Steamboat Chatter

Andrew Petty is a life/career coach in Steamboat Springs, Colorado that helps people confront their own mortality so that they might truly start living. "What would you do if you knew you were going to die in five years," Andrew asks, "and what is stopping you from doing them today?" Through his program, The Graveyard Group, Andrew is helping people confront those very questions, take on a mortality mindset, and come up with answer...

Cait Bambenek found a family when she found employment as the retail manager at Ohana in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; and not just because that's what the Hawaiian word means. She found a family in that Ohana is a member of the community (you read that I right, I consider this store to be so vital to Steamboat that it is itself a member of it) that cares about the other members of their community. Throw in the best shirts you can f...

Nick Winden is a chef that helps Laundry Kitchen & Cocktails create some masterful works of art in the form of shared plates. And in Steamboat Springs, Colorado those shared plates most assuredly translate to shared good times. Nick talks with Duke about the art of crafting a menu and working in a kitchen, his goal to crash a ton of flavors onto your palate during your visit, and what it's like to work collaboratively towards a sha...

Dagny McKinley and Barb King, co-publishers of the arts magazine Art with Altitude, sit down with Duke today to fill him in on everything they're doing to "elevate the arts" as they put it. As co-workers at Steamboat Creates, the pair worked on projects together and came to a mutual understanding of what art can mean for a place like Steamboat Springs, Colorado. They also understand that art, while an important factor in life in th...

Recording inside the caboose at the Steamboat Art Depot, Garret Bock has been a working artist for 20 years or so, "or at least trying to be," as he puts it. I'd say mission accomplished. You can find Garret's work on his Instagram account (@strangesteamboat) if you're on there, but you can also check out Garret's work in person at Big Iron Coffee Co on Lincoln Ave, where it brings a little uncanny valley vibe to the cozy coffee sh...

Lisa Popovich has been working hard in Steamboat Springs, CO to help bring people together for events that build real community. Through the work of Main Street Steamboat, residents and visitors alike are treated to great annual events such as Restaurant Week happening October 7-15, Halloween Stroll, the farmer's market, and so much more! 

Join host Duke Adams, a new resident to Routt County, as he talks with the people and busines...