-log and wagon-wheel clichés they use up at the mountain resorts. True Colorado style is more complex. Its influences a nod to our past (the bungalows, mining shacks, cowboys), and its innovation a nod to our urban sensibilities—a style we at 5280 refer to as rustic contemporary. And what better way to illustrate this than through products made right here in Colorado? From a forged-steel and saddle-leather chair to an alpaca-fleece throw pillow, we found 26 incredible designs for your home, all made by Colorado artisans. Plus, we introduce you to three interior designers defining what’s “next” in Mile-High style.

Fall Fashion Slideshow

Fall Fashion, an inside look at a 5280.com exclusive.

Unbridled

This fall, prim and proper meets wildly glamorous as natural hues mix with high-sheen fabrics.

Catch Them Before They Fall

Leaves crunch underfoot. The first whiffs of smoke drift from a far-off fireplace. Autumn has arrived in Colorado—and there’s no better time to take a drive into the mountains. Here, four can’t-miss routes covering nearly 250 miles of fall splendor.