COS Town Tidings #26-235 | 8/23/26
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🥇 Best Of Colorado Springs Food & Drink 2026 is here!
🌟 Local Spotlight: ❤ What Are You Still Carrying?
📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!
🤗 Wellness Tips
🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!
📅 Local Events + Concerts, Farmers Markets, Activities
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🥇 Best Of Colorado Springs Food & Drink 2026 is here
Colorado Springs has no shortage of great places to eat, drink, snack, sip, and celebrate, and now it’s time to recognize the local favorites that make our community delicious.
We’re kicking off Best Of Colorado Springs Food & Drink 2026, and we want to hear from you. Nominate your favorite restaurants, coffee shops, bars, bakeries, takeout spots, brunch places, pizza joints, breweries, sweet treats, and more.
Whether it’s the place you recommend to a friend, the order you crave all week, or the neighborhood spot that always gets it right, this is your chance to give them some love.
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❤️ What Are You Still Carrying?
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When the weight of the world settles on your shoulders and joy feels just out of reach, sometimes the path forward requires guidance you cannot find on your own. Monica Bonning understands this journey intimately, and through Harmonious Hearts Healing, she and her husband Scott have created a sanctuary where transformation begins.
This husband and wife team offers healing sessions, counseling, hypnotherapy, and shamanic and Reiki energy work. Their approach addresses the whole person, bringing balance to body, mind, and spirit. For women carrying years of unprocessed emotions or feeling disconnected from themselves, the experience can be revelatory. Many clients walk in feeling heavy and walk out lighter, often surprised by how much burden they had been carrying without realizing it.
What makes Harmonious Hearts Healing especially powerful is Monica and Scott's authentic understanding of the healing journey. Both emerged from their own childhood trauma and difficult past relationships to discover unexpected gifts: intuition, spiritual sight, and the ability to help others navigate darkness into light. That personal transformation fuels their commitment to helping others step into their own power.
Beyond individual sessions, they teach spiritual classes for those exploring mediumship or psychic abilities, offering a safe space to discover and deepen these gifts. They are also launching a shadow work healing program where participants can gather monthly to release emotional burdens together, plus they offer shamanism certification for those called to this healing work.
Whether you are seeking calm, setting healthier boundaries, or finding your voice again, this devoted couple creates space for genuine connection and lasting change. Office located at 120 Davie Dr, Colorado Springs. Explore their offerings at Harmoniousheartsllc.com, or call 719-639-6586 to begin your own journey home to yourself.
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📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!
Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.
🌟 Real Estate Roundup: 🏡 Latest Home Sales and Market Insights for Colorado Springs (Issue #26-234)
🐾 TRIVIA: Why Did Everyone Come Back After This? (Issue #26-230)
🐻 The Tragic Reason to Lock Your Car (Issue #26-232)
👨💻 COS Makes Big Tech Foot the Bill (Issue #26-229)
🥯 Which 5 Restaurants Got Flagged? (Issue #26-233)
🚗 Is 10 Over Really Speeding? (Issue #26-231)
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⭐Fall Gnome Craft Class - $23.18 Sells Out Fast! 😊 SocialActivity 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · 📍 2616 W Colorado Ave #19, Colorado Springs Fall Gnome Craft Class @The Mountain Mercantile! Date & Time: September 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM (Mountain Time) Join us at… |
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👩🌾 Colorado Springs Sunday Market- Every Sun-Oct 17 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 115 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs Sundays in Acacia Park downtown - Farmers Market Local farmers Fresh baked goods Handmade products Music, commun… |
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👩🌾 Cordera Farmers Market - Every Sun through Sept 6 FREE 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 11894 Grandlawn Circle, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Colorado 80924 With an average of about 35 vendors, you can look forward to seeing many booths set up including (but not limited to) Ab… |
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Colorado Springs Health & Fitness Expo $5-$25 😊 Social🧘♀️ Wellness 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM · 📍 9494 Federal Dr, Colorado Springs The 3rd Annual Colorado Springs Health & Fitness Expo $5-$25 Something powerful is building in Colorado Springs… and the… |
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👩🌾 Southeast Farmers Market thru Oct 11 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · 📍 2050 Jetwing drive, Colorado Springs EVERY Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for an afternoon full of community, shopping, food, fun, and so much more! Th… |
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Colorado Springs Greek Festival - FREE admission Festival 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · 📍 2215 Paseo Rd, Colorado Springs Experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of Greece at the 27th Annual Colorado Springs Greek Festival, hosted by Archa… |
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Digital Realities- a community conversation on digital safety 🧒 Family💗 Community 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM · 📍 5225 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs Tessa and CSPD are partnering to offer a digital safety event open to all community members but especially for parents.… |
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719 Swing 'n Jam - every Sunday $5-$20 😊 Social🎶 Music 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM · 📍 2103 N Weber St, Colorado Springs If you’re looking for a new activity we would love to see you on Sundays!! Join these lovely dancers at 719 Swing N Jam… |
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Haunted Manitou Ghost Tours - $25 Activity 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM · 📍 502 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs Embark on a spine-tingling journey through the haunted history of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on our ghost tour. Traverse… |
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🍔 Food Truck Tuesdays Thru Aug 25 🥘 Food 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM · 📍 Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215 S. Tejon Street, 80903 Food Truck Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This popular weekly offering will feature twelve rotating food trucks serv… |
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Sept 5, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
Sept 19, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
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