Lifestyle

The New Community Coalition has been around the Telluride region since 2007. As the Sustainability Coordinator for the region I’ve been pleased to have a full, strong work load that addresses all areas of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. After 5 years, some in the...

A TWO WEEK STAY AT CASTLEWOOD IN TELLURIDE!  BACK STAGE PASSES TO BLUES & BREWS! Yes, I know I am shouting, but I want your attention and here's why. One of Telluride's signature institutions, the Telluride Academy, is hosting an online auction RIGHT NOW and there...

The first "Local Libations" program, a collaboration between The New Community Coalition and Telluride's Steaming Bean, takes place December 15, 2011 at 5:30 PM at the Bean. The "semi-regular" series will provide opportunities to gather, learn and discuss topics of the day. This first event...

For folks living in mountain towns, essential winter gear puts function before style (but in the best case scenarios incorporates both) and isn’t limited to apparel, but is comprised of custom items invented and engineered specifically for mountain living. To experience all Telluride has to offer...

Wildness does not go away because we bring it indoors. This is especially true of animals. Tom had two Malamutes, Neshka and Ashi, named for Eskimo heroes he had read about. He lived with them in a one room cabin up Coal Creek Canyon. The...

It snowed off-and-on for a few days in Telluride. I wouldn't call it a blizzard, but when Monday morning dawned clear and cold, with about 4 or 5 inches of new fluffy snow, it was time to quit work early (is 9 AM too early?)...

  It’s ski season and the lifts are open -- but only Lift Four, Lift Five and Lift Six to See Forever. What’s a ski bum to do with only a few groomers to cruise on? The way I see it is you have two choices: 1)...

In the summer of 2009, Chef Bud Thomas and his wife Jenna came to Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library to teach children how to make peanut butter and jelly crepes. “Knowing how much our daughter Hazel loves cooking, we were thrilled to offer this instructional opportunity to...

Bobbi Brown is a part-time Telluride local and an international brand name. Twenty years ago, in 1991, with the launch of Bobbi Brown Essentials, she changed the face of the makeup industry and established her groundbreaking credo:  "Women want to look and feel like themselves,...