Lifestyle

For the Monday through Friday working stiffs in Telluride (yes there are 9 to 5ers even in Disneyland), Saturday is coveted. A day to get on the hill. With two kids, it is a day of logistics and juggling. “What shift do you have?”...

The very large ridge of high pressure that’s been parked over the SW causing our annual January thaw is beginning to break down with several Pacific storms stacking up and pushing east into Colorado. The first pulse of moisture should arrive on Wednesday afternoon with several...

[caption id="attachment_37517" align="alignright" width="225"] THEO at the casting call.[/caption] Kids and dogs. Stage lore says you never want to be the act that follows because both win hearts and minds just by showing up. And they did, in droves, mid-week at The Peaks Resort & Spa in Mountain Village for the "Rover"...

[caption id="attachment_37527" align="alignright" width="199"] A vodka martini, my fav. (Now you know too much about me.)[/caption] We know what you wear, what you eat, even the gifts you give speak volumes about you. You are what you eat. But what about your drink? I found this...

[caption id="attachment_37463" align="alignright" width="300"] A motion detector can send your smartphone an alert, from The New York Times[/caption] The future is knocking at your front door. Literally. Crystal balls are predicting the worldwide market for smart-connected homes could eventually be as large as $40 million and...

    After getting both of them dressed in long underwear, ski bibs, jackets, mittens and helmets, loading up their skis, driving 40 minutes to town, and getting them out of their car seats, the 2-year-old lay down on the asphalt of the parking lot. “I don’t...

[caption id="attachment_37347" align="alignright" width="268"] Twinkee, photographed by Andrew Grant for "Rover"[/caption] Major event in support of Second Chance Humane Society takes place at The Peaks Wednesday, January 22, 3 – 6 p.m. Dogs, please bring your people! The backstory: The science is becoming abundantly clear. The statistics, however,...

[caption id="attachment_37319" align="alignright" width="268"] Molly, by Andrew Grant, for the third edition of "Rover," a book and initiative to rescue "rescues."[/caption] In the run-up to the Big Event at The Peaks, a casting call on Wednesday, January 22, for inclusion in the third edition of Andrew...

Editor's Note: On January 4, the New York Times published a major story about a bill to ban genetically engineered crops on the island of Hawaii. I asked scientist Billy Mason to comment. His response is below. In the past, the top-down distribution of news in...

[caption id="attachment_37273" align="alignright" width="272"] Puppy SIREN needs a home[/caption] My name is Siren (and not because I sound like one). I am a homeless dog – bleh. At only four months old, I was kind of expecting more out of life. But, I am bouncing (literally)...