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About The World’s Largest Après Ski + Ride Party

The World’s Largest Après Ski + Ride Party is a three-day event that corresponds with the three main days of the 2010 SIA Snow Show, which will be in Denver for the first time beginning in January 2010. The event celebrates Denver’s love of winter sports and introduces SIA Snow Show attendees to the magic of the Mile High City. Most of the Après Ski + Ride Party activities occur in the restaurants, bars and clubs of downtown Denver with many of Colorado’s top ski resorts (and even some Snow Show exhibitors) paired up with their favorite spots. Check out the event map or the event list for all the latest info.

The World’s Largest Après Ski + Ride Party is presented by The Denver Post, sponsored by Clear Channel Communications, CBS4 Denver and Malenke Barnhart. The event is brought to you by VISIT DENVER , Colorado Ski Country USA, the Downtown Denver Partnership and the City of Denver.

About SIA SnowShow

For more than five decades, the SIA Show has been bringing the entire market together in one place, making it the most important trade event for the snow sports industry. Showcasing the latest trends, innovations, product lines and styles, the SIA Show is the first time, globally, where nearly 1,000 brands are presented in an authentic environment on and off the snow; all powered by the passion and culture of snow sports.

Representing a $3 billion industry, the industry’s retail buying power attends the SIA Show to see the product collections for the 10.11 year. Since its inception, the SIA Show has been listed in the top 200 US trade shows by Tradeshow Week and is currently ranked 59th.

The SIA Snow Show is coming to Denver for the first time from January 28-31, 2010. This event will bring 17,000 snow sports retailers and manufacturers to Denver for a 600,000 square foot tradeshow of snow sports clothes and gear in the Colorado Convention Center – some 14 acres of new products on display. While the public cannot attend the show, interest in it will be extensive. Denver is the largest urban ski market in the U.S. with the highest number of snow sports enthusiasts per capita.

For more info, visit the official website at http://www.denver.org/apresski/Home.aspx

The Children’s Museum of Denver remains a favorite for me and my kids, especially because they are always mixing it up with special programs like the one tomorrow with two of the Harlem Globetrotters - and since I’m a huge fan of the Amazing Race, I was super excited to see that it was  Big Easy and Flight Time who will be hosting the program!

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to the Children’s Museum!

Bring your little hoopsters to see Big Easy Lofton and Flight Time Lang, two of the world-famous
Harlem Globetrotters!

Thursday, January 7, 1:00 p.m.
at the Children’s Museum of Denver

These world-renowned ambassadors of goodwill and basketball skill will provide Children’s Museum guests with their interactive C.H.E.E.R.^TM program that focuses on Cooperation, Healthy Minds & Bodies, Effort, Enthusiasm, and Responsibility…along with their amazing ball-handling skills and other roundball tricks!

This event is free for Museum members and
is included with the cost of general admission.

Want more of the Globetrotters?
Children’s Museum friends and family can save $5 on select seats at the January 9th, 2:00 p.m., Harlem Globetrotters game at the Pepsi Center!

Not valid for courtside or VIP seats
Online PROMO CODE: MUSEUM
Click here to take advantage of this special offer!

Last Friday I went along with my son’s kindergarten class on a Field Trip to Miller Farm - which is located in Platteville, CO - not too far East of I-25.  What a great day - just chilly enough to feel like fall, but warm enough for the kiddos to leave their jackets in the car so that we didn’t end up carrying them - and a blue sky that made for great pictures!

We go to a Pumpkin farm every year as a family to let the kids choose their carving pumpkins off the vine, but Miller Farm was a whole new experience - they piled the kids onto a huge hay wagon pulled by a tractor and then stopped in the middle of a huge field - indian corn, broccoli, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onions, peas, beans, zucchini, butternut squash….it was really amazing.  Each kid took a big burlap bag and were set free to wander the fields and harvest whatever they wanted.  It was so cool to watch them digging in the dirt for a hard-earned potato, yanking the carrots out by their green leafy stems, jumping to reach a good-looking ear of corn high up on the stalk…they were so into it, and it made me realize that most of these kids had probably never even seen how vegetables grow - and what an important lesson this is.

We often go to Farmer’s Markets to get local produce, but I think that even then the kids don’t realize how important each vegetable is - and how it needed so much work and tending to create it. 

After the kids had filled their bags, and chosen a special pumpkin out of the field, we loaded the produce into the car and took a break for lunch before playing on the bicycle-tractors, the huge dirt mound with sliding carpets, and the huge bouncy pad that seemed to grow right out of the ground - they also got to ride in a little train and climb on a big old fire truck - no ride coupons required! 

Most of the kids in my car fell asleep on the ride back to school, they were so worn out.  We went home that night and made 2 big pans of roasted veggies.  Hudson and Elliot chopped the vegetables (only one minor little owie) and spread them on baking sheets with olive oil, rock salt and black pepper - and we enjoyed them for a few days in several different dishes - really yummy!

We will definitely go back to Miller Farms, what a great experience!

2743 W. 34th Ave. will be Open today from 2-4 pm.  We just dropped the price on this cute Highlands bungalow - it’s a steal at $290,000!

3 BR/1 BA

1156 SF

Short walk to: Pasquini’s and the rest of LoHi, Root Down, the Pedestrian Bridge, Highlands Square, and lots of parks, shopping, restaurants and FUN!

Stop by and check it out or call Stacie at 720-299-6635 for more info.

Check out LIVE Urban’s Open House lineup for the weekend by clicking here.

We took the kids to this last year, and it was really fun, we will definitely be going again next weekend!

The Butterfly is such a great resource for metro area kids and their parents, and I hear that the giant insects are going away to make room for travelling exhibits, which should be cool!

I am definitely planning to check this out!  What could be better, short of walking out to your own backyard garden and harvesting some veggies for dinner? 

A Micro-Market, or MiMa, is a community market dedicated to connecting local residents with very local food and goods. The goal of the MiMa is to provide a place for resident customers and producers to gather in support of a community based, sustainable, healthy, and tasty lifestyle.  

The Highland Neighborhood MiMa will be held on Thursday afternoons from 2 to 6 pm, beginning on May 14, 2009, on the patio of Generous Servings Cooking Classes and Cafe (3801 West 32nd Avenue, Denver).

Customers will be able to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables grown and goods created in the neighborhood. In addition, the MiMa offers a central location for community supported agriculture (CSA) purchase and pickup, and gives the neighborhood weekly access to additional regionally grown produce, meats, and dairy.

Party for the Planet

Earth Day All The Way! - Join Denver Zoo’s Party for the Planet on Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In partnership with Disney’s unveiling of Earth in theaters April 22, join Denver Zoo’s Community Leadership Project, Front Range Earth Force and local schools in this two-day Earth Day celebration. Learn about what you can do to help the planet from the next generation of conservationists. View projects created by children grades Kindergarten through 12th during Denver Zoo’s annual Youth Summit, Denver’s premiere event for local service-learning students to demonstrate and celebrate the positive impact they have had on their environment.

Earth Day Celebration at the Children’s Museum

Wednesday, April 22nd
The Children’s Museum of Denver is celebrating Earth Day with planet awareness and fun activities. Hear stories inside the giant Earth Balloon, plant seeds in a homemade newspaper pot and make a litter bug out of recycled goods.

Schedule of Events
11:30 a.m. Stories from around the World (StoryTime)
1:30 p.m. Newspaper Pots and Flower Planting
3 p.m. StoryTime with the Earth Balloon
6 p.m. StoryTime with the Earth Balloon
Ongoing
Litter Bugs in the Assembly Plant

On Wednesday, April 22nd the City & County of Denver will be celebrating Earth Day to inspire awareness and appreciation for our planet. The “2009 Earth Day Fair” will be held in Civic Center Park, Greek Amphitheater from 10 AM to 2 PM.

 The fair is free and open to the public. Attendees can learn about all types of “Earth Friendly” activities going on in our communities. Exhibits will include information on energy conservation, recycling, composting, pollution prevention, transit options, saving water, renewable energy, natural resources, and much, much more.

Earth Day is an annual celebration to honor our planet and to raise environmental awareness. It is a day for individuals to stop and think about how their actions impact our environment and what they can do to help protect it. Here are some examples of simply positive actions anyone can take to reduce their impact on our environment:

§ Start recycling or recycle even more materials.

§ Fix a leaky faucet and take shorter baths;

§ Change out incandescent light bulbs with a new energy efficient CFL bulbs;

§ Create a compost pile in your backyard or school; and

§ Carpool or take the bus whenever you can.

 The “2009 Earth Day Fair ” is sponsored by the City & County of Denver in partnership with Denver Environmental Health, Greenprint Denver, Denver Public Works, Solid Waste Management/Denver Recycles, Parks and Recreation and Facilities Planning & Management.

Exhibitors & Participants scheduled to attend:

Adobe Solar LLC, Already Been Chewed Composting, American Lighting, B-Logistics, Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2), Colorado Environmental Coalition, Curbside Inc., Denver Coop, Denver Department of Environmental Health, Denver Green Festival, Denver Green Team Project, Denver Office of Economic Development, Denver Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver Municipal Animal Shelter, Denver Public Library, Denver Recycles, Denver Urban Gardens, Denver Water, Dex, DIA - Environmental Services Section, Downtown Denver Partnership, Earthlinks-Colorado, EcoGreenOffice, Ecologic Designs, Inc., Environment Protection Agency, Goodwill Industries of Denver, Governor’s Engergy Office, Green Irene LLC - Eco-Consulting, Green Up Our Schools, Greenprint Denver, Guaranteed Recycling Xperts, Hawk Quest, Namaste Solar, Peace Jam, Pedro’s Planet, Phoundation for Change, REC Solar, ReDirect Guide, Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals, Rocky Mountain Land Library, Sierra Club Southwest Regional Office, Smart Energy Living Alliance, The Denver Hunt, Transition Denver, Volunteers Outdoor Colorado, Waste Management, Inc. and Xcel Energy.

Denver’s been making it onto a lot of high-profile lists lately, and I think this is a fabulous one: CNN Money’s 100 Best Places to Live and Launch.

Denver ranked #7 in the nation!

Here’s the lowdown:

 Population: 555,932
Pros: Rocky Mountain lifestyle, strong economy
Con: Traffic

Denver entrepreneurs enjoy the best of both worlds, with urban amenities downtown and the extensive Rocky Mountain playground just beyond the city limits. The city has worked overtime to attract and retain businesses of all sizes: The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation is a truly regional economic development entity, with more than 70 partner organizations working to keep the area’s economic outlook as bright as its weather (300 days of sunshine each year).

The completion last year of a major phase of a massive downtown light rail build-out (other phases are scheduled for completion over the next 15 years), plus extensive highway-widening projects, aim to help ease rush-hour woes in the Mile High metro area. A highly educated workforce supports a diversifying economy, with growth in aerospace, IT, biosciences, energy and financial services. Denver entrepreneurs ranked fourth in the nation for landing funding from the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research program.
Now might be the perfect time to start that business that’s been brewing for years - and Denver is a great place to do it!

Search for homes in Denver: www.staciestaubhomes.com

Can you believe it’s March already?!  I like to call this St. Patrick’s Day month…and stretch the celebration out as long as possible…

St. Patrick’s Day Parade - March 14th - 10 am

Come join us for the largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade west of the Mississippi where the only thing better than being of Irish descent is living in Colorado!  More than 200 entries, including floats, clowns, pipe bands, high school marching bands, Irish step dancers, and El Jebel Shriners, 10,000 marchers will wow the crowd by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day Denver-style.  

Parade Route
South on Blake Street to 17th Street;
Turn west to Union Station;
Turn north on Wynkoop;
End behind Coors Field. 

 Visit www.denver.org or http://www.countingpix.com/id1.html for a map of the parade route and more information.

 Running of the Green - March 15th10:15 AM at 17th and Wazee 

 The 21st annual Running of the Green - benefits the Volunteers of America to help the very young, the homebound elderly and for women and children that are victims of domestic violence.

Get Lucky Open House Tour Hosted by LIVE Urban Real Estate - March 14th and 15th

Visit one of LIVE Urban’s Open Houses this weekend for free refreshments, homebuyer information, and the chance to win a FLIP digital video camera!

For more info, visit www.liveurbandenver.com or contact me!