
Featured Festival: Loveland Oktoberfest 2022
It’s Loveland Oktoberfest at Fairgrounds Park, a time to celebrate the end of summer with good friends, a few pints and a little polka. September 16-17 Friday (4 p.m. to 10 p.m.) & Saturday (12 p.m. to 10 p.m.) Fairgrounds ... [ Read More ]

What’s New in Steamboat Springs + OktoberWest Fun
I should disclose that I have been to Steamboat Springs more than once. Okay, a lot of times. One of my best friends lives there and so I’ve been going long before HeidiTown was a thing. That being said, I ... [ Read More ]

Fun With Your Fur Friend in Fickle Park, Berthoud, Colorado
Did you know that 75% of Americans own at least one dog? I believe it because, at one point, we were the only people on our block with one dog, everyone else had two! And now for an unhappy statistic ... [ Read More ]

Bites of Lamb, Sips of Wine: The Taste of Vail Goes On
Each year, I eagerly look forward to Taste of Vail. Unfortunately, the April 2020 event was cancelled and then, in 2021, it was postponed. A quieter event has emerged, and this September 16-18, guests will enjoy a combination of Taste ... [ Read More ]

Three Tips for How to Oktoberfest in the Time of Coronavirus
I am going to miss our usual flight of Oktoberfests. Last year, we attended Keystone Oktoberfest where Ryan walked away as the Stein Hoisting Champion. I guess he gets to keep his title for two years. Ryan Schlaefer wins! Photo ... [ Read More ]

Featured Festival: Loveland Oktoberfest, Sept. 13-14, 2019
‘Tis the season of Oktoberfest and I love it. There’s nothing better than beer, brats, sauerkraut and polka on a crisp fall day. Okay, fall actually doesn’t start until September 23, but there have already been a few brisk Colorado ... [ Read More ]

Dogs, Sheep & Meat Pie at the Meeker Sheepdog Trials
If you think sheepdog trials involve dogs chasing sheep around, you’d be a little right, but not entirely right. Sheepdog trials are much more involved than I ever realized and our weekend trip to Meeker, in Northwest Colorado, was an ... [ Read More ]

Featured Festival: Mountain Harvest Festival 2017, Paonia, Colorado
There’s a little spot on Colorado’s Western Slope that’s home to flocks of sheep, fields of vegetables and orchards of fruit. Things move a little slower here and that’s just the way the people of the North Fork Valley like ... [ Read More ]

Featured Festival: Loveland Oktoberfest 2017
Call me an Oktoberfest snob, but I believe it takes more than beer and pretzels to make a great Oktoberfest. This year, Loveland Oktoberfest, held at Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, has many of the right ingredients to be called the best Oktoberfest ... [ Read More ]

Featured Festival: ArtoCade 2017, Sept. 8-10
Creative, ingenious, colorful, crafty, artistic and kooky are all words I would use to describe ArtoCade in Trinidad, Colorado. Squish all those words together and you’ve got one very entertaining festival in a truly fantastic town. We were lucky enough ... [ Read More ]