Samesies! How many times have you said that comparing two things that are the, well, same? I love drawing parallels between Austin and Aspen, so you can imagine how tickled I was to get an email from Courtney SAMES, photographer from Austin, who was headed to Aspen to spend the summer. Samesies! Turns out, Courtney…
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Happy Father’s Day!
My dad is awesome. This is him with Denali, when she was just a puppy. He is funny. My family isn’t really a brunching family, except when it comes to people’s birthdays, holidays, or relatives in town … erm, so maybe we are? Dad loves Waterloo Icehouse’s brunch, but then again, he’s never tried TRACE…
ASPEN: Food & Wine Classic
I just got back from an Aspen Business Luncheon with Food & Wine Publisher and Vice President Christina Grdovic. She was an excellent, fast-paced speaker, and her talk really got me jazzed about the upcoming weekend! Even though I don’t have passes to the actual events, there’s plenty for me to do … ASPEN magazine,…
Aspen: OUTSIDE in Aspen
This weekend, Outside Magazine again hosts its outdoor adventure weekend in Aspen! If you didn’t pay $100 to sign up for a guide-led activity (there’s still time, check the list here—you can climb Castle Peak with the original Bachelorette winner Ryan Sutter!), there’s still tons of FREE fun to be had. SATURDAY: 8am–4pm Base Camp…
Improvise
I walked to three parks in Aspen today looking for a good “fireman’s pole” on a playground to use as my rope for the rope climbs in today’s .com workout. Alas, I was stymied at every single one, so it was down to the bridge and I was resigned to sub something for rope climbs…
Aspen: Aspen ECO FEST – My Top 3 Picks
ASPEN ECO FEST is in its second year, a festival focused on blending lifestyle, business, and the environment. Click here for the full schedule; below are my top three can’t-miss events of the weekend! 1) Saturday and Sunday, 10a-5p: ECO Marketplace featuring vendors and demos of all things handmade, remade, recycled, organic, or reused; products…
Aspen Club Swimming & TRX
You might have seen my tweet last week about .com’s Swim WOD. I did it, and it sucked. I am not a swimmer. I have always considered myself a good swimmer, as in unafraid to drown. But lap-swimming? Not for me. Naturally, once I learn I am bad at something, I must learn to get…
Austin & Aspen: Top Ten Party Towns
USA Today names 10 destinations for bar-hopping all over the world. I’m not saying I agree or not (Ohio instead of Monaco??), but it is important to note that, naturally, my two homes are in the top ten: Aspen, Colorado “As far as mountain towns go, Aspen is one of the few that holds up…
Aspen: Skiing Memorial Day Weekend!
25 runs 136 acres of mostly intermediate terrain 71 inches base 80 inches of snow since the mountain closed 16 inches of snow in the past two days Gondy 10a-4p Ajax Express 10a-2p Adult tix $32 per day Ski/snowboard rentals at Four Mountain $25 per day That’s right, the top of Aspen Mountain is open for…
Outdoor .com workout
How lucky am I? This workout came out yesterday: SUNDAY 110515 Three rounds for time of: 95 pound Front squat, 21 reps Handstand walk 40 feet 30 Glute-ham sit-ups Handstand walk 40 feet I took it outside to Nature’s Garage Gym, where there’s some construction going on right now. Lo and behold, look what I…