Filed under: Skiing, Europe, North America, United States, Hotels and Accommodations, Travel Deals I love dirt-cheap deals. I like being able to go to some cool destination ... and know that I'm absolutely screwing the place because the package is so cheap. The "Tram-tastic Ski Package" at the Snake...

We had a two hour blizzard last night, just as we were driving to the airport to pick up my wife's youngest sister, Aline. It made the driving hard, but it was worth it because today we had six inches of fresh snow. Fortunately the snow was wet enough to stick to the hard pack underneath, so we avoi...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, Learning, Skiing, Festivals and Events, Stories, Ecotourism, Budget Travel, Travel Deals When I think of Maine, I think of leaping off barnacle covered rocks into the ocean and eating clams dipped in butter in Ogunquit like I did one summer when I went there to...

Elaine Paige loves feeling on top of the world in Les Arcs and tennis in Miami but will only take a dip if the water's warm....

Our unseasonably warm weather continues. But despite that the snow was surprisingly hard in places, even late in the morning. So I ended up putting in a few extra runs on the lower mountain where the Spring slush was just perfect. An easy 11,795 vertical ft in the sun....

Kanye West has lost his damn mind! He must have in trying to suggest we should cut Chris Brown some slack after he beat up Rihanna but he’s not the first black star to suggest that we ease up on Brown. First it was Terrence Howard and his insane comment that beating up women is “ ju...

A freezer outside the general store just down the hill from stubbornly rustic ski & snowboard area Mt. Baker in Washington state is a real life collage of brands, thoughts and ideas meaningful to the hard core boarder set....

Today was my first day back on the mountain after six weeks away, in Australia saying goodbye to my Dad and then in South Africa for some work (so I ended up flying around the world - Denver to LA to Brisbane to Perth to Johannesburg to London to Denver). I promised my wife I'd take it easy today, w...

A while back while out skiing with Chris and RC, I threw up my hands in exasperation as the boys filmed each other jumping off of stuff.  RC's response: If the ski movie footage relied on me, it would be a bunch of skinning on wind battered crust.  So when Chris asked me where I want...

The latest tactic in Iraq: Scare the crap out of terrorists with roller skis. It just might work....