Tag: Shopping
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Colorado shoppers divided on newest phase of plastic bag law
Ringing in the new year in Colorado also means bringing your reusable bags on errands in 2024. On Monday, Coloradans buying groceries, grabbing dinner, or shopping at chain retail stores will need to provide their own bags or purchase 10-cent (at the cheapest) recycled paper carryout bags at checkout. While many shoppers lamented on principle…
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6 spots for last-minute gift shopping around Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We hear Santa forgives slackers. But don’t count on him to bail you out for last-minute gifts. For those and for after-Christmas deals, you better look to these shopping centers. Cherry Creek Shopping Center: The Denver mall combines all the favorites (American Eagle, Express, Lululemon)…
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Down to Earth and out of this world: A look at Colorado’s old rock shops
Colorado’s oldest rock shops date to the 1970s, a time that stirs nostalgia and visions of an open road and a changing America. These were stops along the way. Stops to escape social and political strife for little worlds of Earth’s wonders. They are still that. Take, for example, The Rock Hut, which Jim and…
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Overlooked beauty, history and eats: Trinidad is a Colorado town to love in summer
It is an easy town to locate, impossible to miss at the southernmost end of Interstate 25 in Colorado. Trinidad’s identity, however, is much harder to pinpoint. Look around and you’ll see plenty of symbols of industries past and present. Walk up and down the red-brick Main Street, and you’ll come to understand a town…
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Black Friday shopping sees big sales, little early morning rush
Long gone are the early-morning lines and crowds rushing to get the best bargains first, but Black Friday still drew its share of in-person shopping at Denver area shopping centers. Consumers have moved away from the traditional Black Friday extravaganza and shifted priorities on where they are spending their money, according to a recent report from…
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Enter ‘the soul of the Rockies’ in this beachy town | Main Street Colorado
At last visit to Grand Lake, we happened upon Bob Scott’s Authentic Indian Jewelry. This was the man’s 51st summer in town, and he was cheery as ever. He answered phone calls with the usual line. “It’s a beautiful day in Grand Lake, Colorado. Don’t you wish you were here?” It’s easy to wish. Bob…
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A gem for shopping, eating west of Denver | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone who has lived in Colorado long enough knows about Pearl Street. But no one knows the namesake — not exactly. Pearl is thought to have been wife to one of the creators of the Boulder City Town Co. This was the company of 54…
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A poet’s dream in historic Creede | Main Street Colorado
The man known as the poet laureate of the Rockies found inspiration in a nook of southwest Colorado. Cy Warman was moved to write a poem that would be memorized by local school kids generations later. “It’s day all day in the daytime,” goes the famous line. “And there is no night in Creede.” For…
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Mountain vibes rule this remote town | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 150 years ago, you might’ve seen two Silvertons. Reads the history kept on the local chamber of commerce website: “From the very beginning an imaginary line ran down Greene Street, dividing the town between the law-abiding, church-going residents and the gamblers, prostitutes, variety theaters,…