All roads lead to (and from) Telluride, this one specifically from the Telluride Wine Festival, where we met Max McCalman. (Story and interview here.) [caption id="attachment_54081" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Le District, photo courtesy of blouinartinfo.com[/caption] Max is a Really Big Cheese in the world of food and beverages A...
Joy. The conventional definition is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness." Case in point, the must-see “Picasso Sculpture” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. (Through February 7, 2016.) Picasso was our first stop on what is always an invigorating, enlightening cultural bath in the great tub known...
If you have lived, as I have, the notorious Saul Steinberg cartoon, (“View of the World,” 1976, with Manhattan as the epicenter), the state does not even exist. The emphasis would be on the “MISS" in Missouri. But if you are driving cross-country in your new Tesla named “Current” – cobalt blue, dove...
September 17 to 24, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Venus, Mars, Jupiter Evening: Mercury, Saturn “Same thing only different.” It’s something an old cowboy friend of mine liked to say. He was also the one who used to tell me to “baby up” – as opposed to “man...
Winner of 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick,” runs through October 17 at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. Tickets here. The latest book in the award-winning Allison Coil Mystery Series by our theatre critic/author Mark Stevens is “Lake of Fire.” Mark will be in town for a book...
Starting in the mid-1990s, dance in Telluride rhymed with the name of former prima ballerina Valerie Madonia. [caption id="attachment_53082" align="aligncenter" width="197"] Valerie Madonia[/caption] When we first met in the mid-1990s, I did not speak fluent ballet. And I am still not sure if a revoltarde is something...
When you go to the Pacific Northwest for a vacation, it’s best to keep your expectations low. Of course, the food will be great. The coffee. The beer. The views of fractured volcanoes looming in the distance. It’s the weather that can be the great...
Mid-July is the peak time for mountain biking on the high-alpine terrain in Telluride. The trails are tacky, the wildflowers are blooming and our legs have the early summer miles that boost our endurance. However, summer is also the perfect time to get out of...
Buy tickets now for “The Brother’s Size." The play runs from July 11 to August 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_52306" align="aligncenter" width="600"] “The Brothers Size,” credit, Curious Theatre Company.[/caption] The Curious Theatre Company presented the first play in The Brother/Sister Play trilogy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney, earlier this...
July 9 to 16, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Mercury Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Here we are, moving through summer. The wild, wonderful 4th of July holiday has passed. Our hearts have felt the power and glory of sizzling summer days and enchanting summer nights. Flowers blossom...
