Health and Fitness

[click "Play" to hear Sunny Griffin speak with Susan about skin care]

Sunny at Spa.jpg The Himmel Spa at The Franz Klammer is located in Telluride's sister town, The Mountain Village, a short gondola ride up the mountain from our box canyon.

On Wednesday, the Klammer is hosting Sunny Griffin, founder/owner of Astara Skin Care. The event takes place 3 – 5 p.m. and is open to the general public. Aestheticians are on hand to do free mini- facials (about 20 minutes each). Massage therapists will do chair massage. There is food and Astara gifts.

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook's take on boots] Let's play a game of free association. We live in Telluride, so when we say "boot," you probably say "ski." Right? Not if you are Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts. Telluride Inside and Out's fashionista says,...

[click "Play" to listen to Clint's interview with Nicole Stone-Lankes] Nicole Stone-Lankes, partner in Telluride's 8750ALT, believes that the operating philosophy of many gyms is to sell memberships in excess of what the facility can sustain, in the hope that most members will visit only...

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook on "boyfriend jeans"] We've all been there, alone or in a dressing room filled with women shoehorning their way into jeans that are way too tight.  Ready to exhale? Telluride Inside...

[click "Play" button to hear Susan X. Billings on Bali trip]

L1020693 Artist Susan X. Billings of mangoworkshops.com, an umbrella for artful travel, in conjunction with Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts, is offering a Bali Workshop that combines art, yoga, and Indonesian cooking, September 25 – October 2, in a tropical island setting.

Billings is the kind of protean talent who is out there to prove that all of life is art. A glimpse at one of her mixed media images tells the whole story: the work has nothing to do with '"isms" du jour or with art historians' creaky theories. It has everything to do with being an original, with a big soul and a richness of spirit.

[click "Play" for Kristin's take on plaids and ginghams for summer]  Why? According to Telluride Inside and Out's fashion expert Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts, the answer is simple: the updated classics are fun and great with jeans.  Worn alone, gingham might say "Mad Men"...