Here’s where to shop, dine, unwind and even sip as you celebrate the most important lady in your life – Mom!
Colorado Salt Cave Wellness Center (4647 Centennial Blvd.) 719-401-7996
A visit to the Salt Cave Wellness Center can be a short excursion or a full immersion into the most current healing and cleansing trends. There is a vitality booth, with red light, salt and near-infrared therapy, a cold plunge and sauna option, a massage therapy room with the availability of Shirodhara (a traditional Indian warm oil treatment) and the facility’s cornerstone – the Himalayan salt cave – where reservations are welcome!
Mother’s Day Special: $165 includes a 60-minute massage, custom oil blend experience and salt cave session.
May 17 Open House: 10a.m. to 2p.m. Try the salt cave, enjoy half-off cold plunging, kids welcome.
Lane Mitchell Jewelers (737 Manitou Ave.) 719-685-2441
Vintage rings, bracelets and pearl-strands set this jewelry shop apart from local competitors. Many of the items on display are one of a kind. Store owner, Lane Mitchell, specializes in custom designs and offers loose gems for the setting you create. Prices start as low as $20 for sterling silver charms. The high-end items range from $700 to $6,000 for an opulent opal earring and ring set.
Mother’s Day: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 25% off Lane Mitchell’s pearl collection.
Harding Nursery (721 N. Powers Blvd.) 719-596-5712
This local nursery, opened in 1957 and still managed by the Harding family, is a Colorado tradition, offering 12 acres to stroll and shop. Avid gardeners will enjoy Harding’s massive greenhouse brimming with colorful annuals, including palm-sized pansies and marigolds. A second greenhouse is filled with roses. Outside, the selection of ornamental trees is flowering, and the nursery is always proud to offer its locally grown Blue Spruce trees and shrubs.
Mother’s Day Special: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Receive a free 4-pack of annuals with any purchase.
Urbane Collective Boutique (7676 Dublin Blvd. Suite 100) UrbaneCollective.com
Boutique owner Molly always has something up her sleeve – including positive-vibe t-shirts and trinkets embellished with astrological designs. If you’re interested in shopping before Mother’s Day, she offers gift cards. Along with clothing and accessories, the store windows are decorated with thriving indoor plants available for sale. Be sure to visit the website for community events like fairy garden building and a monthly book club.
Mother’s Day Special: Purchase this package May 5-11, $65 special includes a $60 gift card, potted plant and chocolates.
Patty Jewett Municipal Golf Course (900 E. Espanola St.) 719-385-6945
The Bar and Grill at Patty Jewett is lined with round top windows opening to expansive views of the golf course and Pikes Peak. The public restaurant began accepting reservations for Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, April 27. Their full buffet will include eggs, breakfast meats, eggs benedict, biscuits and gravy, pastries, various salads and a prime rib carving station.
Mother’s Day: Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations accepted, $47.95 per person.
The Coffee Exchange (526 S. Tejon St.) 719-635-0277 
Get your Mother’s Day morning started with breakfast and a mimosa flight, The Coffee Exchange’s colorful sampling of peach, pineapple, pomegranate and blood orange Prosecco-based 4 oz. mini-drinks. If Sunday brings the Colorado sunshine, additional seating is available on the patio. Along with a coffee bar highlighted by white espresso drinks and Cuban Coffee, the menu offers numerous breakfast sandwiches, vegan options and – for lunch – block burgers, soup and four specialty salads. A glass case of delicate pastries sits center-stage. There genuinely is something for almost every palate.
Mother’s Day: Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (kitchen closing at 2 p.m.), no reservations, $18.95 Mimosa Flights.
