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 Interested in learning about the best survival techniques in the wilderness? Well this Friday is your chance to do so! REI is hosting an event called “Deep Survival- Prepare Mind & Body for Any Situation” this Friday night from 6:30-8pm. Come join Ranger Dave Gustafson for a discussion and slideshow regarding survival tactics. The US Navy, police departments, wild land firefighters, and many more agencies are using this information for training. This is important for any individual who uses Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks frequently. It is FREE so make sure you attend!
Local Lab Festival of New American Plays is this Friday through Sunday at Chautauqua Community House. You can get a 3-day festival pass for $50 dollars or $20 for each play. The Local Theater Company that features the hottest voices in theater around the country presents these plays. After each performance, there is a chance for the audience to become involved and give feedback as well as participate in a discussion with the author. This is a weekend that will be entertaining for you as well as them!
Nothing beats a weekend concert! Come to the Macky Auditorium this Saturday to see Boulder Sensations with Rony Barrak, tabla, and Shodekeh, beatbox artist. Combining Lebanese percussionist Rony Barrak with beatboxer Shodekeh creates something that no one has ever experienced before. They have wowed Boulder audiences before, so this time will not be any different! Tickets range from $13-$82, and the concert begins at 7:30pm. This is one concert you do not want to miss!
The Downtown Boulder Guided Walking Tour starts this Saturday, March 24th and lasts until May 19th. The tour begins on Pearl Street and continues on throughout all of downtown. With knowledgeable guides informing participants about the history, people, and the community of Boulder, you are bound to love this city even more! Trip advisors have rated this Boulder’s #1 tour. It is from 10-11:45am and reservations are required. Adults are $18 and discounts are available for seniors and children.
*Savor the Flavors Culinary Walking Tour is every Friday from 3-5pm.
*The Underscore Orkestra is this Friday at 7:30pm.
*Wasabi at CEDARS is this Friday from 9:30pm-1:30am.
*Remember that “Keeping it Real: Korean Artists in the Age of Multi-Media Representation” is Monday- Saturday until May 12th.
*Salsa Dancing is every Saturday from 9pm-1am at the Millennium Harvest House.
*Remember “Hollywood Colorado” is Tuesday through Sunday until May 8th!
* The Boulder Cocktail Tours and Downtown Dining Tours are always fun as well!
* You can never go wrong with attending Happy Hour at ANY restaurant or bar in Boulder!
       
 Big Gigantic- Nocturnal Tour is coming to the Boulder Theater this Friday night! The mind-blowing beats,
bass, and melodies are something that nobody wants to miss out on. Big Gigantic is a key player in the worlds of electronic, dance, and hip-hop. They cover all genres and will most certainly put on an outrageous show! New, old, and unreleased songs will be featured. Cost is $27.25 and starts at 9pm. See you all there!
Boulder Literacy Story-A-Thon is this Saturday at the Boulder Book Store from 10am-5pm. This is a community-wide literacy event hosted by Boulder Book Store, Reading Village, and 100 Book Day. Authors will explain their passion for books as well as tell stories in English and Spanish! Proceeds will benefit Reading Village’s work in Guatemala. It is time for a reading extravaganza.
Snow Shoe Tours with Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center begins this Saturday and lasts until February 18th! Join Wild Bear and Big foot on an adventure on snowshoes. Depending on snow conditions, trails will vary each day. Renting snowshoes is available and preregistration is required! Come and enjoy these incredible excursions daily from 10am-2pm. Let’s get wild!
Pilobolus will be performing on January 21st at the Macky Auditorium. With a blend of gymnastics, dance, and amazing imagery, this leading innovator in post-modern dance never fails to impress! Their delightful humor and acrobatic skill make for a fun and entertaining performance. The tickets cost $16 and are worth every penny!
Last weekend for the Stock Show in Denver!
*Salsa Dancing is every Saturday from 9pm-1am at the Millennium Harvest House.
*Remember “Hollywood Colorado” is Tuesday through Sunday until May 8th!
* The Boulder Cocktail Tours and Downtown Dining Tours are always fun as well!
* You can never go wrong with attending Happy Hour at ANY restaurant or bar in Boulder!
       
Longmont has a weekend holiday celebration. Friday evening you can visit with Santa at Roosevelt Park, take a trolley ride and see the reindeer. Enjoy holiday music throughout the evening. Saturday don’t miss the Parade of Lights on Main St., beginning at 5:00. Once the parade has ended you can enjoy fireworks at Roosevelt Park.
Lafayette will continue its Home for The Holidays Celebration. Enjoy Santa and carolers on Saturday from 11 to 2.
Miracle on 29th Street continues this weekend. Enjoy Santa, cookie decorating and horse drawn carriage rides.
Firefly Handmade Holiday Market is this weekend, December 9-11th! This is located at 1750 13th Street in Boulder and costs $2 to benefit Boulder Museum of Contemporary Arts. This event is where you can buy local, handmade goods directly from the makers. From accessories to stationary, there is something for everyone to purchase from their holiday shopping lists! Festive treats and beverages will be offered as well.
Who doesn’t love a “Paint with Santa Party”? Come on down to Color Me Mine, located on Pearl Street, this Saturday from 2:30-4:30pm. Santa Claus will be there to read Christmas wish lists as well as interact with the children! Come and enjoy story time as well as decorating cookies and painting a free ornament. Parents, please feel free to come and bring cameras to capture these unforgettable moments with Santa! It costs $32. This is an event you and the family do not want to miss out on!
It is time for the 2nd Annual 40’s & 50’s Big Band Christmas Ball at the Historic Boulder Elks Lodge! Experience a magnificent night of dancing under the Christmas lights and having fun being in the simple life of the 40’s and 50’s for one night! The Hot Tomatoes, one of the most sought after big bands, will be performing. This event costs $40-$45 and goes from 6pm-1am. This is a night that you won’t forget!
*Fire Station Story time at Boulder Rural Fire Department this Friday at 10:30am.
*“A New Orleans Christmas” performance is this Friday at 7:30pm at the Macky Auditorium.
*Stories on Stage presents “Making Merry” at the Dairy Center for the Arts this Saturday at 2pm.
* “Glory of Christmas” will take place at the First Presbyterian Church December 9th & 10th.
*Holiday Tea at the Hotel Boulderado Starts this Friday November 25th and goes until December 23rd.
*St. Nick’s on the Bricks begins this Saturday, November 26th and lasts until December 17th. Bring your kids to sit on Santa’s lap at the Downtown Boulder Visitor Information Center from 11am-2pm.
*Remember FREE Outdoor Boot Camp is every Sunday at 10am until January 1st.
*Remember that “Bird Shift: The Anthropogenic Ornithology of North America” is from 9am-5pm M-F and 10am-4pm on the weekends until December 27th.
* The Boulder Cocktail Tours and Downtown Dining Tours are always fun as well!
* You can never go wrong with attending Happy Hour at ANY restaurant or bar in Boulder!
       
The 28th Annual Homes for the Holidays is  this Saturday and Sunday! This event features a tour of homes from the historic Rose Hill Neighborhood. Buy your tickets now at the Historic Boulder Offices or local venues such as Alfalfa’s and the Boulder Book Store. The tour is from 10am-4pm on Saturday and 11am-4pm on Sunday. You don’t want to miss out on this holiday tradition!
Louisville Parade of Lights is Friday evening, Dec 2 from 6 to 8.
Lafayette celebrates with Home for the Holidays on Saturday Dec 3, from 11 to 2 at Festival Plaza in Old Town (311 S Public Rd). You will get a chance to pet Santa’s reindeer. The tree will be lit at 4:30 on Saturday.
HoliDairy Party is this Friday at the Dairy Center for the Arts! Join everybody for an extravaganza of food, drinks, and entertainment. The event begins at 6pm with food and crafts and goes on into the night featuring an after party for the adults and movies for the kids at 8:15pm. From tacky sweaters to formal wear, any type of attire is welcomed! Just come on out and have a fantastic time.
The CU-Boulder Holiday Festival 2011 is this Friday through Sunday at the Macky Auditorium! This event sells out every year due to the program featuring favorite seasonal music. Also, let’s not forget about the magnificent decorations that are displayed throughout the building. The CU Music Program invites you to come and be apart of this joyous celebration! Show times are 4pm and 7:30pm and tickets cost $12 per person.
The Lights of December Parade is this Saturday at 6pm! This has been a hometown celebration for 24 years and is something that is fun for the whole family. Both the Fairview and Boulder High School marching bands will perform as well as having over 50 entries from surrounding businesses and organizations all decked out in lights. The grand finale will feature Santa Clause! This is one parade you don’t want to miss.
*Hezekiah Goode at “No Name Bar” this Friday at 10pm.
*The Christmas Story will be performed at the First United Methodist Church this Saturday at 7:30pm.
*Q’s Bubble Dinner is this Saturday at 6:30pm at Q’s Restaurant!
*Holiday Tea at the Hotel Boulderado Starts this Friday November 25th and goes until December 23rd.
*St. Nick’s on the Bricks begins this Saturday, November 26th and lasts until December 17th. Bring your kids to sit on Santa’s lap at the Downtown Boulder Visitor Information Center from 11am-2pm.
*Remember FREE Outdoor Boot Camp is every Sunday at 10am until January 1st.
*Remember that “Bird Shift: The Anthropogenic Ornithology of North America” is from 9am-5pm M-F and 10am-4pm on the weekends until December 27th.
* The Boulder Cocktail Tours and Downtown Dining Tours are always fun as well!
* You can never go wrong with attending Happy Hour at ANY restaurant or bar in Boulder!
       
There are hundreds of home buying choices to make.
Millions of people purchase a home each year. There are literally hundreds of critical decisions to be made during the home buying process—many of these choices can impact your lifestyle and finances for decades–and yet few buyers have a truly complete plan or roadmap when it comes to buying a home.
No homebuyer would consciously set out to:
- Make bad decisions
- Base their choices on incomplete information
- Overlook critical issues that later come back to haunt them
- Expose themselves to unnecessary legal & financial liabilities
- Put themselves in a weak negotiating position
- Overpay for their home or mortgage
- Buy a home that is a poor investment
- Hire unqualified people to help them with the home buying process
It’s up to you
Every year millions of buyers make many unnecessary home-buying mistakes. It’s up to you to avoid these same costly mistakes by educating yourself about the key elements of the home buying process.
Tip of the iceberg
The truth is that looking at homes to buy is just the tip of the iceberg in a complex and inter-related home buying process that involves hundreds of elements across dozens of areas of specialized knowledge.
Here’s a sample of just some of the categories of knowledge related to making smart home buying decisions:
- Economic & Housing Market Research
- Real Estate Market Cycles
- Local & Neighborhood appreciation rates
- Neighborhood turnover ratios
- Financial Planning
- Tax Planning
- Lender Evaluation
- Loan Types
- Loan fees & Good Faith Estimates
- Interest rates/APR
- Government loan programs and incentives
- Home Search technology, process and alternative options
- Neighborhood Due Diligence
- Property Due Diligence Process
- Transaction Coordination
- Negotiation strategies
- Home Inspection process & analysis
- Real Estate contract law
- Homeowners Association Restrictions
- Surveys
- Appraisals
- Local zoning laws
- Title Insurance
- Escrow accounts
- Termite Inspections
- Flood Zoning
- Environmental specialists
- Repairs & Contractors
- Home Warranties
- Home Insurance Analysis
The purpose of this special home buying report is to help you make more informed and prudent home buying choices through the power of knowledge, awareness and process.
Lots of information but little wisdom
 Although there are dozens of books and volumes of information on the subject of buying a home there seems to be little information on how to manage the entire home buying process in the best interest of you—the buyer.
Who will help you?
It is often assumed that your real estate agent will manage some elements of the process and that the loan officer will take care of the loan and that other experts will get involved, as you need them. But, how do you assess their competence level and qualifications to help you make one of the largest purchases of your life?
No standardized process
The shocking truth is that the way the real estate and mortgage industry has been structured for decades has left buyers without a standardized, complete and proven home buying process that is solely focused on the best interests of the buyer.
Of course, even if you hire real estate experts to help, you should proactively educate yourself in at least the basics of the home buying process so you can help navigate around some of the most common and costly home buying mistakes. At the very least you should be able to ask more intelligent questions about how to avoid these common mistakes.
The intent of this report is primarily to make you aware of the 23 most costly home-buyer mistakes and to give you a brief overview of issues involved. There are literally volumes of books written on many of these individual issues. It is beyond the scope of this report to give in-depth solutions, however, once you become aware of the issues you can seek out additional expert information and guidance.
Knowledge is power
Armed with the information in this report you should be able to work with your REALTOR and the other specialists involved to customize a plan just for you and find expert solutions to avoid unnecessary costly mistakes.
Your smartest home buying solution
Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Your best insurance against making costly mistakes is to educate yourself about the key elements in the home buying and mortgage process. Ultimately you’ll need to have a clear plan, hire the right experts and make prudent, informed decisions based on up-to-date and complete information.
Mary Ellis ~~~ Metro Broker – The New Century Group ~~~ 303.661.9999
       
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Interested in learning about the best survival techniques in the wilderness? Well this Friday is your chance to do so! REI is hosting an event called “Deep Survival- Prepare Mind & Body for Any Situation” this Friday night from 6:30-8pm. Come join Ranger Dave Gustafson for a discussion and slideshow regarding survival tactics. The US Navy, police departments, wild land firefighters, and many more agencies are using this information for training. This is important for any individual who uses Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks frequently. It is FREE so make sure you attend!
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