Leisure and Travel Blog

By Brian Cooke

Just get me out of here….

So there I was, locked in a room with half a dozen preteen girls, thinking that I’d rather be just about anywhere else on a Saturday afternoon in Fort Collins.

My daughter had asked for an escape room party, and I’d done the research and chosen the room. And

One of the more recent restaurants to hit the Fort Collins dining scene, Metro Urban Food & Booze, prides itself in paying attention to even the smallest of details to ensure your dining experience is something completely different. Metro's attentive staff, stellar plating and live jazz music all

Fort Collins offers myriad opportunity for family adventures. To build your perfect itinerary, pick a theme — the great outdoors, music or STEM — or pair a few options from each. No matter how you spend the day, you’re definitely in for a memorable experience.

For the Outdoor Lovers

You Can’t

Garden Sweet is a small sustainable farm that has been serving Fort Collins and Northern Colorado for over a decade. The farm is known for producing gourmet vegetables, delicious berries, stunning flowers and fragrant herbs. Garden Sweet’s produce can be found all around town at local restaurants

This year Mother’s Day and Colorado State University's graduation weekends happen back to back May 10-12 and May 17-19. This means there will be plenty to do for all of the grads and moms that are making their way to Fort Collins for the festivities. We know moms and grads are fairly hard to shop

More than one third of the state of Colorado is preserved within national forests, national parks, and open spaces regulated by state and local governments for everyone to enjoy. Once known as the "Lilac City," Fort Collins also has a beautiful and rich horticultural history that still thrives today

Located in a historic mill, Ginger and Baker is one of the most unique eateries in Fort Collins. The establishment includes a pie shop, coffee shop, two restaurants, a teaching kitchen and a market. Ginger and Baker is known for celebrating Fort Collins’ history, community, creativity and pie. For

Whitewater rafting on the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado’s only designated “Wild & Scenic” River, is one of the most exhilarating experiences to be had in a lifetime. The Poudre (Pooh-Der), as the locals affectionately call it, runs right through the heart of Fort Collins, making the “Choice City”

Memorial Day Weekend provides the perfect excuse to spend an extra day or two in Fort Collins. Not only is it a three-day weekend, which means there’s more time for activities, but Memorial Day Weekend also serves as the unofficial start to summer. Let's also not forget that Memorial Day is a very

Northern Colorado Fishing Outfitters, owned and operated by Jedidiah Thompson, is a Fishing Guide Service that takes people on fully outfitted fishing trips by way of boat, from the shore, as well as on rivers, ponds, & lakes. This includes activities such as night fishing & ice fishing. fishing for