Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post

The tide of buzzy new independent restaurants in Denver is high, and rising. Here's a partial roster of new Denver places that bowed in 2011: Bittersweet.  

Quick! How many people does a 12-pound turkey feed? How many servings in a can of cranberry sauce? Don't worry, we're lousy at Thanksgiving trivia, too. That's why we assembled this Turkey Day cheat sheet.  

Lynne Sladky, The Associated Press

The latest yoga trend defies gravity. AntiGravity Yoga is a fitness practice that uses a silk hammock as a soft trapeze for resistance and support as participants hang upside down and are suspended in the air.  

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Having a so-called obesity gene doesn't necessarily doom you to being fat, a study finds — if you stay active.  

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.—The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at Yellowstone and more than 100 other national parks from Nov.  

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Maybe your daughter has just announced she's a vegan and the cousin hosting Thanksgiving this year takes it personally if everyone doesn't clean their plates. Maybe your son can't seem to be in the same room with his cousins without getting into a fistfight. Or is it your husband and brother-in-law who are the problem children.  

Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post

 Bruce Littlehorn and Larry Beard Jr.'s home-furnishings company was bred out of downsizing necessity: What fit into their former home just wasn't going to work in their 1,100-square-foot condo in downtown Denver.  

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Editor's note: This column is Part One in a two-part series about how car buying relates to home buying. Everything you need to know about buying a house, you can learn from buying a car.  

THE DENVER POST | Hyoung Chang

A cheering crowd of frugal fashionistas counted down the 10 seconds before high noon, then surged through the doors of the newly opened H&M store in downtown Denver.  

Via Spiga, The Associated Press

There's fall and spring, winter and summer — and there's boot season. For many fashion fans, that's the best time of year. Time to break out the cowboy boots and jeans, riding boots and leggings and maybe your best black work trousers and those cute high-heel booties you bought last year.  

Dear Amy: My youngest sister is a junior in college and is pregnant. Although she is on friendly terms with the baby's father, she is not in a relationship with him nor does she wish to have one in the future. My sister and the baby's father decided to give their child up for adoption and quickly found a couple who were interested.  

Dear Amy: My girlfriend and I have been together for seven years. For the most part we have had a very happy and fulfilling relationship. I would attribute 75 percent of our problems and fights to her opinions or actions (no exaggeration!).  

Dear Amy: I am the mother of two small boys younger than 2. I work 60 and sometimes 70 hours each week. I am not home much. I work a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift. I am rarely awake when my children or my boyfriend are, so he gets frustrated with me.  

Dear Amy:My wife really wants to have another baby; I do not. We have a 7-month-old daughter, and my wife believes she shouldn't grow up as an only child.  

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When gardeners talk about bulbs, superlatives pop up a lot. Al Gerace of Welby Gardens describes them as nature's perfect package.  

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Gardeners in Commerce City are still in the process of cleaning up their landscapes after a powerful May hailstorm shredded plants and littered lawns with leaves torn from trees.