Health + Wellness

Light, Recovery and the Horse

As a horse owner, I’ve always believed that caring for our animals means paying attention to the whole picture and being interested in natural ways to support the body.  Paying attention to the animal – not just how they perform, but how they recover, how they handle stress, how they move, and the little things they communicate to us through their behavior. Growing up with a mom who has been a naturopath her entire life I was surrounded by natural wellness and...

Food + Beverage

Pearls Before Stein

After Three Decades, Steamworks Brewing Co. Powers Forward, Full Steam Ahead Article by Jennifer Mason | Photography by Andy Wingerd Relationships are hard work. Perhaps no one knows this fact better than the hardworking crew inside Steamworks Brewing Co. now celebrating their 30th anniversary. “They said we wouldn't last 30 days,” says co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer Brian McEachron. Kris Oyler, CEO and originating mastermind behind Steamworks, chimes in, “Most restaurants don't...

Food + Beverage

The Unconventional Pie

How The Happy Pasty brought a 700-year-old tradition to downtown Durango Article by Kathleen O'Connor | Photography by Andy Wingerd The versatile pasty, once a prized food item on the dinner tables of medieval England’s royalty, then the humble all-in-one meal of choice for 18th-century Cornish tin miners and, later, for Colorado miners in Leadville and Silverton, has found its latest home in modern-day Durango, courtesy of Kerry Adams, owner of The Happy Pasty located in downtown Durango. ...

Home + Design

Designed to Gather

Fine Wood Interiors creates kitchens shaped around how families live. Article by Kathleen O'Connor | Photography by Ryan Throop and Kathleen O'Connor You can plan the house party anywhere you want. Set out the comfy chairs in the living room, string fairy lights across the deck, arrange the appetizers on the dining table. It won’t matter. By the second glass of wine, everyone will be inevitably standing in the kitchen, leaning against the counter, reaching past one another for the corkscrew...