“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” Mickey Mantle Substitute sport for game in the above quote, and Mantle pretty much nailed my naivety about skate skiing. For the past fifteen or so years, I’ve always owned...
Jack Hoffman is an irascible piece of work. My 15-year-old daughter does a spot-on impersonation of his crotchety scold: “I know what I’m doing,” he screeches in a biting whine at his son Todd. This is from the “Gold Rush” reality show on The Discovery Channel. If...
Friday is a transition day of cooling temperatures and high clouds moving into the area. The first snowfall in a long while is due to arrive Saturday evening in the San Juan Mountains. The ridge of high pressure that has been parked in our backyard...
During the holidays, many of us solemnly swear to do Big Things to improve our lives – such as fit into those super skinny jeans. For the first Fashion Friday of the New Year, our fashionista, Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts, suggests a makeover is...
As children we often visited our grandparents in southern Arizona where they worked a ranch about 25 miles southeast of Tucson. The trips always started with an announcement posed as a question. How would we like to go visit Nana and Grandpa? At that point...
While we are all making New Year’s resolutions to eat less and exercise more why not add home improvements to our lists of self improvements? Personally and professionally, I am a firm believer in living in an environment that makes us happy. Below is a list...
Due to all of the smiles, hellos and great attitudes, we couldn’t have completed our first winter season of the Telluride Newb without a tribute to the ski area lifties. They are the first ones on the mountain, the last ones off, and without them...
It’s been over a week since Telluride has seen snow and there is nothing in the immediate forecast. Although there is still fun to be had on the ski area, it’s certainly not a powder day out there. But, the beauty of a Telluride winter...
Over $900,000 awarded to community organizations The Telluride Foundation Board of Directors awarded $901,200 in Community Grants to 70 regional nonprofits today, bringing the total grants given in 2011 by the Foundation to over $2.2 million. “Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors and the leadership...
When the ball drops in Time Square, the holiday trifecta finally – amen – comes to a close. How will you end 2011? With a yawn or a bang? Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts wants to put a shine on your finish – with lurex. Two...
