While perusing a Women of the Future arts and crafts market in 2018, Peri Bolts had an epiphany. “There were all these bad ass, empowered women, making incredible things. They sold in marketplaces, and online, but it wasn’t enough; they needed a permanent storefront,” Peri told the Pikes Peak Bulletin. After surveying artists about their […]
At the age at which most people are eagerly eyeing retirement, Robert (Bob) Lantzy was jumping out of it. Ten years later and standing behind the counter at Mountain Man Nut & Fruit Co. in Old Colorado City, Bob looks a decade younger than his 72 years. Bob let me have the only seat in […]
When Amy Kunstle was seven, her dad cut a hole in their garden fence in Pueblo, Colorado. “He saw how my sister and I played with our dolls, serving them meals of mud burgers and flowers in bottle caps,” she said. The cut out was to provide the sisters with a pretend take-out window. “I […]
As I open my laptop to interview Maria Uribe, owner and manager of The British Pantry, we’re interrupted by Maria’s favorite customers. Chuck (91, from New Jersey) and Sylvia (85, from Dover, England) stroll in for a cup of tea and a chat. “Mainly a chat!” says Sylvia. “Sylvia saw a picture of me in […]
Tucked away between a gift shop and an arcade bar, to walk into Hapke’s Hortum is to enter a world of green, earthly delights. (Warning for readers: plant-based puns are ahead … I just want to make this “fern” for you!) In between fronds, you’ll most likely find Clay Hapke, who will not only tell […]
If you know Old Colorado City, you know the red umbrellas of Jives. And if you’ve ever been to Jives, you’ve almost certainly been greeted as a friend by Dored Najjar. “I must know a hundred thousand people in Colorado Springs!” he said. You may not know, however, that Dored’s incredible journey to Colorado involves […]
