History Colorado and Colorado Historical Society banner bags, $25 to $40, at History Colorado museum stores throughout Colorado
Sack time.
A new line of the sturdy Mission Wear bags, made by women reinventing their lives after years of substance abuse or crime, features History Colorado museum banners. Choose from banners advertising popular past exhibits, including Colorado’s Icons & Oddities.
Schooled
“On My Way to School,” by the students of Losinoni Primary School and illustrated by Penny Weber (First Person Publishing, $12.50, plus shipping and handling),
It takes a village.
Sixty-one northern Tanzanian students collaborated on this fundraiser for a school supported by Colorado-based AfricAid. The illustrations show the sacrifices that many African children make for a chance at an education. Book sales will help build more classrooms and buy desks.
Fine?
Aspen parking tickets ($30 downtown, $40 residential areas) as listed in The Second Annual Review of Parking Rates in North America
Way above average.
A study comparing 98 cities found that parking fines in John Denver’s adopted hometown are among the highest in the land. The average parking violation fine is $24. It’s cheaper to leave your car in an Aspen parking garage ($13.19 to $15) than it is to buy two four-hour streetside kiosk parking passes at a total of $22 for 8 hours.
