Everyone knows Steamboat Springs, Colorado is a great place to ski, in fact, it is world class. I’ve gotten to know Steamboat fairly well over the years, as we have good friends who live in town. I’ve had the pleasure of eating at many of the Boat’s restaurants, soaking in the hot springs and attending an assortment of festivals. Here is my two-part guide to some of my favorite things
There’s something about the holidays that makes me (and a lot of you) think about trains. I don’t know exactly why trains seem so Christmassy, perhaps it is because they are a blast from the past. A vintage mode of travel that makes us dream about the days of yore. Whatever the reason, the tourism railroads here in Colorado take full advantage of our nostalgic love of trains during the
I’ve always lived in the west with the exception of a short year spent in the Midwest during college. I love the west. I love our “can do” attitude and laid back manners, and I thought I knew a lot about this region of our country. I am well-versed in cowboy legends and Native American lore. Our mining history is something I’ve learned a lot about since moving to Colorado
CONTEST NOW CLOSED. Thank you. As many of you know, I’m a huge fan of Breckenridge. Having stayed there multiple times, I’m pretty familiar with the town and I love the chill atmosphere. It’s more than just a ski town. It’s a real, work-a-day town with a rich history and tons of festivals that happen year round. One of those events is happening on Saturday, December 7, 2013. It’s
Note from the Mayor: Rocky Mountain Con 2014 is October 25-26. Okay, I’m just going to go ahead and admit it – I’m a bit of a geek. It’s not a full-time gig for me, but I dabble in Geekdom. Raised on Star Trek and various British sci-fi shows, such as Red Dwarf, there was no way I could have reached adulthood without having a little geekiness rub off on
The HeidiTown community segment has been running on KRFC 88.9 FM since August 2011. Over the years, I have changed how I share the segments here on HeidiTown.com. At first I was producing cool YouTube videos, but that was too time intensive. In response to several requests I began posting the entire transcript here including links to everything I mentioned in the show. That took almost as long as producing
Nobody beats my husband at birthdays, nobody. And that’s impressive because I’m a tough customer. After all, I travel a lot, and I go to dinner theater on a regular basis, and as a media type I get a first glimpse at a lot of cool stuff happening in Denver. So how does he do it? He listens to me”¦ when it counts. For the past six months or
I love a good ghost story, despite the fact that the really good ones keep me up at night. I didn’t have a chance to take Roger Pretti’s ghost tour while I was in Leadville, but I did go on his cemetery tour and learned a lot of stories that included ghosts. We arrived at the 147 acre Leadville Cemetery at 5:30 p.m. on a warm fall day. The shadows
After being out of town for nearly two weeks, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do here on HeidiTown. In the meantime, I thought I’d share some beautiful Instagram shots I took while in Telluride last week for a conference. The ONLY editing process I used was to lighten a couple of the photographs. This area was so stunning that I felt no need for filters of any
If you enjoy laughing so hard that your face hurts the next day, then this is the show for you. If you are a prude, stay home. “The Full Monty” is rated R for language and nudity, but it gets an A+ for humor. Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, let’s talk about food. For those of you who aren’t familiar with dinner theater, your ticket comes with a
