This post was originally written in 2009 and never published. I am pleased to say that my kids have matured a bit and are now better at conflict resolution. As you can tell, I love and adore my children. My husband does too. We are doting parents, but we are not blind parents. We would […]
Aspen
Small Motions, Big Changes: How An Indoor Ski Lesson Improved My Turns (Giveaway, Too)
“You’ll find that 30 minutes on this hill is a long time,” Mark, an instructor with the Skidoctors, told me. I was climbing onto the world’s longest ski slope – an indoor ski simulator at the Aspen Club. As Mark helped me onto the deck and clicked my boots into the child-sized skis, he explained […]
Why Our Family Loves to Ski at Snowmass, Colorado
As you may know by now, we ski Snowmass many days each season. For a change of pace (and opinion), today I offer the perspective of Joy, a mom who took up skiing at the same time as her young daughter. On Monday, I’ve got an update on some of the mountain’s lesser-known charms and […]
Double Blacks At Last: Highland Bowl, January 29, 2012
“It’s January and I still haven’t skied a single double black.” My son and I were driving after school on a blue, unseasonably warm mid-winter day. “This is ridiculous,” he continued as we watched a group of road bikers go by. And while the bikers may be happy this winter, we skiers have had a […]
The Yin and Yang of Aspen? Part Two: Buttermilk
Last week I posted about our family’s experience hiking up Highlands Bowl with a ski instructor at Aspen Highlands. Today, the focus in on Buttermilk, the Yang to Aspen Highlands’ Yin. “This had to be the most perfect day ever to ski Buttermilk,” laughed my husband as we walked back to our car at the […]