Author: Bill Radford
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Macy’s posts surprise profit with overhaul resonating with shoppers
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK — Macy’s posted a surprise third-quarter profit and its strongest comparable sales in more than three years as an extensive overhaul of the 167-year-old New York department store begins to resonate with shoppers. Macy’s on Wednesday raised its financial guidance for the year, but its outlook for the crucial fourth…
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Cultivate creativity at Denver Botanic Gardens’ first art retreat
COLLEEN SMITH Special to The Gazette Denver Botanic Gardens branched out into its botanical illustration program nearly a half century ago. But this month it will host, for the first time, the Arts at the Gardens Immersive Retreat. DBG will offer a weekend of short art classes and garden tours Oct. 24-26. Participants can choose…
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Cultivate creativity at Denver Botanic Gardens’ first art retreat
COLLEEN SMITH Special to The Gazette Denver Botanic Gardens branched out into its botanical illustration program nearly a half century ago. But this month it will host, for the first time, the Arts at the Gardens Immersive Retreat. Tulips stand in one of the displays at the Denver Botanic Gardens on Friday, April 24, 1998,…
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A warrior’s roost: Veteran raises ostriches, tends a menagerie of animals at his ranch in Ellicott
The ostriches on this recent Wednesday morning are being standoffish. They’re hanging out near the back of their pen with no apparent desire to meet some visitors. Linda the emu is being much more social, wandering about and getting close — but not too close — as she circles around a Gazette photographer. The ostriches…
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State’s first MilkShake Factory opens in Colorado Springs
Jon and Micayla Bahr are at a truly sweet spot in life. On March 1, Micayla gave birth to a girl, Taverie, the couple’s first child. Just over three weeks later, the Bahrs held a soft opening for the state’s first MilkShake Factory, on Colorado Springs’ north side. Taverie was born two and a half…
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Colorado Springs restaurants that are gone but not forgotten
When Maryland-based Mission BBQ celebrates the grand opening of its first Colorado Springs location Tuesday, it will be just the latest in a constant wave of new restaurants coming to town. But as the Springs’ culinary landscape continues to evolve with national, regional and home-grown additions, it also has said goodbye over the years to…
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Book by Colorado Springs authors looks to make retirement years satisfying, meaningful
It’s a new chapter in the story of “Afterwork,” a book by two local financial planners about “the retirement lie” and how to make those golden years truly fulfilling. Joel Malick and Alex Lippert self-published the book when it was released in early 2021; now it’s been picked up and re-released by Aspire Press, part…
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‘Tireless advocate’ for downtown Colorado Springs marks 10 years in role
From her seventh-floor office at Plaza of the Rockies, Susan Edmondson can see at least three construction cranes at work — a sign of the boom times for downtown Colorado Springs. Edmondson celebrates her 10th anniversary as president and CEO of the Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs this month; previously, she was executive director of the…
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‘Tireless advocate’ for downtown Colorado Springs marks 10 years in role
From her seventh-floor office at Plaza of the Rockies, Susan Edmondson can see at least three construction cranes at work — a sign of the boom times for downtown Colorado Springs. Edmondson celebrates her 10th anniversary as president and CEO of the Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs this month; previously, she was executive director of…
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Colorado Springs architectural firm evolves, diversifies over 50 years
Amy Umiamaka, like many young girls, played with Barbies as a child. But she worried more about shelter for her Barbies than about their fashion style. “I made houses for the Barbies out of Legos and stuff like that,” she says. It was perhaps an early sign of her future career as an architect; an…