This is Nali visiting one of her fave people at a hotel in town. This may also be the first time she’s ever stood up on her back legs to greet a person not in my immediate family.
We were just out strolling the town last night and stopped in to chat with said person at the hotel. I LOVE living in walkable neighborhoods and being to just stroll around and stop and chat. It’s awesome!
Until you’ve lived in a seasonal place (like I never had), you don’t really get “Off-Season.” Sure, the sign outside of Bad Billy’s bar says, “The Snow is Gonna Come, It’s Off-Season, What Else You Gonna Do?” and you laugh. Because what else are you going to do but drink in a bar named Bad Billy’s? Sure, the restaurants all host crazy-good deals just to get some business through their doors. But overall the little place called Aspen is a little sleepy through October and November.
And honestly, it’s kind of cool to see. Off Season. It’s like Aspen is all mine: the parks, the streets, the grocery store … I’m in on the secret, because I’m here in the Off Season. The Secret of Aspen (actually a legit scientific theory promoted by the Aspen Institute, as well as close to the name of an ill-fated faux reality show).
Also, foliage is legit.