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SHYLERO Beach Bag Perfect for a Variety of Needs
Multipurpose Bag: The SHYLERO Beach Bag XL is a multipurpose bag suitable for the pool, picnics, vacations, and much more.
By Mark Smiley
Spring break is around the corner and many valley residents consider heading to a tropical destination. Or perhaps, they consider a staycation at places like Great Wolf Lodge or Gaylord Rockies. When they travel with their families, they undoubtedly need a reliable and durable pool bag.
One to consider purchasing for such a trip is the SHYLERO Beach Bag XL. This beach bag is durable and waterproof which is important when trying to keep your items dry at the pool or beach. It features a canvas-like fabric with ripstop construction and can easily hold 22 pounds of items.
Rope Handle: This beach bag features rope handles that makes it easy to carry all of your essentials that can easily fit up to 22 pounds of items.
This bag is large enough with big inner pockets including a zippered pocket and waterproof interior lining – sized at L22″xH15″xW6″. One review online indicated: “I’ve been looking for a bag for at least two years and finally found what I want – colorful, large and well made. We are now able to carry six beach towels, multiple containers of sunscreen and still have room for phones, keys, etc without having to worry about the handles pulling from the bag. The rope style handles are comfortable to carry on our shoulders. Great purchase.”
As mentioned in the online review, this beach bag features rope handles that makes it easy to carry. The bag even features a built-in keyholder and bottle opener making it a true multipurpose bag that is not only suitable for the pool but also a picnic, cruise bag, travel bag, sports bag, vacation bag, overnight bag, gym bag, grocery bag, or even a carry-on luggage handbag for the flight to store your laptop and other essentials.
Another online review states: “This is much better quality than you typically find in discount souvenir stores at the beach! It’s lightweight and big enough to carry everything I need. I love that it also has several zipped pockets inside and outside to securely store items.”
This beach bag retails for $49.99 and can be purchased at www.shylero.com. SHYLERO is backed by 100% warranty that if you are not fully satisfied with your bag, receive your money back.
Achieve Dry January With These Mocktail Options In Denver
by Jessica Hughes
As we all look to the new year with fresh intentions and a goal-oriented mindset, one new year resolution that has become popular over the years is Dry January. A health campaign that started in 2013, Dry January is a way to begin the new year with healthy habits and a clear mind by removing alcohol consumption for the entire month.
Whether you need a break from drinking after the holidays, kick-start a healthier routine, or have always preferred not to drink, achieve your goals without feeling deprived, with curated mocktail menus from these local Denver bars.
Non-alcoholic potions that tend to the body and mind, from Honey Elixir Bar. Photo courtesy of Honey Elixir Bar Facebook
Where: 2636 Walnut St. #104, Denver, CO 80205
Encouraging rejuvenation over depletion, Honey Elixir Bar is a drinking experience that is meant to reinvigorate and stimulate, not tear down. Their chic mocktails and cocktails are met with equally chic interiors of their funky lux lounge where sipping has become a lost art form. You won’t find any imitations of well-known cocktails, as their mocktail menu is truly original with favorites like the Chocolit and the Mai Chai.
The cornerstone of their elixir bar is the fermented drink, Jun. Similar to kombucha, Jun uses honey and green tea instead of black tea and cane sugar. Honey has partnered with two local master brewers of Jun, Ish’s Brew and Ling Elixirs (both based in Boulder) to offer this healthy alternative as the basis for many of their mocktails. Do note, Jun does naturally contain 3-4% alcohol.
For truly non-alcoholic drinks, sip and savor their natural cacao or shift your consciousness with invigorating drink potions infused with botanicals, herbs, and super foods. Even their cocktails are made with high-quality spirits, honey instead of sugar, and high-quality botanicals, so no need to feel guilty with these alcoholic drinks.
An artful cocktail bar paired with crafty mocktails at Room for Milly. Photo courtesy of Room for Milly Facebook
Room For Milly
Where: 1615 Platte St., Suite 145, Denver, CO 80202
With a nod to travel and an ultra-modern-chic atmosphere, Room for Milly is designed to be a place for friends to gather over a good conversation, admire an artful interior, and enjoy a good cocktail. Along with their beer, wine, and sake menu, the bar also features a tantalizing list of zero-proof beverages. The select group of three include: the Cantab, a jasmine iced tea with umb shrub and pomegranate; the Clara with seedlip spice, tonic; and the Avenue No. 3 with seedlip spice, ginger, jasmine tea, honey, and citrus.
Forget me Not
Where: 227 Clayton St., Denver, CO 80206
Located in the heart of Cherry Creek, Forget Me Not is a cocktail bar that infuses the art of decor, sophistication, and color in both its drinks and its interiors. Placed in the middle of their large cocktail menu are three delightful zero-proof drinks that won’t make you miss the liquor. Choose from the Perfect Vision with seedlip grove, coconut water, verjus, rose water; the Deep Roots with seedlip garden, tarragon, beet, ginger, citrus stappi red bitter; and the Green Machine with seedlip grove, cucumber, salted lemon, and ginger.
Lady Jane
Where: 2021 W. 32nd Ave., Denver, CO 80211
Located in the trendy LoHi neighborhood, Lady Jane is an unpretentious cocktail bar that makes serving
Forget Me Not’s Green Machine made with seedlip, cucumber, and salted lemon. Photo courtesy of Forget Me Not Facebook
delicious drinks look easy. On their menu, are four mocktails that do anything but mock other cocktails. With four original drinks, including a pomegranate-ginger spritz, a spiced apple sour, coffee colada, and a pink guava cooler. While you will find more cocktails than mocktails on the menu, even their alcoholic drinks serve up fresh local ingredients with high-end spirits to minimize the guilt factor.
Death & Co.
Where: 1280 25th St., Denver, CO 80205
Don’t despair, even the most sought-after cocktail lounge, Death & Co. is home to a surprisingly decent list of mocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. The swanky RiNo location invites cocktail and mocktail purveyors alike, with the carefully curated zero-proof drink selection. Choose from three different options: the Alpenglow with hibiscus, black tea, bay leaf, lime, and seltzer; the Holidays in the Sun with non-alcoholic dry Aperitif, Moroccan mint tea; and Out of Time with Three Spirits Livener, blueberry, cold brew, and coconut. In addition to their mocktails, they also offer a brief selection of non-alcoholic beer and wine.
Colorado Companies Play Pivotal Role In Manned Bases On The Moon
“Space has the ability to produce a triple bottom line, or ROIII: Return on Investment, Innovation, and Inspiration.”
- Robert C. Jacobson
by Luke Schmaltz
NASA’s Artemis I rocket launched on November 16, 2022, with re-entry and splashdown on December 11, 2022. This demonstrated the first major goal of bringing a human-rated spacecraft to space.
The Orion Capsule is perched atop the Artemis I Space Launch System. Image: eandt.theiet.org
The towering monstrosity of hardware stands at 90 meters (322 feet) and was built to the tune of $40 billion, a number projected to double in the next few years as the project moves forward. The growing aerospace economy is made possible, to a large degree, by a contingency of Colorado-based companies making space exploration possible. The imminent objectives of the Artemis 1 project involve an unmanned mission to the moon, followed by manned missions designed to establish a populated base camp near the south pole of Earth’s celestial sister. This will provide the necessary research and lay the groundwork for a similar mission to Mars.
Mankind’s last trip to the Moon was in 1972, aboard the final Apollo 17 mission. In the 50 years since, aerospace technology has transformed amid revolutionary innovation. The current landscape of the industry presents a hybrid collaboration of government agencies and private sector companies working together to return humans to the surface of the Moon.
Lockheed Martin Space
Atop the towering Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) sits the Orion capsule — primarily built and engineered by Lockheed Martin Space, a Denver/Boulder-based company. This spacecraft has been specifically developed to take human beings deep into space. State-of-the-art technology includes advanced propulsion, communication, navigation, radiation protection, and life support systems. The capsule also features the biggest heat shield ever built which will protect astronauts as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. Currently, the company is contracted for six Orion missions with a potential six more on the table. In the upcoming Artemis III mission, Lockheed’s Orion capsule will enable the first woman and the first African-American to set foot on the Moon.
Maxar
Once the Orion capsule reaches the Moon, it will dock into Gateway, an orbiting spaceship which will serve as a communication hub and staging area. A Westminster-based company, Maxar, develops the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) which makes altitude control, movement, and maneuvering possible through electricity-generated bursts of ionized atoms. This sustainable approach removes chemical propellants from the equation as astronauts use the Gateway module to make their final descent to the lunar surface.
Advanced Space
Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover will help establish wireless 4G/LTE lunar communications. Image: moonmarkets.moonvillageassociation.org
Humanity’s return to the Moon is largely empowered by Colorado companies. Image: pbs.org
Based in Westminster, this team of innovators recently launched CAPS, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System. According to the company website, this piece of orbiting technology will “serve as a pathfinder for NASA’s Artemis program, and demonstrate our proprietary peer-to-peer navigation capability…” The unorthodox orbit of the microwave oven-sized module will provide uninterrupted communication with Earth by passing within 1,000 km of the Moon’s surface at the South Pole and then traveling in a twisting elliptical path to as far as 40,000 km from the Moon’s North Pole. Proper and precise execution of this near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) will act as a pathfinder for the Gateway spacecraft and ensure it maintains a constantly unobstructed view of earth.
Lunar Outpost
NASA’s lunar astronauts will eventually be establishing a manned base at the Moon’s South Pole, at which time on-site communications infrastructure will be essential. This Golden-based robotics company leads the private sector in the potential monetization of lunar infrastructure (the cislunar economy) while positioning themselves to be a successful NASA partner. Currently, they have partnered with Nokia’s NASA Tipping Point project along with Intuitive Machines to build, establish, test, and integrate the first ever 4G/LTE network on the surface of the Moon.
In late 2022, Intuitive Machines will deliver numerous payloads via their Nova-C lander. This will be remotely operated to install a low-latency, long-rage, wireless communications network. This system will include transmission modules and antennas, which will be deployed by Lunar Outpost’s M1 MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform) rover — a surface vehicle the size of a small dog which will be operated remotely from Earth.
These companies represent the tip of the Colorado-based aerospace iceberg. An estimated 180+ additional companies are working to contribute to revolutionizing humanity’s interaction with space in one way or another. While lunar exploration seems to have gone out of style over the last 50 years, there’s a new attitude on the horizon. The cislunar economy is once again inspiring the aerospace industry to shoot the Moon.
