Between Denver and Boulder

Recycle your Christmas tree in Arvada!   Before you throw your Christmas tree out on the curb, think about giving it a new life as mulch. The City of Arvada is offering three convenient drop-sites for residents to recycle Christmas trees free of charge. Your Christmas tree will be turned into val...

  "If you hear sirens in Denver tomorrow, remember it's a test, not the end of the world." Guess we'll find out in a few hours if this is for real, but if it is - the City and County of Denver might have some distraught citizens once the sirens start to wail!   Either this is an hysterically funn...

Finding a great buyers' agent is one of the first things you need to do if you want to buy a house - and one of the most important.     You probably don't want this guy!           You need someone who will pitch in and get the job done,    and who's not TOO friendly!    You need to find a real es...

Are you thinking of selling a house?  Whether that house is in my stomping grounds (between Denver and Lafayette, Colorado), or anywhere else in the USA, I'll bet I can guess your #2 question. 'How much would it cost to sell my house?' If you list your house with me, I'll prepare an estimate of n...

A Tale of Two Fixers (Adventures in Arvada Homebuying)  (Click link to read Chapter 1 of A Tale of Two Fixers) Chapter Three: As we pulled up - I could tell hope was rising again. This home was bigger than anything we'd seen so far for the price. Newer, too. And the neighboring yards and homes ap...

A Tale of Two Fixers (Adventures in Arvada Homebuying)  (Click link to read Chapter 1 of A Tale of Two Fixers) Chapter Two: The tale of each and every home tour need not be told - grim and sometimes frightening as it was. Our story starts on a particular day when there were only two homes remaini...

If you have a gardener on your Christmas gift-buying list, my first thought is you won't have any trouble finding great items they will love. But then I realize you might think you can't get anything that looks like work (this goes back to the old admonition to NEVER buy your wife a new vacuum f...

                   Don't miss the beautiful Christmas lights displayed at your local gardens this Christmas.  Here in the Denver to Boulder area we have several choices:    Denver Botanic Gardens has Blossoms of Light  Dates and Times: Open nightly, Nov. 30, 2012 through Jan. 1, 2013Including Ch...

Do Your Christmas Shopping at the 26th Annual Fine Art Market Show and Sale Daily,  December 7 – 16, 2012   Admission is free to the Annual Fine Art Market at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center's main gallery is set up to display for exhibit or sale, fine contemporary art created by Colorado a...

I'm not trying to trick you with the photo above, you really can catch a horse-drawn carriage ride in Olde Town Arvada this Christmas season!  It's just that the night-time picture I took of the carriages didn't come out, so I thought this one would be a cute substitute! Come to Olde Town Arvada...