tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994425790834975572024-03-14T05:19:47.125-07:00The store owner speaks..The down & dirty about the ins & outs of life at Boulder Body Wear...and more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-53627990409483713602013-09-03T07:16:00.000-07:002013-09-03T07:16:54.231-07:00Fall In and Go<div class="MsoNormal">
New classes. New schedules. New places to go. New things to
do. Fall is excitingly busy. We have been very busy here at BBW as well and we
are happy to have been able to share your new adventures with you and your
family. As all of us continue on, learning, performing and moving forward, we'd
like to offer you some happenings that may enrich and help you along. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sept 11th, Give Back Yoga will be hosting the first annual
"Seeds of Service" farm to table fundraiser to support reaching
10,000 veterans with their Yoga for Veterans toolkits. BBW is proud to sponsor
this event and hope you will jump on board with supporting our veterans with
PTSD who benefit from the work of Give Back Yoga.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sept 10th -20th our annual Fall Fashion Preview Sale will
offer you 20% off all of our newest fashions. You may even want to start your
holiday shopping and get the newest for less.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sept 22nd, "Supporting your dancer thru
injury" talk and discussion with
Chris Harbison will take place from 5:00-6:30pm at the BBW. Chris, a licensed
clincal social worker, will share her exepertise on the psychological impact of
an injury in a dancers life. She'll also discuss the challenges dancers face
when returning to class and how parents can help their dancer cope with the
experience. Join us for information that you can use at home with your dancer
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A preview to October! Russian Pointe will be visiting us on
the 10/22 for a day pointe shoe fittings and a possible discussion for teachers
and artistic directors on how to use their shoes effectively in class and
performance. We will continue to post information about this event as it gets
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Thank you to all of our hosts out of state as we brought our
mobile store to your studios over the summer and early fall. We love being a
part of your dance families. Also, we are grateful to all of you who come into
our store every day and share your adventures with us. It is fun to hear and
when we can, offer assistance!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-85845661118556469182013-06-20T18:58:00.002-07:002013-06-20T18:58:41.233-07:00Complete. Restart. Smile.June is a busy month at <a href="http://www.boulderbodywear/" target="_blank">Boulder Body Wear</a>. A full circle of events seem to bring dancers into see us, closing out the year with performances, getting gear for intensives and camps, starting new classes. It's a lot of fun to see new ballerinas, tappers and gymnasts getting excited to learn something new during the summer break. Theatrical camps have students exploring new roles. Older students travel and challenge themselves. <div>
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Thank you to everyone who donated to our used clothing drive. We were able to deliver a respectable amount of very nice and usable clothing to <a href="http://www.angelorganic.org/" target="_blank">Angel Organic</a>. A round of applause goes out to <a href="http://www.revolutionpoweryoga.com/" target="_blank">Revolution Power Yoga</a> for their very large donation. Once again, yoga fashion shines bright.</div>
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In the coming weeks you'll see the BBW staff out at <a href="http://www.avalonevents.org/" target="_blank">The Avalon</a> and the <a href="http://www.stjulien.com/" target="_blank">St. Julien</a> promoting our incredible social dance shoe selection. We will be traveling out of state to fit pointe shoes and service areas that are without a local dance store for their fall dance gear. Our wonderful shoes are available to any customer <a href="http://www.boulderbodywear.com/" target="_blank">online</a> for 20% off. Use code bbwshoes20 at the checkout to not only save money but also time and fuel. You can also check out our video library to learn about pointe shoes, bun building and performance make up. July 4th, the staff will be taking the day off to celebrate the birthday of the good and young USA, so don't stop by, the door will be locked.</div>
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This time each year I feel gratitude as the store fills up with families who are looking, vacationing, shopping and sharing. I remember that although families are rarely perfect, having them here is testimony to the desire to be supportive, challenged and together. I like this feeling. It makes me smile. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-15630757369780786652013-06-10T15:35:00.000-07:002013-06-10T15:35:15.688-07:00Take a break. Educate your child.Having the opportunity to have some alone time when you are a busy parent is rare. Mom's Day out is our chance to help you have some time, recreate yourself with the newest yoga fashion and save some money. On June 15th from 2:00-4:00 pm Studio D dance studio will be offering a intro to dance class for kids age 7-14. When you drop your child for this class, you will receive a 25% coupon to Boulder Body Wear. Head on over and have some uncluttered, non-multitasking, "me" shopping time.<br />
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Studio D is a premium dance academy which offers a wide array of traditional as well as nontraditional dance classes for children, each created to encourage self expression and individualism. Owner Diana Tepe, a former professional dancer herself, has emphasized the focus of the all of Studio D's classes to be focused on health for children through movement.<br />
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My comment on kids today is this- faced with a world of new technology, tightened economic possibilities affecting education and nutrition and an ever changing world of politics and war, these young people are creative, resourceful, intelligent and caring. They have wonderful mentors, teachers and adults. The outcome is beautiful.</div>
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It's that time of year when we start cleaning out our closets and drawers of endless black stretchy garb that has been lovingly used in yoga and dance class. The newest fashions along with the tried and true basics are in Boulder Body Wear now and there is an itch to replace the old with the new.</div>
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Christine's clever idea is that you bring your old gently used yoga clothing to us between May 21st and June 11th... We in turn will give it to Angel Organics to distribute. You will get $5 off your next purchase at Boulder Body Wear. Get something new and know that you helped someone else while doing so.</div>
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Angel Organic cultivates and nurtures a meaningful path to integrative health and healing pracitices within under served individuals and communities. Your gently used items will be distributed to those who can use them now at the Boulder County Safehouse and the Family Learning Center of Boulder. </div>
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For every ballerina, getting fit for your first pair of pointe shoes is a BIG DEAL. With every big deal there are always expectations, rumors and some misconceptions. Dis-spell the myths! Check out our video on pointe shoe basics or stop by for one of our workshops on pointe shoe basics. Find out the difference between pre-pointe shoes & full shank shoes, what to expect from a professional pointe shoe fitting, and shoe and foot care. Our pointe shoe specialist, Mimi Ferrie, will take you through the basics and beyond.</div>
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Struggling to make the perfect bun? Frustrated with your daughter walking out of class with her bun out of sorts? Check out Bun Making 101 where Jin Talcott takes you through not only how to make a basic ballerina bun but also a stage bun, sock bun (for you ladies blessed with lots of hair) or how to attach an Allegro Bun for ladies with more sporty cuts.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com1Boulder, CO, USA40.0149856 -105.2705455999999940.0149856 -105.27054559999999 40.0149856 -105.27054559999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-50989798729373567822013-04-28T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-04T05:54:20.939-07:00Boulder Yoga fashion, PTSD, & The Give Back Yoga FoundationIn Boulder we have a unique sense of fashion. We want function. We want fashion. We want comfort. AND we want all that while being responsible consumers.<br />
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In fact, we would rather not be called ..."consumer". We have demanded that our purchasing power have a larger voice. Being enviornmentally and socially conscious is a given. PACT (<a href="http://www.wearpact.com/">www.wearpact.com</a>) has produced a wonderful line of underwear, legging and socks that goes further by taking profits back to local, national and international need. (I refrain from using the word charity here as they have taken the time to discover people in need and how to serve them directly with funding). Here at BBW, we followed PACT's example by using the month of March to support the Give Back Yoga Foundation (<a href="http://givebackyoga.org/">http://givebackyoga.org/</a>).<br />
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On their homepage, Give Back Yoga states their goal for 2013 simply -"to bring our yoga for veterans toolkits, developed by expert teachers with years of experience in working with soldiers with post-traumatic stress, to at least 10,000 veterans across the country." Up to 37% of the 2.4 million service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are now struggling with PTSD or traumatic brain injury. Yoga can help veterans find relief. We asked our customers to round up their sales to the nearest dollar, $5 or $10. Our vendors, Beyond Yoga, Om Girl, Onzie and ALO all donated items for a silent auction. Then we donated 1 yoga mat for every $50 raised. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com2Boulder, CO, USA40.0149856 -105.2705455999999939.820446600000004 -105.59326909999999 40.2095246 -104.9478221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-48863575410894591892013-04-23T15:00:00.000-07:002013-04-23T15:00:05.967-07:00National Dance WeekAlthough the week of April 26th is National Dance Week, we here in Boulder county have been celebrating all month long. Special events, performances, workshops, benefits and parties - all to celebrate movement in our community. All this celebration is good for our souls. As individuals we experience each other using that wonderful communication conduit of dance. From here we experience community which enables us provide, envision and strengthen.<br />
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If you missed some of the fun events so far this month, not to fret. You may have missed the dance documentary "Been Rich All My Life" or Tara Masimer's Master Class but there is still more to come. You can still hop on the CU Fringe Festival or the free showing of New Breeds BADA BOOM. In fact, you can go into May celebrating, simply go www.artresource.org/dance and get an entire listing of events. Want a hard copy or a keepsake? Stop by Boulder Body Wear and pick up the beautiful brochure.<br />
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Dance on Boulder...you move & smile with the best of them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com0Boulder, CO, USA40.0149856 -105.2705455999999939.820446600000004 -105.59326909999999 40.2095246 -104.9478221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-54774184744739752342012-12-27T05:30:00.000-08:002012-12-27T05:30:01.577-08:00Dr. Seuss, the bus and the true meaning of the season.I'd like to say "to their dismay", yet my friends and family know me well. A seed gets planted in my brain and it takes a life of it's own. It grows and unexpected things happen. In this particular space of life, I have decided to save on finances and shrink my carbon footprint by using public transit. The bus. Following the wise words of Dr Seuss, "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." This will be easy. Use my feet to walk to Arapahoe and catch the JUMP to the Village. Walk to work. Save money, use time for work or reading on the bus.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-39373330687098927612012-07-30T22:17:00.001-07:002012-07-30T22:29:04.119-07:00What the grumpies gave me today.I hiked Hanging Lake today. With my 20 year old daughter, Audrey...and about 100 other people.<br />
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Honestly, hiking with this many people makes me grumpy and I already started out the day on the grump side. I am a bit of a trail snob. Growing up close to the Mesa Trail, I would escape to it as a teenager to set my mind straight. This has left me a little bit snobby about trailing. I grump about people taking up the width of the trail or raising their nordic poles to my dog as we run by. So ending our extended weekend of tooling along through the mountains, with 100 other people makes me grump again. </div>
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But this is "our" hike. This is what Audrey and I "do" (even though we just started this "tradition" last year). I must get over my grumpy self and hike...with 100 other people.</div>
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If you have ever hiked Hanging Lake, just outside of Glennwood Springs, Colorado, you know, this is not an easy stroll up the mountainside. It's challenging. The hike is only 2 miles round trip but most of it is a vertical climb. You also know every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to try to climb the mountain. We remark about the people we see along the way. Those without adequate shoes (one woman is barefoot another in dress shoes) or water. The overweight and the out of shape (we are at altitude people...). The ultra young or old. Possibly they parked down the highway and have already walked a mile to the trail head. We roll our eyes. Everyone is here. </div>
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Soon we are commenting that on this day, the hike seems a little harder than last year. "Haha" we say, "it must be more humid than last year". Truth be told, it has not been an easy year for us in most any way. Life has thrown this family some hard balls and close to nothing has felt "easier". Why would today be any different? We sweat...we rest...we climb. We pass people, people pass us. There is always someone else with us along the trail. Faster or slower, whatever we try, we are always hiking with other people.</div>
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People begin to chatter and remark about the beauty of the scenery, the heat, the impending rain storm....how they may not make it to the top. </div>
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As we get closer to the top (I call it the "ascent" because there is a railing to help you pull yourself along or not fall over the side. For us, possibly both.), strangers start talking to each other. They begin develop this camaraderie of accomplishment. Soon strangers are encouraging one another, offering to take photos for one another and making way for those who are struggling. There is even an international element - Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Japanese, Midwestern, Southern and Eastern- everyone is smiling and moving forward. A man with a Huskers t-shirt on, sweaty and winded wants to take our picture. A woman passing a slower family, takes the elder woman's hand and helps her over the rocks. People are happy. We are happy. They have helped us make it to the top with their surge of accomplishment. At the top, it is beautiful and everyone remarks that the effort was worth it.</div>
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Hmmm.... I was going to blog about how consumers spend more mind, money and intellectual energy into what they eat than the clothing they buy. Yada yada. Another day.</div>
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I am reminded, it is not usually about what people do not do. It is about what they DO. It is about all the strengths that we have inside and use to make a difference. Life is hard all around. We can struggle, raise our fists or laugh at it. We can do this....together. And we most likely will feel good about it. I think about all the things my children DO that are great. They are incredible people. As are my coworkers, my customers, my friends and even the strangers that lend me a hand every day. I have so much to learn and to share. </div>
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So in response to waking up grumpy, this world gave me today where I watched a woman hike in her bare feet, a man carry his son to the top of a mountain, a woman reach out to a stranger, all while I caught me some incredibly beautiful Colorado scenery. </div>
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I choose to focus on the "do's" and not the "do not's".</div>
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Life is good.</div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com0Glenwood Springs, CO39.546411919686712 -107.3364257812538.765040919686712 -108.59985328125 40.327782919686712 -106.07299828125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499442579083497557.post-59613471688214865312012-06-05T20:51:00.001-07:002012-06-05T21:16:01.127-07:00The 3 P's - past, present and preferably the future.<div>
This quite possibly historical as I will get...and as dry. At least, that is what we are hoping for.</div>
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In 1987, I could not have known what kind of road Boulder Body Wear would take me. Looking back at the past, I look at my job "on the Hill" as a wonderful way to be in the verve of Boulder while working my way through CU. We were located on the one way headed east part of Pennsylvania Ave between The Sink and Wave Rave. Door open whenever the sun was shining and the heat wouldn't run every 5 minutes. Our little 425 square feet store was where I would learn about business, dance, community and become an adult. It is a miraculous thing that my gut and my heart glued my feet to the floor.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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From there we moved onto Crossroads Mall and continued to grow. Being in a mall gave us a new perspective on our customer base. Suddenly we were able to reach more dancers, more women who wanted to shop local and more had opportunity to expand into all of the markets we had hoped to reach. Luckily we were not smart enough to NOT pay the rent or work the crazy hours that the mall imposed upon us. As one of the last businesses open in Crossroads, we can say that our stint in a mall, although expensive in many ways, was very good to us and shaped our future into something pretty wonderful.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From here, you must know, Boulder Body Wear grew into the professional, experienced entity it is today at the Boulder Marriott. We love our customers, many who have been with us all 25 years. I have learned about what makes a community- you have shared your families, your troubles, your triumphs. We consider all of you family. I don't say this lightly....I have introduced husband & wife, seen divorce, experienced the births of a dancers and been taken with them thru their professional careers. We have been with together with you through sickness and even death. We have created, educated, and developed together throughout it all. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we even think we fail. I, and we, have been truly blessed by you our family and friends..our customers. We continue to have the door open when the sun is shining, the wind is not blowing (too hard), and we are not running the heat or AC too often. Hoping that you will come in and join us.</div>
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So that is our past. </div>
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From here is our present and our future. Should you care to read my blog in the future, it will be full of life in the store, which will include all that we experience and is about 90% of my life. Dance, fashion, community, family and friends. It would be very hard for me to completely separate the professional from the personal, so I am not going to try. You will get tidbits about single parenting, being single in middle age (let's just call it that), as well as info on arts and dance in Boulder and beyond. We will laugh. </div>
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Please stay tuned....as preferred, the future is arriving.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738021894539071830noreply@blogger.com0