Great photos from vacations make a huge difference. With an image to refresh our memory, we savor the experience for many years to come.  With high resolution cameras in our phones today, great photos are even more accessible. The problem is, my photos don’t always come out so great. They are either “just okay”

A look of stunned surprise comes over people’s faces when they find out my husband learned to ski at age 65. They assume since we live in Park City, he has skied all his life.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  My husband, Jay, had never slipped his feet into a pair ski boots until

Do you set personal goals for each season? In the winter, many of my friends set ski day goals pushing themselves to ski 25, 35 or even 50 days during the season. Summer is different, at least for me. I set different kinds of goals — relaxed ones. They are aspirations to “get out and

Who says summer is over when the school bus picks up kids on early August mornings?  Summer is far from over. Technically summer ends the third week in September. According the Farmer’s Almanac, the Autumn Equinox (or “equal night” where the day and the night are about equal time) for 2016 is September 22 at 10:21 a.m. We

With our granddaughter visiting, we were on the go every minute. Each day was booked with activities such as trips to the zoo, hiking, and swimming. Even with action packed days, we couldn’t help but want to go to the Wednesday Night Concert Series at Deer Valley Resort presented by Mountain Town Music. The only problem

When are you considered a local? What is a “local” anyways? Even though I am not totally sure how “being a local” is defined, I do know, unequivocally, that it would not include me. Four years of residency does not make a local in any city on any continent. That said, using my “navy brat

Don’t be a helicopter parent. I know. I know. Especially in ski lessons, parents (and grandparents) best serve their children by leaving them with their capable instructor and getting out of the way. At Deer Valley, a great place for the family to hang out is on the Snow Park Lodge balcony overlooking the Wide