Solving the Hot Dog Problem
It wasn’t that Vince Kontny was being impolite. He was just busy solving the hot dog problem. (more…)
Trend Report: Old Is New
I don’t blame them. The editors. Ski magazine’s Buyers Guide is down to a 98-page weakling. So, they should be forgiven for hyping a bunch of product “trends” as “cutting edge,” when in fact they are either old ideas coming around again or subtle tweaks in proven technologies and materials. At least one “trend” – the one on the parity, finally, of women’s performance boots with men’s models – just made me laugh. It’s the same old “You’ve-come-a-long-way-Baby” sales pitch. (more…)
Ten Years After
With the “royal wedding” of politics and fashion in Ridgway this past weekend, I kept having this fantasy: What if I were stuck on the gondola with uncle-of-the-bride, George W. Bush? What would I say to the 43rd president? (more…)
Raven Steals the Sun
The first golf ball was not far outside our fence line, within driving distance (or long-iron range), maybe, of the house.
There it sat in the adobe clay, like a shiny white egg. What the . . ? What was a golf ball doing out on this dry sage hillside? (more…)
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