If you’re a skier, chances are you know all about Vail. With its 5,317 skiable acres and champagne powder snow, Vail is one of the top ski resorts in the country. Visitors from around the globe flock to the Colorado town each winter. You’ll hear dozens of languages on the slopes and chair lifts, and…
Flying Bicycles, Classic Cars, and More Surprise Visitors to Boulder
“Stop the car!” I barked. My startled husband yanked our rental car to the side of the road. Lucky for me, he has a good sense of humor and was able to understand my urgency when I explained that I thought I had just seen a bicycle fly through the air. A quick reverse up…
Montana’s Jewel
“Hidden away by the Gods, like a necklace of pearls, among the crags and vastness of the Swan Mountains, lies the Jewel Basin; the enchanted land of this, our Montana. Friends, I have seen the sun set on the minarets of Spain, and make splendid the dome of St. Sophia in Constantinople. I have watched…
Warsaw Spirit: Finding the History of Vodka in Poland
Once, back in 1915, the streets here flowed with vodka. Hoping to strike a blow at the soul of the Polish people, retreating Russian soldiers in the First World War dumped out more than 2.5 million gallons of Luksusowa and Wyborowa, the streets outside the country’s largest distillery soaked with the good stuff. But the…
A Weekend in Beautiful Boulder
“If only these walls could talk,” I said to my husband as we relaxed in our Victorian room on the fifth floor of the Boulderado Hotel in downtown Boulder, Colorado. We had been trundled up five floors in the original Otis elevator that has served the hotel since its opening on New Year’s Eve 1908…
In Search of the Best Steak in Buenos Aires, Argentina
I hadn’t yet tucked into my first bite, the Malbec poured just a moment ago, the tables all around me full of happy diners chattering away over bites of steaming meat, when the son of the owners swung by my table. After a minute or two of chit-chat, he made me an offer I couldn’t…
Texas Storm Chaser Captures ‘Unreal’ Photos of ‘Quadruple Microburst’ Collapsing From the Sky
Texas photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms for a living. Luckily for him, this particular summer season has offered up some extraordinary weather in western Texas. Hunting for supercells in New Mexico, Olbinski and a friend were calling it a bust day, driving back to Lubbock, when they caught sight of a wall cloud off in…
Photographer Snaps Fairytale-Like Scene of Female Sunbird Taking Bath in Dew-Filled Flower Petal
A nature photographer based at Jalpaiguri, India, captured a whimsical sight last summer: a female crimson sunbird bathing in a dew-filled flower petal that left him amazed. Rahul Singh, 28, a professional engineer and passionate nature photographer, travelled to Cooch Behar in August 2020, where he saw the stunning sight. It was morning. Rahul watched…
Mainly Mozart Keeps Classical Music Alive in San Diego
For more than three decades, Mainly Mozart and its annual festivals of all-star musicians and soloists remained San Diego’s best-kept secret. It took a disaster to change that. Throughout the darkest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while other performing arts organizations were in duck-and-cover mode, Mainly Mozart made the heroic commitment to keeping live classical…
Ronda: Spain’s Little Gem
Sometimes, you know in an instant that you are going to really like a place. That’s how my wife and I feel as we gaze over the Andalusian plains up toward a towering plateau and, for the first time, feast our eyes upon the small Spanish town of Ronda. We don’t remember ever hearing of…
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