Denver Post: Living

ASPEN — To help better prepare Pitkin County sheriff’s deputies and emergency dispatchers for stressful situations and coping with the aftermath, the agency is taking part in a pilot program for “mindfulness.”
The practice teaches about “consciously attending to the present moment with as much wisdom and clarity as possible without bias or pre-judgment,” said Laura Bartels, executive director of the Mindful Life Program in Carbondale.

Modular housing in going vertical in Denver.
Work is expected to begin in July on a mixed-use, 24-unit project in the 4300 block of Tennyson Street. Standard stuff in Denver’s trendy Berkeley neighborhood these days, except the housing at this project will be for sale and each unit will be built in a factory in Texas, trucked up to Denver and hoisted by a crane into place atop a ground floor retail space. 

Public health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce from southwest Arizona because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread to at least 16 states and sickened at least 60 people, including eight inmates at an Alaska prison.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The new Ent Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs arrives with all the optimism that forward-thinking architecture can deliver.

The biggest mystery about Record Store Day used to be “What’s Record Store Day?”
That question was answered a decade ago when a small group of retailers fought back against the death of brick-and-mortar music sales at the hands of digital disruptors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

You know what they say about April showers, right? Well, when all those May flowers start to poke their heads out to say hello, you may see some familiar faces in your back yard.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Amy: I’m a 42-year-old man who has been married to my wife for 14 years.
We started out fairly well, but over the years, more and more arguments emerged.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Don’t blow off tree care in the aftermath of hurricane-force winds that rocked the Front Range on April 17, advised Denver’s City Forester Rob Davis. In the midst of emergency inspection of the city’s trees shaken by the windstorm, Davis granted a telephone interview.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Amy: My husband and I live next to a married couple who are about our age (late 30s). Our condos are close (less than 12 feet apart), and some of our windows face each other.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

It’s won Best American Cocktail Bar. It’s won World’s Best Cocktail Menu. It’s been called New York City’s Most Influential Cocktail Bar. Now, a world leader in the industry is ready to shake things up in Denver.