Mischief

I've said it before and I'll say it again: we have the most loving & wonderful dog in the World! Bruno is (as they say here in Texas) "a real blessing" and adds enough humor, laughs and joy to our life to make up for his very infrequent naughtiness. He's just turned 1 years old and considering that Great Danes mature at around 2 years of age, he's getting into a mischevious stage. For example, the other night I was studying while Alexandra was at a yoga class. Bruno was being a little too quiet, and when I went to investigate I was met with the scene pictured below: Sir Bruno nibbling on one of Alexandra's favorite shoes! I didn't say a word but he knew he was doing something he wasn't supposed to and he beat a quick retreat to his bed. Spent the rest of the night looking at us with big "I'm sorry" eyes too! (PS - the shoe has since been replaced, but Bruno isn't allowed within 100 yards of it).

Telluride Ski Trip

Well, we have just returned from our ski trip to Telluride, Colorado where we met up with Whitney & Kelyn (Alexandra's sis & boyfriend). Telluride is a very small town with it's history rooted in the mining rush of the late 1800's. Population: 2,000. It's a picturesque ski town nestled in the Colorado Rockies and the perfect place for a relaxing, secluded and fun ski trip for the four of us. Activities can be summed up as follows: wake up at 7, eat breakfast, spend 30 minutes donning all your ski attire, ski for 5-6 hours (don't forget a hot chocolate break on the mountainside), hot tub for 20 minutes, out for dinner, complain about sore muscles and then bed. Next day: rinse & repeat! There are some excellent restaurants in Telluride but our favorite was The New Sheridan Chop House: excellent food, great service, strong drinks (as pictured above) and loads of laughs. We're infamous at this fine dining establishment after slipping the hostess a 10-spot to move tables when....well, let's just say the quality of the surrounding air was sub-par due to a local "polluter" sitting at the table next to us :)


Here are a few pictures 's of us celebrating Valentine's Day:







To get an idea of how much snow there was, this is a picture of Alexandra & Whitney trying to stand up against a vertical pile of snow and their imprint:






Next picture, taken at Honga's Lotus Petal is a hip sushi bar that used to be Roma's (as in, "didn't I meet you at Roma in the fall?"). The sushi bar kept the Roma bar because it's reportedly the oldest one in town.


Speaking of town, here is a shot of what things look like during the day on Main Street:



The next 3 photos are "Bob Photos". He and the girls were in Telluride 10 years ago and had as much fun then as we did this time (missed you on this trip!):

(1) The Famous Telluride Clock

(2) The Girls

(3) Horn Realty...ha ha ha!


Finally, a few pictures of the daily activities. Alexandra turned out to be a great skier and managed to swoosh her way down the blue runs (only one or two yard sales). Kelyn picked up snowboarding readily and Whitney joined him in boarding down double-greens by the end of the week (Kelyn - you'll have to join me on the double black diamonds next year).






A ticket to hilariousness with Smokey the Ferret: viva la Telluride! (One cocktail at 10,000 ft and a Mad-Libs book & you too will get the joke) ;)