Author: Susan Blakey

  • Une femme recommends…

    Under the heading of “Not Particularly Glamourous, But Good To Know…” For the last few years, I’d experienced occasional nightly foot and leg cramps, but…

  • Carte postale

    Hyatt lobby with antler chandelier Ritz Carlton at Bachelor Gulch lobby with antlers au naturel Apologies for the dearth of posting and delay in responding…

  • Équipement du ski

    New skis, how do I love thee?  Let me count the ways… I mentioned in yesterday’s post that my first day out on the mountain…

  • Room With A View

    Monday afternoon: snow, and lots of it. Yesterday, I had one of my best skiing days ever, despite the extreme conditions (more on why in…

  • Acclimating

    View of the ski slopes from bottom of the hill The resort village area is at 8800 feet altitude, and the topmost ski slopes are…

  • En vacances

    We’re off tomorrow to the Colorado Rockies for a few days of skiing, eating and general snowy fun. I guess I need to start packing! Fortunately…

  • Investment Dressing

    …isn’t what it used to be.  If Karl Lagerfeld can send models down the runway clad in jeans as part of the Chanel freaking Couture…

  • R.I.P. Jack LaLanne

    Before Jane Fonda, before Buns of Steel, there was Jack LaLanne. My mother and her friends would pull up a chair (literally…he used a chair…