What was true two years in 2013 when our regular contributor Jesse James Mctigue originally wrote this story is abundantly true today, as we look out our windows at our winter wonderland: Telluride always for Christmas. A colleague asked me if I was going to stay in...
No matter how darn organized you are, it is likely there is at least one person on your Christmas shopping list who has stopped you dead in your (very tired by now) tracks. Or some stocking that is not stuffed full enough. Google “last minute...
I have to admit. When I discovered my older daughter Siri had a weekend-long hockey tournament in Vail, I wasn’t thrilled. Time is precious. But it is especially precious during the holiday season when there are cards to mail, cookies to make, and parties to...
The Town of Mountain Village is being transformed into the North Pole for this year’s Holiday Prelude celebration. The weekend events take place Friday – Sunday December 11-13, 2015. [caption id="attachment_55442" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Holiday Prelude, Mountain Village, 2014, image, Sara Larsen[/caption] Holiday Prelude is a collaborative effort among...
I had this really snarky, hilarious friend in college named Kristin. Kristin was always saying and doing funny things, like trying to open the doors to a bank at night (someday someone’s going to forget to lock them, right?) and putting her hands on freshly...
Out of the mouths of babes...
You know how it can be with all the family gathered together over the holidays. One wrong move, one smart (read snarky) remark and someone leaves the table in tears. The whole game changes, however, if everyone stays put and tears are from laughter. Found these laugh-out-loud jokes in...
What was on the menu of the very first Thanksgiving dinner? And what will you serve? The first question is easily answered by Megan Gambino of Smithsonian.com. The second, well, we offer a few choices for traditional from The Cooking Channel, all ranked by how long...
Last week, I had a crappy week. I don’t mean “ski town crappy” in that it was off-season so my favorite yoga class was cancelled or the Butcher and Baker had sold out of all their sausage breakfast burritos or I couldn’t go backcountry skiing...
We lead busy lives in Telluride. It goes without saying, they’re delicious lives, filled with outdoor sports and creative pursuits, in lieu of traffic jams. We work hard and then we get to play hard. In the summer, we bike and hike, climb and paddleboard....
