Living

Many cities have a trademark boast-worthy phrase they can’t help but talk up to every tourist or newbie. “We are second to New York in galleries,” Santa Fe says. “The blues were born here,”...

In our part of the world, cold nights can happen in just about any month of the year. As we move from the warm, sunny days of summer toward winters chill, the National Weather Service will often...

Southwest Colorado Concerts kick off on Oct. 7 with a “Rhapsodic and Exotic” presentation of Hungarian arabesques and flashy Russian dances from the San Juan Symphony. The series then celebrates...

The unfrosted cakes you’ve been seeing this wedding season aren’t rushed jobs. It’s a food trend, and trends like this seem to appear out of nowhere before, with the help of food-porn Instagram...

Further cementing Durango’s place in the world of craft brewing, two local breweries brought home gold medals from this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Ska Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest...

You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades in Washington. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And...

Although many people know to mulch their gardens in springtime, most don’t give mulch another thought throughout the growing season, but there is one other time you really should think about making...

You can find green chiles smothered on a burrito, on top of a burger and running through the veins of New Mexicans. Beans and chile are New Mexico’s official state veggies and the option for red or...

You would think Durango residents had never eaten a sandwich before when looking at the line out the door at the new 2nd Deli & Spirits. The restaurant at 601 East Second Ave. opened on Aug. 13...

Tucked away in the Mancos Valley a mile east of Mancos along U.S. Highway 160, sits Brown’s Country Store. The store, run by Roy Brown and his wife, Nina, has been serving the Mancos community for...