Lifestyle

While the rest of the country is experiencing March madness, the world of design is enjoying Moroccan madness. Spotting Moroccan influences in interior design is nothing new; there has always been an allure to its sensuous and exotic mystery. But now, Moroccan inspired decorating accents are...

The Telluride-based New Community Coalition announced its intention to form a Zero Waste Task Force at Monday’s Intergovernmental Meeting. The group will address the issue of regional Zero Waste goals and what it might take to bring those goals to fruition. We used to have regular...

When powder strikes, life takes on a new order in Telluride. A certain excitement hangs in the air, forcing people to wake up earlier than normal, gear up faster than previously thought possible, and slam an entire breakfast burrito (courtesy of The Window) just to...

If you haven't noticed magical Venus and magnificent Jupiter in the western evening sky over the last few weeks, you haven't looked. It's virtually impossible to miss them shimmering above the twilight horizon as they move ever closer to conjunction on March 13th. This is...

My mom often complains that I never ski with her. For the record, I ski with her every year on her birthday, when my sister and brother visit and often with my five-year old daughter. But, she is right; exclusive ski dates are rare. So, last...

221 South Oak first on board to Adopt-A-Cabin as part of the Green Gondola Project Mountain Village’ s Green Gondola Project snagged its first Adopt-A-Cabin sponsor when 221 South Oak restaurant purchased an advertisement for gondola cabin six. The Green Gondola Project was started in 2009 by...

Editor's note:  This is the fourth story in a weekly series by the team of scholars/dynamic enviro-activists Anna Zivian and Billy Mason. Both have deep ties to Telluride, but have gone out into the world to make a difference. They are. Yesterday I grudgingly went to...

Gear is no guarantee Historically dangerous avalanche conditions persist in the Mountain West this winter because of a variable snowpack. This degree of instability hasn’t been seen, according to many, in roughly 30 years. For better or worse, it’s been a year for some unfortunate backcountry...

Tonight. Ice Hockey. Hanley Rink. 7PM. Bring beer, canned and cold. There’s little else that needs to be said. Or is there? To those of you who don’t obsess about getting a tiny puck in a net while skating on ice, let me back up a...

"The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Breathe promise of merry sunshine — As we merrily dance and we sing, Tra la, We welcome the hope that they bring, Tra la, Of a summer of roses and wine, Of a summer of roses and wine. And that's what we mean when we...