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How to Maintain Your Roof in Durango, CO | Kihle Roofing

Living in Durango, Colorado, means enjoying beautiful mountain views, snowy winters, and changing seasons. However, the mountain climate can also put extra stress on your roof. Heavy snowfall, freezing temperatures, ice dams, strong winds, and intense sunlight can contribute to roofing damage over time.Regular roof maintenance helps homeowners identify potential problems early, prevent avoidable water damage, and protect their investment. Whether you're preparing for winter or checking for storm...

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 witnessed the positive results...

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...

Food + Beverage

Before Durango Wakes

Inside Durango’s earliest coffee rituals. Article by Kalista Pena | Photography by Andy Wingerd & Bonnie Boggiano Long before most of Durango reaches for its first cup of coffee, lights flicker on inside cafés and in a trailer on North Main Avenue. Espresso machines warm, grinders hum, and ovens heat as the aroma of coffee replaces the night's quiet. Customers rarely see the first espresso calibrated or the morning rush taking shape. For those who make Durango’s coffee, the day begins well...

Food + Beverage

A Strawberry Rhubarb Kuchen and a Family Remembered

A treasured recipe shared by Moni Grushkin Article by Denise Leslie For Moni Grushkin, strawberry rhubarb kuchen carries memories of Gygax Farms in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where she, her nana, and the family filled baskets with strawberries—sampling a few along the way. Back at Nana’s Milwaukee home, built by Moni’s grandfather near the Wauwatosa border, those berries became homemade jam. Rhubarb from the family garden completed Nana’s beloved kuchen. Born in Switzerland, Nana brought recipes...

Health + Wellness

Beyond the Spa: Bringing Whole-Horse Wellness to the Four Corners

In the horse world, wellness can sometimes be mistaken for luxury. But for the hardworking horses of Southwest Colorado, caring for their bodies and respiratory systems is not about pampering – it’s about helping them stay healthy, comfortable and ready to do their jobs using natural health.That belief is what inspired Salt of the Earth Ranch’s Salt & Light Equine Wellness Trailer, a mobile wellness service designed to bring holistic support directly to horses at private barns, ranches and...

Life + Culture

Style with Altitude

How Durango's Outdoor Life Became Its Defining Look Article by Kathleen O'Connor | Photography by Kathleen O'Connor, Durango Outdoor Exchange For years, Durango carried the tongue-in-cheek reputation of being one of America’s "worst dressed" towns, a label most in town actually find quite humorous. Durangoans understand that style, while important to a degree, should follow function. Today, that mountain-inspired look has become one of the town's notable characteristics. But it’s not the only...

Auto + Marine

Fire Up Your Engines

Durango's Custom Design and Concierge Vehicle Services Article by Jennifer Mason | Photography by Andy Wingerd, YAK Custom Designs Seduction begins with a wink. For Carl Brucher, it was the glint of polished chrome in the sunlight. Impossible to miss when he and his mother arrived at the fire station where his dad and uncle served long shifts as firefighters. “The fire engines—they were spotless! And they were always cleaning them,” Brucher recalls. Oh, how he revered that pristine gleam of...