Monday, April 25, 2011

Happy Easter

 

We hope everyone had a great Easter Weekend and is winding down from all the sugar!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Help Safeguard Your Car in Your Apartment Community

Follow these tips to minimize the chance of damage to your car and theft:

Your car is likely one of the most important — and expensive — possessions that you own. Because a car is such a big investment, it’s a good idea to know how to safeguard your car against damage and theft.

Follow these tips for keeping your car safe in the apartment community lot, and you’ll decrease the chances of costly (and inconvenient) break-ins and accidents.

Help Safeguard Your Car in Your Apartment Community -- Parking Lot Safety Tips | Apartment Guide

Monday, April 18, 2011

Colorado Springs Fairs & Festivals: Top Tech Automotive Car Care Aware Fair on Saturday 4/30 - The Gazette

Don’t miss out on the chance for a free safety inspection and fun family events coming up on April 30th!

Top Tech Automotive and Newbill's Alignment joins other communities throughout the country this April as we participate in the National Car Care Month.Top Tech Automtoive and Newbill's Alignment will be checking for the condition of lights, windshield wipers, fluids, tires, and other components essential to a safe and dependable vehicle. We will have free vehicle inspections and free fun events for the entire family such as a car show, bouncy slide, face painting, safety presentations, 911 and sheriff presenting fire safety with use of their hands on smoke trailer for kids and barbeque.

Colorado Springs Fairs & Festivals: Top Tech Automotive Car Care Aware Fair on Saturday 4/30 - The Gazette

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Pass Time: Colorado's mountain passes offer more than a way to get from Point A to Point B

Here’s a great article with some cool information about our beautiful and historical mountain passes.  With the weather warming up, this is a great way to spend a day outside enjoying the natural beauty of Colorado!

The mountain passes of Colorado. To the first miners and settlers, these low points in the Rockies’ alpine walls were treacherous yet crucial pathways into the state’s interior.

To many drivers today, they’re sometimes snowy, sometimes slow-going bumps in the journey from Point A to Point B, where the biggest danger is getting stuck behind a tractor-trailer. Routes like Independence Pass that once took three days to cross can now be traversed in a half-hour.

But stop and look around, and you may find atop many passes a recreation paradise, rich in history and a great launching point for adventures into Colorado’s alpine splendor.

OutThereColorado.com : Pass Time: Colorado's mountain passes offer more than a way to get from Point A to Point B

Friday, April 15, 2011

Don’t forget to file your taxes by Monday, April 18th

Before you rush to file your taxes today, remember that you actually have three more days to get your forms turned in to the tax man.

Instead of being due on April 15, which is typically the filing deadline, your taxes are due Mon., April 18 this year.

The three bonus days come thanks to Emancipation Day, a little-known Washington, D.C., holiday that celebrates the freeing of slaves in the district.

Emancipation Day falls on Sat., April 16, but it is observed in D.C. on Fri., April 15. That prompted the IRS to extend the tax filing deadline to April 18 this year. Under the tax code, filing deadlines can't fall on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.

Tax Day extended to April 18 - Apr. 15, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show

Looking for something exciting to do this weekend?  Check out the largest murder mystery comedy dinner show!  Follow the link for all the details:

The Dinner Detective® is America’s LARGEST murder mystery comedy dinner show!  You’ll enjoy a fantastic four-course plated dinner while you solve a hilarious murder case.  A tantalizing Prize Package awaits our Top Sleuth of the evening.  But be careful!  In this show, EVERYONE is a suspect, even YOU, and the killer might be at your table!

The Dinner Detective® Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Friday, April 8, 2011

Christopher Short wins Jeopardy for the fifth time in a row!


Congratulations to Christopher Short, a former Gazette reporter right here in Colorado Springs, for his fifth straight Jeopardy win!  Soon he will be going for his sixth win and we wish him luck.
Christopher Short, the former Gazette reporter who has been winning night-after-night on ‘Jeopardy,’ pulled off five wins in a row Thursday night to bring his total winnings to $68,399.
“Final Jeopardy” could have gone either way with all three contestants in contention. But the final question stumped them all. They answered “what is love” as the final answer which should have been “what is poetry.”
Short pulled off the win by not betting his entire winnings.
Give Christopher Short a high-five for another win on 'Jeopardy' | night, short, christopher - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Friday, April 1, 2011

Renters insurance and 4 reasons you need it

If you don’t already have renters insurance, be sure to read this article from MSN Real Estate.  It is very inexpensive and could save you a ton of hassle and money some day!

If you're renting for the first time, or have been renting for years without insurance, you'll want to consider purchasing some insurance. MSN.com debunks four myths about renters insurance, which just might persuade you to buy a plan:

Renters insurance and 4 reasons you need it - MSN Real Estate