The POW, the PIX, the PEOPLE.
Go BIG, or Go Home.
April 14, 2014 More pix from Aspen Highlands closing day on the way. It's a POW DAY on Aspen Mountain, gotta go. Ski Season 2013/14 is not over yet.
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ASPEN HIGHLANDS CLOSING DAY 2014
April 12, 2014 
I've recently started doing Yoga for Skiers (and snowboarders) on top of Aspen Mountain. It only took me 11 years to discover the benefits of doing yoga to start my ski day.
Yoga for skiers is the brain-child of Kate Giampapa and Jane Gottleib who somehow talked Aspen Ski Co. into offering free yoga at the Sundeck at 9.30 on Tues, Thurs and Sat. . It's been going on for at least two years...maybe longer. I recently gave Yoga for Skiers a try and all I can say is WOW.
After 110 ski days my hammies are pretty tight, my gluts are worked and my knees are tired. On a recent Tuesday, I decided to give mountain top yoga a try. In addition to the obvious benefits of stretching, I also truly enjoyed stripping down to my long under-wear in front of 50 hot chicks. It was extremely liberating and not creepy at all.
As a culmination to the long yoga season, Yoga for Skiers organized a special session with Simon Park a well known professional yogini from Philly. About 75 people showed up early on Saturday morning to do Yoga at 11,212 feet. Spirits were high, the music was kickin', LuLu was out in force and of the 75 attendee's...65 of them were sleek, stylish, beautiful, athletic women. So it was off with the outer wear and onto the mat for A. Party. For the 3rd time in one week, bro???
I've come to realize that the Yoga for Skiers gets my blood flowing, it stretches out my tired joints and muscles and gives me a natural energy boost that really helps my skiing. I have yet to fully embrace the whole spiritual aspect of my practice, ooooooommmmm...but I do like to stretch and I love the girl-to-guy ratio. I'm still eating cheetos for breakfast...but now I'm addicted to Yoga for Skiers.
Namaste!!!
April 4, 2014 
Click to learn more about CLIMB to GLORYBasically, April is Local's month in Aspen. Most of the tourists have bolted town...but Lord knows it just keeps snowing. We've had some pretty sick pow days this spring, and the guys from Aspen Weather told everyone that it's gonna keep dumping. Click for pix: ASPEN BOUNCE
We checked out some Local action; The Wheeler Opera House hosted Climb to Glory...a fascinating documentary film about the 10th Mountain Division, America's skiing soldiers. In 1942 more than 14,000 men were stationed at Camp Hale (near Vail) to train for mountainous warfare in WWII. That training paid off for the USA helping the Allied Forces to win WWII securing a life of freedom for all of us. Over 60 ski areas in the U.S. can trace their roots to 10th Mountain warriors. One 10th mountain guy said "you can play golf or tennis...but skiing is a lifestyle". Click to learn more about CLIMB to GLORY.
Aspen Weather threw a bash at Sky Hotel to celebrate their 1000 th subscriber. Everyone was partying like a hurricane, especially Corey and Ryan.
Later that night D.J. Folami and Berkel Beats headlined the Belly Up, Aspen. All the dub-steppers were bouncing like Mo-Fo's. Plus it was Berkel's dirty thirty...so you know it was the shiz-nit.
The 13th annual Bonnie's Party went off like an avi bomb. It was a multi-generational affair that again went the distance and had to be closed down by ski patrol.
After all that skiing and partying my system shut down, but click the pix.
April 3, 2014 April has been very interesting already. We've been getting the THICK and SICK, copious amounts of Spring POW POW. A. Party pulled off a pretty good April Fool's joke and the Ski Co. just extended the season. Click EXTENDO for details.
Those who believed the mail order bride ruse were generally very happy for me. Not everyone thought it was funny. One lady said it was "gross" and an indication that I was "dumbing down". But I did get a few laughs and a bunch of clicks and plenty of interaction. FB posts, tweets, texts, e-mails and even a few real phone calls from old friends. Unfortunately one call opened some old wounds. I let my guard down and left my Achilles heel exposed for a split second. Bad Andy came out and the call did not end well. For that i'm sorry.
It reminds me of the lesson I learned from Ricky Nelson and Garden Party.
April 1, 2014 Nyet. My dreams have been dashed. I was Cat-Fished. This is the Lucia that got off the van. She's in her late 60's and out-weighs me. The honeymoon is over.
Cat Fished in Aspen 