DIP-ALICIOUS
GigiAnn’s Gourmet Seasonings
800-454-DIPS or gigianns.com
GigiAnn’s is a popular restaurant in Montrose. But folks who don’t live in the neighborhood can get restaurant-style fare through a wide offering of dips, soup mixes, jarred goodies and cheese balls available online. Choose from a long line of Colorado- inspired treats, like High Altitude Chili, Western Wrangler Soup, or Bringin’ Home the Bacon dip mix, pictured here. If you wanna stop in, headquarters are at 309 E. Main St.
ONE FOR THE ROAD
Stok Black Coffee Shots
Free, at 7-Eleven and other convenience stores. For sale at getstokd.com after Sept. 1.
There’s nothing worse than the combination of a long road trip and weak coffee. Take charge with Stok coffee “blackeners,” dreamed up by a bunch of guys from Broomfield-based WhiteWave Foods who had apparently run out of ideas for what to do with tofu. Does dropping the equivalent of a shot of espresso into your convenience-store coffee work? It’s a shot in the dark.
ONE-STOP ART SHOP
Poudre River Arts Center
406 N. College Ave., Fort Collins
Sixteen studios and twice that number of local artists all under one roof call themselves the Poudre River Arts Center. Browse through the work of artists like potter Joan Kinney, shown here, and fused glass artist Kathi D. Dougherty, and maybe even catch painter Erik V. Greer working on a kooky self-portrait.
