November 2017

Fashion Friday 2.0 brings back a popular TIO fashion blog, first featuring Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts, now brought to you by Erin Busbee and sponsored by Kristin and Two Skirts. What goes around...

I’ve known a long time that Milford Sound was itself a reason to visit New Zealand. We were going to be close, but I didn’t see that there was enough time to work that in to our busy schedule – certainly we were not going...

I really didn’t think I would find myself living in an animal shelter this year, but yeah, that happened … My former people clearly had not taken the Pledge for Life. I include it in this week’s Second Chance Pet Column in hopes that my...

Guillermo del Toro came to Telluride, specifically to the 2017 Telluride Film Festival, and conquered, winning hearts and minds with his most recent masterpiece, "The Shape of Water," our bet for a sure recipient of an Oscar nod. (Go here to read our review. ) Now,...

The Telluride Arts’ Telluride Holiday Arts Bazaar is to the Christmas season what the robin is the the spring — it represents the official start to Telluride's holiday season. The weekend-long event allows shoppers to find unique, hand-crafted gifts and gifts made by regional artisans, all in...

Telluride's middle school thespians will bring the whimsy and humor of Dr. Seuss to the stage this weekend with performances of "Seussical the Musical." The play, directed by new SAF Young People's Theatre Director Leah Nikula, will be performed Dec. 1-3 at 6 p.m. nightly...

Our planned departure out of Christchurch to Lake Tekapo got delayed until the beginning of Christchurch rush hour, so it was a bit late when we reached our lodging. Late enough that our host-owner Steve Hunter, at the rustic but very comfortable Lake Tekapo Cottages, had...

BootDoctors’ bread and butter is equipping people with high-performing and perfect-fitting gear. But the crew at BootDoctors also wants its patrons, friends and community members to be safe and smart when they take that gear into the big, gnarly and potentially dangerous backcountry of the...

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo Abram explored the tax cuts proposed by Republicans and the implications they posed. This week she tackles net...

In 2018, The Telluride AIDS Benefit will celebrate 25 years of raising funds and awareness to end HIV/AIDS. Through its annual fashion shows, which provide smashing, sophisticated and highly entertaining affairs, TAB raises more than $100K annually for prevention and client services programs. The 2018...