A Day Like Any Other

At the request of my readers (hi, Mom) I brought my camera with me to work at Golden Peak this morning and afterwards snapped a few photos of Vail. 

If you look at the sky in the first and the fourth photo you can see the weather progression towards blizzard conditions. Which is totally fine with me because Vail needs the snow and I'm going snowboarding. Catch ya later!

[Finding my bus home ready, waiting, and empty always makes me smile. Little, happy things.]

Let Me Eat Cake!

Yesterday Laurie and I celebrated Perch's two month anniversary with a red velvet cupcake from Mountain Cupcakes (which I photographed and devoured, yummy cream cheese frosting).

This little milestone gave me pause to reflect on my time in Vail, my time at this job, and the trajectory of my life since college (yes, the cupcake succeeded where a New Year did not). I have been living in Vail for two and a half months. Mostly, I revel in the present, but occasionally I think about the past and the future, and where my time in Colorado fits into that. I'm gaining so much here: wonderful friends, solid networking, professional experience in the fashion/retail industry, time in a place of incredible natural beauty, exercise, a fresh perspective. Sure, this isn't where I thought I'd be, but hell, I didn't plan on being anywhere. Just fretted over "my calling," and not having one yet. That's done with. Now back to that red velvet...

I fully believe that cake is the best way to mark any occasion - So look around in your life and find something to celebrate. Three months left of college? Occasion! 22 hours since your last coffee? Way to stick to those resolutions! Did you go to the gym today? Any time in the last week? Whatever, buy yourself a cupcake. In some way or another, your mind will work out a way that you have, in fact, earned it. Biting into cake is great for thinking up excuses like that.

Hot Streets & Healthy Fog

We're still in the early season here at Vail, which means that although there are huge crowds of people waiting to board the gondolas that will carry them to eighteen inches of fresh powder on the mountain, the streets of Vail Village and Lionshead are empty. The town feels especially eerie mid-morning, when the heated streets have melted the snow and give off thick clouds of steam. In a way, you almost feel like you're in industrial London or Pittsburgh, where gas street lamps and smog collected on the ground to the point where you couldn't see someone standing ten feet away. Obviously the major difference here is that this fog is healthy: in such a dry climate, our skin needs all the steam and humidity it can get its pores on. As the day goes on, the steam clears. The photo below was taken in the afternoon at Lionshead. 

This weekend is Snow Daze, which will really kick off the winter and holiday season here in Vail. After that, finding a street this quiet and empty will be a rare thing indeed. I'll leave you with a dubstep violin video. Yes, you heard right. 

Home for the Holidays {Reverse}

It's time to celebrate the holidays! Plenty of visits from family and friends planned for this December. My mom and stepdad Jamie are in town this week, and my sister is arriving in a couple of days. On Friday my parents and I went sightseeing in this small village, pausing in the Solaris, at the Golden Bear, and below Gondola One.  

Jamie's the King of Candids. Here's a little snapshot of baby girl leaving my apartment near Vail.

10 inches of fresh powder coming down last night!

Good Morning, Mr. Fox

This morning I was opening the window shades in my bedroom, glass of juice in hand, and who did I see... 

Fox was eating breakfast in the company of his blue feathered friend. I prefer my orange juice to animal carcass, but he seemed to enjoy it. 

So there you go. One day it's a photo of champagne, the next it's a wild animal chowing down on fresh kill. I like to keep you guessing!

The Perks

Veuve Clicquot sponsorship + KRU vodka sponsorship + limitless Red Bull + catering by bōl + free gifts + DJ + gorgeous clothes + homemade peppermint fudge + hundreds of people... Is this really what fashion is like? I don't know, but it perfectly describes last night's event at Perch Vail. 

Neverland

I had a little too much fun on Polyvore this evening and made a very wishful fantasy Christmas list. Who can blame me? This stuff rocks.  As soon as I get that glitter unicorn and the pillow made of chocolate marshmallow I'll get right on it...