December 2013

[caption id="attachment_36641" align="alignright" width="300"] Three friends taking self portrait with smartphone, from Huff Post Healthy Living.[/caption] What's out there in the cyber world today may be too many pics of – you! Are you selfie-obsessed? I found this article in the Huff Post Healthy Living that...

[caption id="attachment_36643" align="alignright" width="278"] Ski into History, from Telluride Historical Museum archives[/caption] Yes January. And with the New Year right around the corner, the Telluride Historical Museum wants you to resolve to prioritize its upcoming winter activities, including: •  Ski into History Tours             Fridays from Jan 3...

Telluride Arts' Twenty(by)Telluride is a lively, casual event that offers an intimate glimpse into some of Telluride's most creative minds through very fast-paced slide presentations. Each presenter has exactly 20 slides and each slide is shown for exactly 20 seconds, challenging the presenters to be clear...

[caption id="attachment_36616" align="alignright" width="300"] From Brody blog, New York Times[/caption] Found this post by health nut Jane Brody in her Personal Health blog in the New York Times and wanted to share. Don't know about you, but our snack dish is regularly stocked with pistachios, walnuts, and...

[caption id="attachment_36626" align="alignright" width="300"] Skiing Genevieve[/caption] Each winter season in Telluride there is the anticipation that this year will be the banner year, the one we remember long after the snow has melted. This year has the makings of being one of those. This past week has...

A colleague asked me if I was going to stay in Telluride for the holidays. I looked at her dumbfounded. “Telluride is the only place I want to be for Christmas,” I replied. Reflecting on the past 25 years, I can only think of two...

Telluride Theatre & The Sheridan Arts Foundation present a non-denominational holiday extravaganza, December 18 -22, 2013, 8 p.m. live at the Sheridan Opera House Dude and Bro are BACK in a totally new play adapted straight from Charles Dicken’s classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Telluride’s most lovable ski bums are...

"At 14, I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship," Gene Kelly Thank heaven for little girls. Without them, we might have been denied the king of Hollywood musicals and such shoe-shaking...

[caption id="attachment_36576" align="alignright" width="190"] Bruce Dern, who starred in "Nebraska" is a contender (from The New York Times)[/caption] This time it was the New York Times' Melena Ryzik, aka, The Carpetbagger, weighing in. The article about the rogue's gallery lined up (or lining up) in Best...

[caption id="attachment_36569" align="alignright" width="300"] Banjo Flag, Telluride Bluegrass Festival[/caption] I know, I know- we're in the middle of the best ski season opener we've experienced in years, and here I am urging you to think ahead to next summer. OK, I get it, but I suggest...