Toward the end of today’s bike ride (on a very easy rail trail on a perfect day), some doofus went flying by me on a 30 pound mountain bike with the seat too low and his handle bars up around his...
OLD BOYS AT PLAY: SEGMENT 403,987
That pic shows the beginnings of “Walshes Run”, the steepest and scariest double black on Aspen Mountain. And the little chap in front of the sign is me, just about to shove off. The Modest Point: I am still...
GLORY GLORY GLORY
Hilly and I have been skiing in Aspen for a week and HOW I rejoice. People think this place is a bubble for the rich and the spoiled. Maybe, but they do not get underfoot. To me, it is...
“LAUNCH-INTO-80!” … THE PARTY!
Turned 80 last week. Extremely odd. Not creepy, exactly, but damned odd. I couldn’t believe it had anything to do with me, but, um, it did. Then everything got real easy… JOYOUS in fact. Because two old pals threw...
BIG WEEK COMING DOWN…BIG LIFE
It’s Sunday in the hills, and we’re getting ready for a huge week. On Tuesday, I turn 80! (Eek). On Thursday, old pals are throwing us a huge, black-tie dinner at an elegant club in New York… 130...
“I DON’T FEEL GOOD”
It is not easy to work out, six days a week, for the rest of your life. And one of the things that makes it hard is waking up and saying to yourself, “I don’t feel good.” And deciding...
