Telluride has a tendency of doing holidays in ways that are distinctly its own. On the Fourth of July, the town explodes in Apple Pie Americana. On Halloween, a river of costumed children parades down Main Street. And on Thanksgiving, we like to ski. Christmastime...
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...
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...
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...
Sampson here with some breaking scientific news: The rabies vaccine, found to be extremely effective at preventing this fatal disease in dogs, is now showing significant positive impacts on overall canine health and a strong association with a decrease in death from all causes. So,...
Clint and I will not be doing the Turkey Trot this year, will not be breaking bread or pulling skeletons out of closets around the Thanksgiving table. But still, on November 23rd, our plates will be full - most likely, but with French bistro fare...
Trains, planes, boats. And cars, and even a few kilometers on foot, though not as many as I had imagined. The car parts, the airline parts, worked pretty much as expected: Air New Zealand was fine, the flight attendants more than helpful; driving on the left...
