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[double click to view in larger format]Telluride Regional Airport has been closed for construction since April, but is on schedule to reopen on November 4, 2009.It was a major project, including removing most of the famous dip in the middle of the runway, installing new...

01 October, 2009 /

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In Telluride, around the globe, who doesn't like a feel-good story about the triumph of the underdog, especially in times like these, when underdogs are really under the weather – and almost everybody is an underdog. That's why movies like "Breaking Away," "Rocky" and "Strictly Ballroom" get standing ovations even from the most jaundiced audience.

So Telluride, let's hear it for the girls: a local fiber artist and a local sculptor are winners at the World of Wearable Art Awards Show in New Zealand. But we will let Amy Jean Boebel and Sue Hobby tell it in their own words. See next page.

Note: Their garments were flashed on the screen at the International Media Breakfast.

28 September, 2009 /

by Sue Hobby and Amy Boebel

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After 26 hours of travel, we got to Wellington at 10 am.

The day we got in we went to the dress rehearsal for the show - it is held in a huge space and was packed with people taking advantage of the discounted tickets. The show runs two hours long without an intermission which they alert the audience to - so the bladder challenged can scoot out.  Sue, Luci, Jeanie, Helen and I bought a bottle of champagne and some cups and settled into the second row in front.

There are seven catagories of garments and our section, "Folded," includes 29 outfits. In total, there are about 165 pieces worn by 40 models

25 September, 2009 /

Telluride locals, Amy Jean Boebel and Sue Hobby are on the way to New Zealand. The sculptor and the fiber artist recycled and fashioned garments from aluminum steel that were accepted into WOW, the World of Wearable Art Awards Show, the most prestigious event on...

22 September, 2009 /

My six day hike began with a warm up outing through classic Valasian pastureland.  Our group of eight women stayed at the elegant Lindner Hotel in Lukerbad, home to 30 mineral spas.  We had coffee at a wonderful farm off of a carriage road that was tree lined with cows mulling along the pathway, cow bells and all. 

The 8 mile hike had an elevation gain of 2750ft.  We had lunch at Fluealp Kapelle with a lovely chapel on the far side of a suspension bridge spanning a small limestone ravine.  The descent was through a lush woods that ended at a hut where we celebrated with a cold beer and blueberry tart.

21 September, 2009 /

Waking up at the hotel Edelweiss in Switzerland, with a crisp breeze in the air and a sprinkling of rain had our group of eight women hikers a bit tentative as we set out on our bus-train-cab transfer to Mund.   After surviving the 12...

20 September, 2009 /

I celebrated my 50th birthday in Chicago with friends and family before heading on a two week trek in France and Switzerland.  I have been saving for this trip since 2002 and I can't believe I am really here in Chamonix staring at Mont Blanc. ...

13 September, 2009 /

Maribeth Clemente is host of Travel Fun, a talk show on Telluride's KOTO public radio. On September 8, 6:30 p.m., her special guest is documentarian and Telluride Film Festival board member Ken Burns, talking about his six-part series, “The National Parks:  America’s Best Idea,” which...

08 September, 2009 /