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Periodicals
January/February 2010
Remember the trendy South Beach, Atkins, and Scarsdale Diets? Only too well, if you are like most people! Nowadays, what many people are excited about is the ancient Mediterranean Diet, which really isn't a “diet” at all, but a way of life, an attitude, a celebration of food. Eat this way and enjoy pizza, pasta, cheese, nuts and wine. You won't feel deprived, unless you crave store-bought cookies, processed meats and powdered sugary drinks. You also won't find tedious measurements and prescribed menus, rather, you'll learn a relaxed, simple way of eating and living, based on foods grown and consumed in the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of years. Get ready to feast!
December 2009
It all started when he was two. Jeremy Abbott's mother, Allison Scott, took him to the local rink in Aspen for a public session and the rosy-cheeked toddler was transfixed and transported. His life gradually became one that centered on ice-skating. Abbott won his first regional medal, a bronze, at the Southwestern Regionals when he was just ten, following that with a silver two years later. Indeed, when Abbott was twenty, his mother quipped, “for probably fourteen of the last twenty years, it seemed like the only thing I said when coming into or out of a rink was “Who died and made me a Sherpa?” Scott, now Director of Public Relations at the venerable Broadmoor Hotel, says those days began with wake-up calls at 4 a.m. in order to drive the young athlete 16 miles to the Aspen rink with a myriad of heavy bags filled with school books and supplies, snow pants and gloves and all of the necessary skating equipment.
May/June 2009
You won’t see a certain coffeeshop chain that is ubiquitous everywhere else, nor those golden arches, nor even a billboard. You WILL see, however, goats grazing on a Swedish restaurant’s grassy roof, a Norwegian stave church, ten lighthouses, flocks of wild turkeys along the road and endearingly named streets such as All Creatures Lane, Tart Cherry Lane , Stone Fence Lane and Fogtown Road . Door County , Wisconsin , is not only a geographic peninsula, it is figuratively one as well. Protected somehow from the rest of the world, it’s a haven of arts, beauty, nature, peace and charm. Gazing upon the infinite pastures, filled with cows and sheep, the cherry orchards, and the dense woods, touched here and there with clapboard cottages, you’ll feel like you’re in a Midwest Cape Cod, or perhaps somewhere in the British Isles .
2007/2008
I'm full of fantasies – one moment I'm being drenched by a warm tropical downpour in
Sep/Oct 2006
Oceanfront uber-luxurious
condos for $120,000? Homesites appreciating over 100 percent after just two or
three years? High levels of security, quick, inexpensive flights and virtually
unbeatable value – these are just some of the reasons more and more residents of
the U.S. and Canada are snatching up property in our sister to the south,
Mexico.
4 Sep 2006
“I need hookers,
haulers, coilers and a few people to flow,” Captain Linda shouted out. Whatever
all that meant, I decided I'd really rather just ‘chill,' being that I had just
awakened from my first pleasant little siesta on board the Heritage, an
authentic coasting schooner. Sailing for a week with my 14-year-old son, I felt
happy to have the opportunity to help out in the traditional tasks of handling a
large sailboat. Then again, sometimes I just HAD to have a nap – after all, all
that fresh sea air, camaraderie and incredible food just wore me out!
Summer 2006
David is in the awkward
giraffe stage of adolescence – legs long and skinny, torso not quite caught up
yet. He smiled shyly when I approached him, eager to share his experiences. What
was the best part of the two weeks he had just spent at CampWILD? “Oh, I guess
the rafting down the Salmon, “he said. Then, his eyes brightened under his wire
framed lenses, adding, “oh, and I flipped my first pancake! That was really
cool!”
Spring 2005
It's evening in the Village of
Baytowne Wharf at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort. After an Alabama-style
barbecue dinner (with lots of sweet tea!) the delightfully slow ferry moseys us
back over the moonlit Choctawhatchee Bay in the pleasantly sultry air. A pod of
dolphins playfully frolics around us, while a din of cicadas and frogs choruses
from the banks.
May 2005
The young couple moved sinuously to the
salsa beat – their hips moving in tandem, their eyes flashing. My own dance
partner whispered in my ear. Not romantically, rather, a “hey, let ME lead!”
My first salsa lesson experience was not going so well. Entranced by the others
all around me, I just couldn't seem to remember the steps and couldn't feel the
men leading me. Still, I kept trying – after all, I HAD to earn my merit badge.
Lauren would have been proud!
Feb-Mar 2005
Smack in the middle of the
ever-increasing congestion and traffic of Boulder and Longmont lies tiny Niwot,
a delightfully undiscovered day or weekend getaway for Front Rangers. Just off
Highway 119, Niwot seems decades, if not a century, away from its neighboring
towns. You won't find a single fast-food outlet or chain store here –which only
adds to Niwot's allure.
Jan-Feb 2005
It's
ski season again, and thousands of cold-weather sports lovers are happily flying
Frontier to ski meccas such as Denver, Salt Lake City and Albuquerque. But for
some companions of ski enthusiasts, anywhere else than on the slopes is where
they'd like to be - and fortunately, there's a plethora of other activities
available for them as well. No need to stay in the hotel room watching
television - head out and enjoy your vacation!
Fall 2004
