COS Town Tidings #24-357

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Grab a beverage and catch up on what you missed this week ☕

🤣 Daily Chuckle

🌟 Local Spotlight: 🧵 Unleash Your Inner Designer With Jessica

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

📆 Local Events | 🤶 Holiday Events | 📅 SAVE THE DATE

🌤 COS Weather - Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm

🙋‍♀️ Who Should We Feature?

A friend got into photographing salmon in different clothing

👉He said he liked shooting fish in apparel 🤣

🧵 Unleash Your Inner Designer With Jessica

👗 Discover Premium Fabrics & Personalized Guidance at Vestina Vintage Studios

Imagine the joy of creating something beautiful with your own hands, guided by an expert who feels like an old friend. That's the experience awaiting you at Vestina Vintage Studios in Old Colorado City, brought to life by Jessica Alexander.

As a young girl, Jessica treasured visits to her great-grandmother, a skilled seamstress who lived far away. While the adults chatted, she'd lose herself in pattern books, dreaming of possibilities. Those dreams took root in her high school home economics class, where she made her first poodle skirt (remember those?!) and treasured pieces she still has to this day. Years later, fate led her to work at a high-end fabric store, where handling luxurious silks and fine wools transformed her perspective on craftsmanship. When that beloved shop closed, Jessica knew it was time to create something special of her own.

Today, her expanded studio in Old Colorado City offers something truly special: access to designer-quality materials rescued from fashion houses and mills. These unique pieces, unavailable anywhere else in the region, enable customers to create extraordinary garments while supporting sustainable fashion practices.

The studio has become more than just a shop - it's a gathering place where beginners find encouragement through hands-on workshops, and sewists discover inspiration in the carefully curated collection of independent patterns and premium materials. From custom clothing creation to private lessons, Jessica shares her 35 years of experience with genuine enthusiasm and patient guidance.

More than a store, it's a community where your ideas come to life. Visit Vestina Vintage Studios at 1704 W Colorado Ave. Open Tues through Sat, 10am- 5pm. To learn more about workshops or inquire about custom sewing, call 720-663-9314 or email [email protected]. Join Jessica and discover the joy of creating something truly unique.

See more at the Vestina Vintage Studios website, Facebook (classes listed here) and Instagram

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.

• 🌟Community Corner: 🥫 Bringing Hope to Every Table: Care and Share Food Bank (Issue #24-356)

• 🌾TRIVIA: Surprising Ways Pioneer Women Adapted to the West (Issue #24-352)

• 🎄 Last Minute Homemade DIY Gift Ideas (Issue #24-354)

• ✈️ Fly Through COS Faster This Holiday (Issue #24-351)

• 🐾 Thanksgiving Coyote Attack Update (Issue #24-355)

• 😨 Scammers Use AI to Clone Family Voices (Issue #24-353)

• 😴 Fix Posture Problems While Sleeping

• 🥾 Escape to Sondermann Park

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🤫 Meet The Pain Whisperer - Amy Cook-Porter

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🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

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• 🥖 Make Ahead Spinach-Artichoke Crostini

• 🍫 Easy Peppermint Bark

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🎉 New Events Calendar!

We're making it easier to discover and share what's happening in Colorado Springs! Our new interactive calendar is live and growing. Optional weekly SMS event reminders available!

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📆 Local Events

• Dec 23-Feb 23: Ice Castles @Cripple Creek $21-$29 (Opened Earlier Than Expected!)

• Dec 23, 5:30-7pm: Christmas Sound Bath: Time to Relax, recharge, and reset with positive vibrations @76 S Sierra Madre St Ste C $39

• Dec 23, 7-9pm: Christmas Movie Themed Trivia @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE to attend

• Dec 24, 7pm: The Classic Broadmoor Holiday Show @The Broadmoor $90-$155

• Dec 27-29, 4-8:30pm: Christmas At Forest Bend @ Black Forest, 9525 Burgess Rd $17.50 (Must have reservation)

• Dec 30-31, 7:30pm: New Year’s Eve: Rhapsody in Blue @Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts $57-$115

• Dec 31, 7:30pm-Midnight: NYE-Under The Lights @ OCC, 2324 W. Colorado Ave $44.52

• Dec 31 7pm: New Year's Eve Bash @The Broadmoor $80-$155

• Dec 31 7pm: New Year's Eve Gala @The Broadmoor $330

• Jan 4, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime (Holiday Show) @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (16 Ticket Left)

• Jan 8, 7:30pm: The Temptations & Four Tops @Pikes Peak Center $51-$120

• Jan 11. 2025, 5-8:30pm: Lotus Foundation's Hope Blooms Benefit for Survivors @First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50

• Jan 11 (7pm), 12 (2:30pm): Mozart's Requiem @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $35

• Jan 17 (6pm), 18-19 (1 & 6pm): Starz Theater Company presents Peter Pan @Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS $22-$30

• Timberline Landscaping’s 2024 “Christmas Lights Guide”: festive roadmap to over 100 decorated homes and businesses across Colorado Springs

• Magic Lights @PPIR, 16650 Midway Ranch Rd, Fountain (Through Jan 4, Daily) $33/vehicle

• Electric Safari at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (Dec 22-23, 25-Jan 1): Where else can you see holiday lights AND feed a giraffe?

• The Broadmoor's Christmas Celebrations: From elegant holiday teas to festive dining

• Winter Wonderland with the Wolves (Dec 22) @ Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center: Join for breakfast burritos with the wolves; $40 for ages 12+, $20 for kids under 11

🍽 FREE Holiday Community Meals

Everyone is Welcome

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