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he food may be the main act at this year’s Taste of Vail culinary festival, as more than 30 of Vail’s finest chefs converge at Vail Mountain with their tastiest creations, but the wine is poised to steal the stage.

The more than 50 winemakers at the festival range from those carrying on multigenerational family traditions to those whose foray into winemaking has been quite recent, and the wineries hail from as close as Palisade to as far as Italy.

This year’s festival features a generous pour of winefocused events, including “Slip, Slide and Sample,” where participants ski with winemakers, then sample and learn about the wines afterward.

Winemaker Jay Christianson, owner of Canyon Wind Cellars outside of Palisade in western Colorado, says he relishes getting on the hill with participants and other winemakers as much as he enjoys promoting his wines.

“It’s a good event to get going into the spring,” says Christianson, who will be attending Taste of Vail for the fourth year. “Last year it was a bunch of winemakers skiing around talking about oysters. It was a blast.”

The old and the new Taste of Vail gives winemakers a chance to showcase both a centuries-old art and new techniques made possible by modern technology.

Butch and Jerry Milbrandt, co-owners of Milbrandt Vineyards in eastern Washington state, have farming in their blood. The brothers come from a fourth-generation farming family and began working the land themselves right out of high school. They began planting vineyards in 1997 and now farm and own nearly 2,000 acres.

The Milbrandts will bring several of their most acclaimed wines, including the 2009 Estates Cabernet Sauvignon, which was given top marks by Wine Spectator magazine.

Try the Cab or several others from the Milbrandts at Thursday’s “Lamb Cook-Off” event or at Friday’s “Mountain Top Picnic.” For the “Grand Tasting” finale on Saturday, the brothers bring their award-winning Estate Shiraz and the Brother’s Blend, which Butch Milbrandt describes as “very deep and rich, smooth in the mouth, with a pleasing finish and not much of a bite.”

“Right now, I’m proud of all those wines and that we’re getting some good editorial,” says Milbrandt, adding that this is the third year they will return to Taste of Vail. “People

are especially enjoying the Brother’s Blend.”

For Christianson of Wind Canyon Cellars, winemaking is also a family affair. His father started planting vines in the early ‘90s and passed on the business to his son. While Christianson says Canyon Wind abides by the philosophy that the best wine comes from growing the best grapes possible, the family recently began a new label, Anemoi, to foray into different winemaking techniques. Taking advantage of technology (such as yeast that causes the wine to respond differently to oxygenation), the Anemoi project caters to a “more modern palate,” Christianson says.

“It’s a way to fiddle with all the new stuff and new things in biochemistry. It’s a completely new and different style for us,” he says.

Christianson will feature several Anemoi wines at the “Grand Tasting,” all named after the Greek gods of wind, a homage to the Colorado climate that makes for Palisade’s hot days, cool nights and unique growing season.

Also watch for Canyon Wind’s 2011 Rosé, which will debut at the “Mountain Top Picnic.”

“This is the first (rosé) that I’m very happy about. It’s my favorite that we’ve made so far,” Christianson says. “It’s the perfect wine for a pseudo-spicy food pairing, and especially good served cold on top of a mountain.”

Other Taste of Vail winemakers came to their trade in a vastly different way. In the case of Doug Margerum of Margerum Wine Company, located outside Santa Barbara, Calif., he started as a restaurant owner.

The restaurant, The Wine Cask, earned international acclaim as one of 74 restaurants in the world to earn the Wine Spectator Grand Award. Margerum decided to focus solely on winemaking in 1997, and today the company specializes in handcrafted, small-batch wine production.

“We strive to make wines naturally, and the scale of production is kept at a level where we can touch and know the wine as it is raised to the bottle – it’s the antithesis of mass production,” says Brooks Van Wingerden, the company’s sales and marketing director.

Among the wines Margerum will bring are the winemaker’s best-known red, called the M5, and the just-released Rivera Rosé.

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The expert on ladies’ skis and boots settles into Lionshead location.

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you that you need a pair of powder skis, carving skis and terrain park skis, along with custom foot beds and a custom liner. Thoren, however, abides by a different philosophy – most people can’t afford the custom boots and several pairs of skis, she says. While she offers custom foot beds, she also believes that most women can vastly improve on the hill with simply a few adjustments to the boot or skis, helped along by a new insert (she sells foot beds by Superfeet, which run about $40).

“Yes, custom foot beds are ultimately the way to go, but I know my customers, and many people don’t want to spend that much money. We work to make adjustments with what they have,” Thoren says. “Also, I don’t believe you need custom liners – there’s a reason the companies put so much Aspen-worthy fur hats decorated with a generous allotmoney and technology into making them.” ment of sparkle surround the entry, and the jackets and shirts on the racks look ready for an après ski session. But head Learning from experience past the front door and you’ll find what Thoren calls “the Thoren’s expertise comes from nearly a lifetime of skireal stuff” – racks full of women’s specific skis, hand-picked ing and a decade of tinkering with her own equipment. She

by Thoren, and shelves full of boots. Take a closer look at spent four years skiing in Switzerland, foreran race courses some of the frames and posters that cover the walls, and for the men’s team at Northern Michigan University and you’ll see accolades from various skiing magazines, along later worked as director of ski racing at Sun Valley Resort with photos of Thoren pounding through powder around the in Idaho. Always an expert skier, she felt she was limited world with a big smile plastered on her face. from professional racing by her “knock-kneed” stance. Over Then there’s Thoren herself: a petite woman with cat-like the years, she slowly customized her own set-up to correct rhinestone glasses framing her friendly face, who’s as apher mechanical problems. That included moving her bindproachable as they come. That’s how Thoren hopes most ings forward – her feet were smaller than most men’s, so women feel when they arrive at the Jeannie Thoren Womwhy should her bindings be in the same place? Later, she en’s Ski Center, which she says is the only women’s-specific placed cants (thin plastic plates that go between the binding shop dedicated to skiing in the country. and the ski) that helped tilt her knees to correct her knockThe Minnesota native opened the Lionshead location three kneed stance. years ago, after traveling the country doing women’s fitting In short, Thoren knows how to help women with equipclinics with her husband, Tom Haas. ment problems because she’s experienced them all. She says “We fell in love with this place because there is ideal terthe biggest complaint from most women is that their shins rain for testing,” Thoren says. “You can access so much with hurt – the result of leaning back instead of forward on the the gondola and the chair, so you can take a couple test runs skis. on Simba.”

“Women are natural sitters, while men’s tailbones point These days, many ski shops and serious skiers will tell

alk in to Jeannie Thoren’s women’s ski center in Lionshead Village, and your first impression might not be that you’re about to meet one of the foremost experts on women’s ski equipment and a pioneer of the sport.

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straight down. So women tend to sit back and everyone is telling them to lean forward, but they can’t,” she says.

Thoren’s solution to that problem is the addition of a heel lift into the boot to tilt the skier’s entire stance forward. She first made her own insert in 1978 with some matches she found in her house. Today, she fits customers with a thin, wedge-shaped piece of hard foam that has the same effect.

For Thoren, each custom modification was so dramatic that after her first run on her new setup, she would throw down her skis and cry.

“Skiing was my life, and imagine how devastating it was to find out that all your problems were just because you needed ‘glasses’ for your boots,” she says.

Thoren didn’t give a thought to other skiers’ equipment woes until one spring, when she was riding the chairlift and watching skiers beneath her.

“I thought, ‘Wow, if I could just get my hands on that skier, I could change their skiing in a day. Not more lessons, not more time on the hill – just equipment adjustments,’” Thoren says. “It was then to my horror that I realized I wasn’t watching men skiers, I was watching women skiers.”

That was a revelation to Thoren, who generally skied and raced with the men.

“To finally realize in my mid-thirties that I was a woman skier was quite the shock,” she remembers. “It was at that moment that I opened up the can of worms that led me to a life of helping other women skiers through equipment modifications.”

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Jeannie Thoren, who built and designed the first-ever pair of women’s skis in 1987, stands in front of her shop in Lionshead Village. Thoren, recognized in the ski world as the pioneer of women’s ski equipment, gained her expertise by tinkering with her own equipment as an expert skier througout the 1970s. Billy Doran photo.

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It was only a matter of time before an electronic act latched onto the cast-iron cooking pot as a name. Two area favorites, local drum and bass DJ Mo:Rockin and Boulderbased house act Thick Chick, promise to turn up the heat this Friday night at Agave in Avon for their first performance as Dutch Oven. The collaboration headlines an all-night show

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dubbed “Bangarang V.2” – partly a nod to an album by electronic heavyweight Skrillex – supported by mash-up artist Selektro and a local funk/disco DJ, Beschloo.

Although the musical styles of the two headlining groups can vary wildly, Morgan Menco (aka Mo:Rockin) looks forward to finally playing a headlining event with friend Tucker Wilde, the computer-whiz side of Thick Chick’s live trio.

“We’ve been throwing music back and forth for a while, and it’s the sort of thing that we couldn’t pass up,” Menco says. “It’s going to be a blast no matter what happens.”

Menco has been a favorite at Vail clubs like Samana Lounge and Whiskey Jack’s for the past four seasons, and first met the members of Thick Chick when they started playing concerts in the area last winter. Menco admits his style of bass-heavy dance music is noticeably different from Thick Chick’s rapid, up-tempo electronica, but he’s confident a combination of the two will lead to unexpected beats and plenty to excite fans.

“We’re going to meet somewhere in between for this set, musically speaking,” Menco says. “No matter what, it will still be a lot of dance music, the sort of thing to keep people moving.”

For Wilde of Thick Chick, the show on Friday night will be his first with Menco since the two played a back-andforth set at a Snowball Music Festival after party in early March. Wilde leaves his drummer, Charlie Meyer, and other music producer, Hunter Phillips, in Boulder when he comes to Avon. To make up for the loss of his usual act – Meyer plays live percussion over computer-generated music at a typical Thick Chick concert – Wilde plans to spin recorded Thick Chick tracks, along with new beats he has worked on in the past few weeks.

“I really look forward to getting experimental with this show,” says Wilde, a Boston native who attends the University of Colorado in Boulder. “I’m looking to build off what Morgan has, creating something unique. It’s not just two groups playing together – it’s us working as a team.”

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Building off that team vibe will be local light-and-sound impresario Greg Honan, who runs the audio-visual production company Ryezen. Menco describes Honan as “a local dude who really knows how to add an element to the show,” and says Ryezen’s mix of lasers, lights and projections is an ideal addition to the dance vibe.

Although Dutch Oven itself is brand new – the duo came together after the show was booked just several weeks ago – the act of teaming up with another electronic artist is nothing unexpected for Wilde.

“I’ve done these kinds of collaborations before with other musicians, using computers or maybe a live sax player,” says Wilde, who played several sets at Whiskey Jack’s with Menco’s production company, Mo and Friends. As a Colorado immigrant, he enjoys coming to the mountains and playing for a crowd that comes from every corner of the country.

“We like playing the valley because there’s a lot of love for us up there,” Wilde says. “It was the first place we played outside of Boulder, so it’s been a great place to return to. I’ll take any opportunity to play in that environment.”

Wilde and Menco can’t say if Dutch Oven will become a consistent act or an occasional one, but both hope the inaugural show lives up to that admittedly eye-catching name.

“I thought it was funny and catchy,” Menco laughs. “This is all a last-minute thing, just us taking advantage of the venue being available. I can tell it’s going to be good.”

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e love our moms, but how often do you get to publish your sentiments for the whole valley to see? SneakPEAK and several local businesses are teaming up to bring you the Mother’s Day Makeover Essay Contest. We’re seeking essay submissions from people of all ages, telling us what makes your mom special and why she deserves to win a makeover package. Essays must be 300 words or less and can be emailed to info@sneakpeakvail.com by May 1.

On May 10, we will choose a winner, and one lucky mother will get to feel like a queen for a day. The prize package includes clothes from Edwards’ P.E. 101, a manicure, pedicure, cut and color package from Rootz Salon in Avon, a makeover from CosBar (with locations in Vail and Avon) and jewelry from Portofino in Edwards. Also, your mother will be featured and recognized in SneakPEAK on May 10.

In celebration of mothers, SneakPEAK photographer Kelly Lemon captured moments of local women and their children in various stages of motherhood. No matter the age, these special women are worth recognizing. For more information on the makeover contest, email or call at 970-446-7912.

Red Canyon High School Senior Juliette Martinez, 17, embraces her mother, Cheryl Santa Maria, at a senior photo portrait session.

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The Kansas City-based humorist, author of the story collection “Sex, Lies and Triathlon,” immediately contacted the 15-year-old store to see if it would carry his book. Within a few weeks, the book was on shelves 500 miles away from his home.

“The Bookworm has been great,” says Dodell, a part-time columnist who sold his insurance agency last December and moved to Colorado. “With a self-published book, it can be hard to get in the market – some people don’t want to take the risk, others do. I couldn’t have imagined The Bookworm would be right down the street when I moved here.”

Dodell is similar to many self-proclaimed ski bums in Eagle County: he’s an avid athlete and self-starter, with a love Leib Dodell, author of “Sex, Lies and Triathlon,” is for the outdoors and quick sense of humor. He joins eight one of nine local authors who will be showcased at The other local authors on Friday, April 13, for The Bookworm’s Bookworm in Edwards on April 13. Dave Kaup photo. third Local Author Showcase. The event costs $10, and includes appetizers and a cash bar.

Kelli Kostroski, who manages promotions and marketing at the much-loved bookstore, says the showcase series is vital for nurturing a rich literary culture in the valley.

“Author events allow our patrons the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with the writers who are keeping the literary community alive,” Kostroski says. “With over 130 registered book clubs, the community tells us what When: Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m. they’re reading and loving, and we make every effort to reWhere: The Bookworm in Edwards’ Riverwalk spond through our strong publisher relationships.”

Cost: $10 -- Admission includes appetizers, Along with Dodell’s collection – what he describes as with a cash bar for wine and beer. Books by “humorous stories about how seriously we take triathlons all the authors in the showcase can be purand the headache we go through for the sport” – the showchased at The Bookworm. Tickets are availcase includes memoirs, works of poetry and self-help books, able at the door or online at www.bookworall written by authors with an alpine bent. mofedwards.com.

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By Larry Grossman

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he days are getting longer. Winter has passed on the calendar,

and the valley is suddenly staring straight down the barrel of springtime and warmer temperatures. The majority of you are ready to head full on into outdoor activities other than skiing and kiss this less-than-stellar winter goodbye.

However, let’s remind ourselves that there are a few advantages to the lower-than-average snow pack surrounding Vail this winter. Yes, whitewater enthusiasts are surely concerned that the run off will be below average this year. On the other hand, those who chase trout with a fly rod will enjoy a remarkably good early-season fly-fishing extravaganza with low water flows and gin-clear water.

Stake your claims It’s already been a fantastic winter season to hit the local waters, thanks to warm temperatures throughout the winter, keeping a good portion of the area’s creeks and rivers ice-free. The Eagle River from Wolcott all the way west to Glenwood Canyon has been accessible and providing good fishing. These areas will only get better prior to the murky waters of the run-off season arriving.

For many, this time of year is not only one of the least crowded times to be on the river, but it is also one of the famously most productive times to fish, as the local trout begin to awake from their winter feeding habits which can be fickle at best. During the winter months as water temperatures plummet, so does the trout metabolism, which then affects their physical behavior as well as their feeding habits. Fish will move into the deeper, slower water of the river where they do not have to physically work so hard. At the same

Local fly fishermen Zach Povey and Ron Shaw, and dog Bling float the Eagle River last week. Above average temperatures and a lack of river ice has brought an early beginning to the fishing season. Billy Doran photo.

time, these deeper waters bring them food in the form of mapping information or to get tips on the hot spots to curinsect larva floating in the currents. As we enter the warmer rently fish on public lands. Also check out the Eagle County and longer days of spring, things begin to change. website, another useful source of information on those private parcels along the water. The site allows you to do propIf you don’t know, ask erty record searches and get valuable information.

The state of Colorado has some very unique water laws.

Local fly shops can also be a fantastic source of informaOne of these is that it is the responsibility of the angler to tion regarding fly selections on different portions of the local know what is private property and public property along the rivers, as they typically have daily-guided trips at this time river. In Colorado, if a property owner owns both sides of the of year. This information can change in a hurry, so stop in and see the experts.

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Locals’ favorite time of year to fish Still, the lack of snow does have some locals worried. In past years, the water level has gotten so low later in the year that the river temperature has risen to dangerous levels for the fish. In short, great conditions so early in the year could mean problems later down the road.

“The snow pack this year reminds me a lot of 2002, when the Eagle River was actually shut down voluntarily, (because temperatures were killing the fish),” says Bob Nock, owner of the Eagle River Anglers fly shop.

Still, he remains optimistic that some snow might come in April and in the meantime is enjoying the great conditions.

“Both public- and private-accessible fishing has been stellar, and we catch more big fish in March and April than any other time of the year. It’s my favorite time of the year to be on the water fishing,” he says.

So if you are a seasoned angler or someone who has the desire to get out and learn about another favorite Colorado activity, be sure to hit the local waters to enjoy some of the best fly fishing opportunities of the entire year in the Colorado Rockies.

SneakPEAK writer Larry Grossman can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

Check out a few local fly-fishing outfitters for gear, tips and info on local hotspots Eagle River Anglers: Contact the Eagle shop at 970-328-2323 or see www.eagleriverflyfishing.com.

Fly Fishing Outfitters: Contact the Avon shop at 970-845-8090 or see www.flyfishingoutfitters.net Gore Creek Fly Fisherman: Contact the Vail shop at 970-476-3296 or see www.gorecreekflyfisherman.com.

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If you are not familiar with public access points, be sure to stop in one of the area’s many local fly fishing shops for

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By Phil Lindeman Over the past two decades, Jackie Montgomery has sold antique furniture from her condominium, a warehouse in Edwards, a patio in La Jolla, Calif., and rental homes in Beaver Creek. This transitory nature is natural for Montgomery, who has worked as a flight attendant, interior decorator and real estate agent. In Eagle County, she’s best known as owner of The Shaggy Ram in Edwards, a 6,000-square-foot store filled nearly to the brim with genuine French and English antiques.

“My clientele has followed me to every single one of those places,” says Montgomery, who runs the store with just one longtime employee, Susie Myers. “I have good stuff and good service. I’ve had a good run and built a lot of good relationships.”

As Montgomery alludes to, her variety of antique furniture is losing ground to minimalism and art deco. The change is forcing her to downsize a store known for extravagant items and elaborate “vignettes,” the mock arrangements that Montgomery says other designers call “beautiful” and “eclectic.”

But when she talks about the past year, her voice is tinged with a certain sadness – the kind that knows change is inevitable.

“The market for antiques evolved, just like the design market,” Montgomery says. “People’s tastes will always change, and my business has had to adapt to it.”

Birth of the ram Montgomery has seen the market for antiques wax and wane numerous times over the years. After founding The Shaggy Ram with a business partner in 1985, Montgomery traveled the country selling antiques before finding a permanent home in the Colorado mountains. A degree in design from the University of Wisconsin gave her a solid background and keen eye, but she knew little about the process of finding and buying antiques.

“My partner had always wanted to get into antiques, and when I first started, it was an entirely new experience,” Montgomery says. “We just went for it – traveled to England, started buying and went from there.”

The Shaggy Ram owes its aesthetic and name to the English countryside, where old pine furniture coexists on foggy country estates with aging, weather-worn sheep. Montgomery has always been drawn to large living room furniture – tables and chairs, without beds or sofas – which gives her business an important and manageable niche.

In the past 20 years, she’s expanded to include smaller pieces like lamps, home accessories and reproduction furniture. The shifting focus is an example of Montgomery’s evolution: over time, she recognized that real antiques become brittle and crack in the dry alpine climate. She also developed an affinity for accessories, thanks in part to her in-store

Shaggy Ram owner Jackie Montgomery stands in her Edwards warehouse, among the hundreds of French and English antique peices she buys yearly from Europe. Kent Pettit photo.

vignettes and designer’s eye.

“You can’t put an attractive store together without those accessories,” Montgomery says.

“It grabs people’s attention. The way I’ve always bought is by asking, ‘Would I want this in my home?’”

To England and back A fierce dedication to personal style has always informed Montgomery’s approach to antique buying. In 1993, Montgomery left her business partner in Virginia and moved her portion of The Shaggy Ram into a space near Agave restaurant in Avon, right as the demand for antique furniture in the area was growing. Homeowners were eating up real estate on the coveted sides of Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek, and at the time, the decorating trend in alpine homes was rustic, authentic and wood-covered. Her clientele base began to boom, and she was positioned to take advantage.

“We liked that English style of furniture,” Montgomery says. “In the mid-‘80s, English antiques were just getting popular, and French antiques hadn’t caught on at all. I’d been to both countries as a flight attendant and knew what people were selling.”

Today, Montgomery buys new pieces almost exactly as she did in the beginning. She travels about four times each year to England and France, where she spends a week meeting with trusted sellers. On each trip, she spends close to $200,000 on furniture – between 500 and 600 individual pieces – then packs it in enormous shipping containers for a boat journey to the United States.

Montgomery estimates she has sent roughly 50 containers across the Atlantic Ocean since 1993, and takes pride knowing the items arrive with very little damage. When on buying trips, she tends to work in “palettes,” gravitating to combinations of colors she enjoys at the moment – grays and whites, reds and blacks.

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Thoren eventually worked for Dynastar, helping the ski company to design and build the first ever women’s ski, called the Dynastar Blizzard Fame, in 1987. Another one of her designs, the Dynastar Exclusive Carve, was named “Women’s Ski of the Year” in 2007 by Ski Magazine. Thoren herself has been featured in various skiing publications and was named one of the 100 most influential skiers of the cen-

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up and were drawn to modern goods. Montgomery admits her faithful client base is getting older, with children who don’t want to inherit an “antique style.” She relates some of this to her belief that younger generations have a short attention span: new homeowners are likely to redecorate several times a year, while her customer’s hold onto one piece of furniture for a decade.

Aside from shifting tastes, Montgomery also believes the market in Vail for any style furniture isn’t as stable as it once was. In a large city, she thinks it would be easier to weather momentary hiccups like the current economic downturn.

Change, as any good designer knows, keeps things from getting stale.

“We’ve built something pretty special. I’ll run into people out of the state who ask what I do, and when I say I sell antiques in Vail, they’ll know about The Shaggy Ram,” Montgomery says. “I can’t say how fortunate I’ve been.”

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“We’re asked to do a number of events every year, and Taste of Vail is the only one with a quality of event like this,” she says. “It’s really fun, and they always keep it interesting – it’s not the same stuff over and over again.”

One example – “Speed Dating with Wine,” a $50 seminar on Saturday in The Lodge at Vail – has groups of tasters testing out six different wineries. Like speed dating, groups have a limited amount of time to test out the wines (and the winemakers a limited amount of time to “impress”). At the

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Christianson admits some of his reasons for attending Taste of Vail are “entirely selfish.”

He remembers the first year he went to the “Grand Tasting,” when the winery’s booth was between that of an Iron Chef-type, who was “shaving black truffles on all sorts of things,” and a local Vail restaurant, whose chef was passing him caviar all night.

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When the Town of Gypsum holds its annual Easter celebration, it doesn’t hold anything back. This Saturday morning at Lundgren Park, kids and parents will find more plastic eggs, Easter bunnies, candy and good vibes per square foot than just about anywhere in the Rocky Mountains.

Gypsum has long boasted the largest collection of Easter events in Eagle County, thanks to a handful of dedicated sponsors and close collaboration between the town and the Gypsum Recreation Center. Unlike the egg hunt at Beaver Creek or sunrise worship service atop Vail Mountain on Sunday, the Gypsum event caters almost solely to locals.

“One of the great things about Gypsum is this community is a family,” says Marie Sanders, the special projects coordinator for Gypsum and organizer for the event. “We use these big events to create that family, that wholeness that makes Gypsum such a unique place.”

Given the lighthearted title “Easter Eggstravaganza,” the celebration is a much-loved mix of the usual Easter activities and twists on old favorites. It gets underway at 10 a.m. with an outdoor egg hunt, followed by a pancake breakfast at 10:30 a.m. and “Eggquatics,” a culminating egg hunt held in the recreation center pool. Parents need not worry about breaking the bank for some eggs – the whole day is free for little ones.

The kick-off event, a traditional egg hunt through Lundgren Park, boasts 7,500 individual eggs – nearly 4,000 more than similar hunts in the area – for kids aged 2 to 12 years old. Parents are invited to join younger hunters, of course, and Sanders encourages everyone to bring a basket.

But there’s more to the hunt than digging through the grass, which Sanders adds should be a lush green in early April for the first time in several years. After it begins at 10 a.m., kids can snap photos with the Easter Bunny, bounce about in an inflatable contraption and make small planters of spring flowers with the help of local green thumbs, Gypsum Garden Center. Along with the normal eggs, volunteers will hide 15 golden eggs and a handful of silver eggs, good for an Easter basket teeming with candy, chocolate and other treats.

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“It is a blast,” says Susanna Morgan, the aquatics coordinator for WECMRD in Gypsum. “These kids have such a fun time with it, and it’s awesome to watch. It’s very controlled chaos and a really good time.”

The hunt is split into two sections: at 11 a.m., children aged 1 to 3 years old scour the shallow water with parents, and children aged 6 to 8 years old dive into the deeper end of the pool. After they finish, 4 to 6 year olds take over the shallows and 9 to 10 year olds go deep-water exploring.

Morgan says her staff will sink roughly 500 eggs in the pool. Swimmers need not worry about soggy sweets: the eggs are traded in for candy after the hunt, and every child gets the same amount. As with the outdoor hunt, a small number of gold eggs are hidden in the fray for special prizes.

Morgan recommends bringing a mesh bag to hold goodies, but admits watching kids imagine new ways to carry the eggs is one reason nearly 250 people turn out every year.

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“We’re expecting a good crowd and incredible weather,” Sanders says. “The whole thing is just fantastic.”

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“In the past, we’d sit around and fill the eggs ourselves,” Sanders says. “Now, it’s kind of a way to give back through volunteering. It’s a very cool thing they have going on.”

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Easter events around the valley Easter day in Eagle County takes traditional celebrations and elevates them with Rocky Mountain fun. From Vail to Gypsum, SneakPEAK put together a list of the best events for children and families during Easter weekend.

Vail Lionshead Easter Egg Hunt At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, Vail Recreation District invites children to search every corner of Lionshead Village in Vail for thousands of hidden eggs. The free event includes an appearance by the Easter Bunny, followed by the hunt at 10 a.m.

Eggs are later turned in for candy and prizes.

Mountain Top Worship at Vail Mountain Join the Vail Interfaith Chapel for one of three Easter Day services on April 8, held at Eagle’s Nest (top of the Eagle Bahn gondola) with views of the surrounding peaks. Sunrise worship is at 6 a.m. with a free gondola beginning at 4:30 a.m. The 12:30 p.m. service requires a lift ticket, and the 2:30 p.m. worship is free for foot passengers.

Avon/Beaver Creek Easter Egg Hunt at Beaver Creek Young hunters will leave with overflowing baskets after the Beaver Creek egg hunt, held on

Saturday, April 8, at Creekside Park below the main village. The hunt begins at 10:30 a.m. and includes nearly 3,000 eggs, along with photo ops with the Easter Bunny.

Mountain Top Worship at Beaver Creek On Easter morning, April 8, Vail Interfaith Chapel holds two worship services at Spruce Saddle Lodge near the top of Centennial Express. Sunrise service begins at 6 a.m. with a free lift ride at 5:15 a.m. Regular Sunday service is at 12:30 p.m. and requires a lift ticket.

Edwards Easter Kidz Night Out The weekly Kidz Night Out program at the WECMRD Field House in Edwards takes an Easter turn on Friday, April 6. Children from kindergarten through fifth grade are invited for a scrumptious dinner, an egg hunt and other Easter-themed activities. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and costs $15 for field house members or $20 for non-members.

Eagle Easter Egg Hunt and Eggaurnaut Competition The Town of Eagle adds a twist to its egg hunt on Saturday, April 7, with the Eggaurnaut Competition at Eagle Town Park. Children up to 12 years old build a contraption to hold and protect an egg, and then drop it 30 feet aided by local firefighters.

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SneakSPORTS: Time to play ball Baseball season heats up as teams trot out starting lineups Editor’s Note: Minturnbased sports fan Patrick Whitehurst writes for www. fanrag.com. Read his musings on the site or in SneakPEAK. The days are getting longer and the grass is getting greener. As players and teams pack up their gear in the Cactus and Grapefruit Patrick Whitehurst leagues, it can mean only one thing--baseball is back.

The Major League Baseball season actually began over a week ago in Japan as the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s faced off for two games in the Tokyo Dome. Although the two games played in front of Japanese baseball fanatics count in the actual standings, baseball season truly starts when the defending world champion St. Louis Cardinals play on Wednesday night. Every MLB team will follow suit by trotting their starting nine onto the field either Thursday or Friday.

Opening day is magical for every fan, and it represents a fresh start for every club. A new year means a chance to right the wrongs of seasons past. Hope springs eternal with the first pitch (Cubs fans: This could be your year!), and it’s a day where attendance at nearly every stadium is at its peak. Opening day might be the only day all season that your favorite team is in first place, and even if your team loses that first game – there are another 161 games to look forward to.

Let’s take a SneakPEAK tour around the National League

as some of the top players have switched teams and tradi- Dodgers. The San Francisco Giants weren’t able to repeat tional pennant contenders have new looks. as division champs last season due to injury problems and inconsistent pitching. Former World Series hero Buster NL East: The Philadelphia Phillies have won seven con- Posey returns behind the plate from a broken ankle, while secutive division titles, but will face a stiffer challenge this “The Freak” Tim Lincecum, remains on the short list of the season as the Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, and Washing- best pitchers in baseball. ton Nationals all took several steps to improve their talent, The Colorado Rockies have two young stars in their evdepth, and pitching staffs. The Marlins will be playing in a eryday lineup with Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. brand new stadium in downtown and brought in NL batting Both players have won Silver Slugger awards in the last champion and speedster Jose Reyes along with manager two seasons and Gonzalez won the 2010 batting crown.

Ozzie Guillen to reinvigorate the South Florida faithful.

Despite solid efforts from CarGo and Tulo, the Rockies averaged only 4.54 runs per game in 2011 (lowest in franchise NL Central: The St. Louis Cardinals went on an amaz- history). A little help, offensively coupled with solid pitching run in September and October, clinching a playoff berth ing, might lead to Rocktober again in Colorado. on the last day of the regular season and ultimately went Part of the beauty of our national pastime is that every on to win the World Series. This year the Cardinals will year is different and every game matters. The pennant races be without Albert Pujols, the best player in the game, who will once again come down to the final innings and draleft St. Louis and signed an astonishing 10 year, $240 mil- matic outs in late September. Baseball season is a battle lion deal with the L.A. Angels. The Cincinnati Reds and of attrition. It’s a marathon not a sprint. It’s where the best Milwaukee Brewers will challenge for the division crown, teams play their best ball when it matters most. but the Cardinals are still the team to beat. Sorry Cubs fans, Get out and catch a baseball game at Coors Field soon. the addition of wonder kid Theo Epstein in the front of- If you root for the home team or wait until your favorite fice won’t bring the Windy City a World Series title any team comes to town, every day is a good day for baseball. time soon. It appears the “lovable losers” will extend their Whether you join in on the “Tu-Lo!” chants, jump up as championship-less streak to 104 years.

Ryan Braun launches rockets into the thin, mile-high air or look on in amazement as Ichiro unleashes a laser from NL West: This division features some of the best young right field, your favorite teams and players are only a short hitters and pitchers in the game today. The Arizona Dia- drive away. mondbacks won the division last season and return Justin It’s time to get back to baseball, time to tailgate with Upton, a very dangerous hitter and “five tool” guy, along friends and get out your brooms for a sweep. It’s time to with right-hander Ian Kennedy, who won 21 games last put on your rally caps and eat peanuts and Cracker Jacks in season. Returning Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw and the bleachers -- it’s time to play ball! superstar outfielder Matt Kemp anchor the Los Angeles

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Thursday, April 5 Thick Chick at Samana

The Boulder electronic outfit plays at Vail Village’s Samana Lounge. For more info see www.samanalounge.com.

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Taste of Vail is the nation’s premier spring food and wine “Peepsqueak!” story time at the Bookworm festival, held at several venues throughout Vail Mountain Ski Author Leslie Ann Clark reads children’s story “PeepResort. During the annual three-day event, upwards of 5,000 squeak!” at 6 p.m. at Edward’s Bookworm. people are able to “taste the Vail Valley lifestyle.” About 30 restaurants and 50 wineries will be represented at signature Friday, April 6 events such as Thursday’s Lamb Cook-off, Friday’s MounBela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Vilar tain Top Picnic and Saturday’s Grand Tasting. For more info Groundbreaking banjoist, composer and bandleader Béla see www.tasteofvail.com Fleck recently has reconvened the original Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, with pianist and harmonica player Howard Thursday, April 5 Levy, bassist Victor Wooten and percussionist Roy “FutureAcrobats of Cirquetacular at the Vilar man” Wooten. The Grammy Award-winning quartet is now Acrobats of Cirquetacular is one dazzling, death-defying creating some of the most forward thinking music of their feat of athletic prowess after another. With spectacular aerial long, storied career, blending genres from classical and jazz numbers, gorgeously choreographed ground acrobatics, en- to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern ergetic music and beautiful costumes, Cirquetacular brings European folk dances. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are the most thrilling and titillating aspects of the circus arts to- $68/78 based on seating and are available online at www. gether in one electrifying show. Tickets are $45/children and vilarpac.org or by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the $65/adults and are available online at www.vilarpac.org or VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Ofby phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box fice in Vail Village.

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Thursday, April 5 Lecture: Reflections on the Arab Spring

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Live music at Main St. Grill starts at 10 p.m., located in the Riverwalk in Edwards.

Vail Symposium presents an international relations lecture, “Reflections on the Arab Spring” with Ambassador Christo- Friday, April 6 pher R. Hill. The event is at Sonnenalp Resort in Vail at 5:30 Mio Cirkovic gallery reception p.m. Tickets are $35/$25 for Symposium donors. For more Local painter Mio Cirkovic’s art will be on display for the info see www.vailsymposium.org. month of April. Join the artist at Alpine Arts Gallery in Edwards from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 5 Street Beat free concert series: Kinky

Monterrey, Mexico’s Kinky has performed with major festivals like Coachella, New Orleans Jazz Fest and Vive Latino, as well as received nominations from the Latin Grammys and Latin MTV Video Music Awards. They’ve toured with the likes of the Flaming Lips, Shakira, Cake and De La Soul playing infectious dance rhythms. The free concert is part of the Bud Light Street Beat concert series presented by the Vail Valley Foundation. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. at Arrabelle Square in Vail’s Lionshead Village.

Thursday, April 5 “Doc” book discussion at Avon Library

Friday, April 6 “Are You My Mother?” at the Vilar

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Sunday, April 8 Mountain Top Worship at Vail Mountain

Join the Vail Interfaith Chapel for one of three Easter Day services, held at Eagle’s Nest (top of the Eagle Bahn gongroove-infused dance rock to West Vail’s Sandbar. Show This free community event will be at the Lundgren Theater dola). Sunrise worship is at 6 a.m. with a free gondola beginstarts at 10 p.m. at the Gypsum Rec Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities ning at 4:30 a.m. The 12:30 p.m. service requires a lift ticket, will include a pancake breakfast, appearance by the Easter and the 2:30 p.m. worship is free for foot passengers.

Bunny, egg hunt and an underwater hunt.

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This DJ supergroup is made up of a New Yorker transplanted Saturday, April 7 to Europe, and an Icelander transplanted to New York, hon- Beaver Creek Vintage Ski Day

Sunday, April 8 Mountain Top Worship on Beaver Creek

Easter worship with the Beaver Creek Interfaith community ing their sound in New York City’s underground club scene. A celebration of ski history, racing and tradition returns to in one of the most awe-inspiring places. Sunrise worship is They play at Vail Village’s Samana Lounge. For more info Beaver Creek. Dust off the old skis and sign up for the vin- at 6 a.m. Free lift access opens at 5:15 a.m.) Regular mounsee www.samanalounge.com tage ski race or watch the competition as a spectator. Prizes taintop worship is at 12:30 p.m. (Lift ticket required.) awarded to those best dressed in vintage gear. For more information, see www.beavercreek.com Monday, April 9 through Sunday, April 15 Friday, April 6

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The night at Avon’s Agave features the debut of Dutch Oven Saturday, April 7 (Mo:Rockin and Thick Chick). Cost is $5 and doors open at Eagle Easter egg hunt 9:30 p.m. Drink special is $1 drafts until midnight.

Kids 10 and under are invited to participate in the annual egg hunt held at the Eagle Town Park. Egg hunts are separated by age groups and the event will happen rain or shine.

Saturday, April 7 Participants should B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Basket). The Ice Age Day with the Denver Museum Easter Bunny will be on hand to help with the celebration. of Nature & Science For more information, please visit www.townofeagle.org.

Students use scientific inquiry to learn about the Ice Age, how their backyard has changed through time, and what Ice Age animals used to live here. Hosted by Walking Moun- Sunday, April 8 tains in Avon, events are at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. For Healing meditation & guidance gathering in Eagle more info see www.walkingmountains.org.

This free event welcomes everyone to breathe healing into the body, mind at spirit. The event goes from 9 a.m. to 10:30 Saturday, April 7 a.m. at the High Altitude Spa at 105 Capital St. in Eagle.

Real Life Actual at the Sandbar The Fort Collins-based, six-piece progressive rock act brings Donations accepted. thick dance beats with a touch of Calypso. Show starts at 10 p.m. at West Vail’s Sandbar.

Saturday, April 7 Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue

Avon’s Agave features Jake Wolf (Shakedown Street), Ted Galloway (Shakedown Street founding member), Ted Tilton (Dead Phish Orchestra), Rob Eaton, Jr. and Peter Fontanese.

A portion of the proceeds benefit the summer School of Rock

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The biggest end-of-season bash in the Rocky Mountains, Spring Back to Vail is a week of fun in the sun. Events include free concerts, the World Pond Skimming Championships and more. Check out all the event details at www.vail. com.

Monday, April 9 Acoustic bluegrass at Main St. Grill

Live music at Edward’s Main St. Grill, located in Riverwalk, starts at 10 p.m.

Monday, April 9 Lecture: Banks and their role in economic revival

The president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association Don Childears and the chairman and CEO of Centennial Bank Jim Basey talk about how American banks can provide Sunday, April 8 solutions to the current economic crisis and help create a path to recovery. Lecture is at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Lionshead Easter egg hunt The Easter Bunny will be hiding eggs for the Vail Recreation and sponsored by the United Way of the Eagle River Valley.

District’s annual Easter Egg Hunt in Lionshead Village. The Event starts with a 5:30 p.m. reception. free event begins at 9:30 a.m. with an appearance by the Easter Bunny, followed by the hunt at 10 a.m. Eggs are later turned in for candy and prizes.

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Short stories, poems and musings from Homestake Peak students Fifth Element: Snow Snow falls down in millions of big white flakes in front of me. I wonder if people think snow is as important as I think it is? Snow is so fantastic because I can ski on the mountains, snow can save my life, and snow can fulfill my dream.

I have always loved skiing. It is incredibly exciting on a powder day. Skiing is a great exercise when you carve nice turns and skate on the catwalks. If you’re having trouble in your life, it’s an easy way to put your troubles behind.

If you are skiing in the backcountry, you can make a snow hut to save your life. Eskimos use snow to live, the use snow for houses. Imagine the world without snow; there won’t be any fresh water.

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Hello, Women’s League of Voters. I come to you today on behalf of all of us who suffered in the fire and any other woman who’s been treated poorly, that this has gone to far. We are all equal, many of us have different strengths and abilities, but does that mean we should have the right to vote. I believe that everyone has a voice and everyone deserves to be heard. At this moment, all our voices have not been heard and will not be heard if we don’t do something about it. We deserve to be treated fairly, equally. If we don’t stand up for ourselves, for who we are, this will continue, and we will have more incidents like the Triangle Factory Shirtwaist Fire. We need better working conditions so that we may feel safe going to work everyday and doing our job without worrying about the dangers that surround us. So what do you say Women’s League of Voters, let’s go out there and let our voice be heard and demand the rights we deserve!

Hello my name is Sally Schroeder. I am here today to talk to you about women’s rights. I am a survivor of the Triangle Factory Fire of last month.

It was a very tragic accident that should had never happened. It took 141 lives. Many were burned to death; some feel to their death and some suffocated to death all very tragic. Most of the women were between 16-23 years old. None of this would have happened if the owners, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, had had a fire drill to teach the girls what to do during a real fire.

Chief Croker was one who tried hard to fight for the fire drills. He said, “He spoke bitterly of the way in which the Manufacturers’ Association has called a meeting in Wall Street to take measures against his proposal for enforcing better methods of protection for the employees in case of a fire.”

One more thing I think our cities need to improve is fire escapes so that employees will be able to be safe the next time a fire occurs. If the city would have had fire escapes the factory fire might - Lindsay Foley, Homestake Peak not have ever happened or not as many people would have been killed.

Now I want you to fight for our rights and I want you to vote for the safety of employees because I don’t want this to happen to any of you ever again.

My name is Rose Cohen and I am here to tell you about my life experiences with the Triangle - Sally Schroeder, Homestake Peak Fire. Honestly, I think that the people who helped save those burning bodies did their very best, but what if that fire didn’t have to happen? Maybe it So that is why I am asking every person in this wouldn’t have happened, if we factory girls were given what we wanted: we had many strikes fight- room to stand beside me and fight for Women’s ing for the right of sanitary working conditions. Right of Freedom. So such a horrible disaster canMaybe if that did happen that fire might not hap- not happen again. There is a choice of death and pened. And if there was a fire, there might have dangers between life and safety. That choice is up been fire escapes to escape from. If the factory to you. Please help me fight for Women’s Rights!!!

Thank you. was much more clean and sanitary and safe, the - Jessie Hawkins, Homestake Peak chances that that fire wouldn’t happen would have been much less.

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intimate events as a necessary part of The Bookworm’s mission. Physical bookstores have disappeared rapidly with the advent of online shopping, but they still offer the kind of in-person, independent events a virtual megastore can never replace.

“We are fortunate to have so many writers, poets, photographers and illustrators in our midst,” Kostroski says. “The showcase gives guests the opportunity to meet several different writers and allows authors the change to promote their book by making a personal connection with the reader.”

“(It) goes from being pregnant, a toddler, teen, young adult to senior woman, how the daily decisions you make could mean the difference between survival or victimization for you and your family.”

After enduring years of abuse, Rock had an epiphany that led to her to found Fight Like a Girl, Inc. The company is now the largest advocacy group against women’s abuse and rape in the country. The book was a natural way to tie together her personal experience with a need to help others.

“My goal is to stop the pain and reduce horrible statistics for sexual assault, domestic assault, child molestation murAn accidental success der and abductions,” Rock says. “I want (‘Fight Like a Girl’) Like many of the other featured authors, Dodell became to be around long after I’m gone.” a writer almost by accident. While part of a Boston-based triathlon club, he started publishing an “amateurish newsNurturing a following letter” with columns about the quirks of the sport. A friend The Bookworm shares the same humble origins as many encouraged him to send snippets to a magazine, Inside Tri- of the authors in the showcase. Founders Kathy Westoever athlon, which quickly turned into a contract. and Neda Jansen began selling books from the back of a van, “The main point of these things was to make fun of my and over the years have added thousands of books and a popself-serious friends,” Dodell says. “I was shocked to get a ular café. Along with singular events like the author showcall back from an editor asking, ‘What’s your fee?’ All of a case, Kostroski claims the store has evolved in step with the sudden, I had a fee. It was an accidental thing.” ever-changing publishing industry. Books from each author Dodell wrote the column for nearly 10 years, and his book at the event are on sale at The Bookworm, as well as through is a combination of nearly 100 old articles and new material. the store’s website.

He writes from a place of intimate knowledge: since 1988, “We pride ourselves on our relationship with local authors he has competed in over 100 triathlons, including two Iron and the vast selection of regional content we have in the Man competitions. The intensity of his fellow weekend ath- stores,” Kostroski says. “There’s no doubt about it: books letes struck him as too funny to overlook. keep us in business, which is why we are always working to “Like any hobby, (racing) becomes obsessive for some come up with new event ideas and bring front-list authors to people,” Dodell says. “I’ve never been fast, so I knew if I the community.” couldn’t win, I could at least be funny.”

This dedication to burgeoning writers is what attracted Since publishing “Sex, Lies and Triathlon” last August, he NPR to profile The Bookworm, and why Dodell was honhas sold close to 3,000 copies. His favorite part of the job is ored to be a part of the showcase. It also inspires him to conpromoting at triathlons across the country – after all, he’d be tinue writing: he’s currently tossing around two book ideas, at the races anyway. one a sequel to “Sex, Lies and Triathlon” and the other a “Now, I’ve just become the crazy guy with a box of books similarly humorous look at ski-town culture. in his trunk,” Dodell laughs. “Humor is just my natural perThe Bookworm plans to continue the local author series sonality. The book is a good counterpart to the very serious with a showcase in September, as well as other events for the training and diet literature.” store’s 15th anniversary later in the year.

“We know it’s the community we have to thank for these Turning tragedy into purpose years, and it’s the community we’ll rely on for the next 15 The Friday showcase truly highlights the range of local years,” Kostroski says. “Times are changing and The Bookauthors. On the opposite end of the spectrum from Dodell’s worm is changing with them.” tongue-in-cheek humor is “Fight like a Girl: Be Scared with a Plan,” a self-defense book by domestic violence survivor Kym Rock.

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Agave | 1060 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.8666 Avon Bakery & Deli | 25 Hurd Lane | 970.949.3354 Avondale Restaurant | 116 Riverfront Lane | 970.790.5500 Blue Plate | 48 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.2252 Bob’s Place | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.8566 Carniceria Tepic | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.6033 China Garden | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.4986 Columbine Bakery | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.1400 Domino’s Pizza | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.3230 Fiesta Jalisco | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.8088 Geno’s Sandwiches | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.0529 Gondola Pizza | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.6000 Loaded Joe’s | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.1480 Montanas Cantina and Grill | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.7019 Northside Coffee and Kitchen | 20 Notingham Rd. | 970.949.1423 Nozawa Sushi | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.0330 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.6093 Subway Avon | 47 E. Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.1312 Swiss Hot Dog Company | 101 Fawcett Rd. | 970.467.2013 Taqueria No Se Hagan Bolas | 91 Beaver Creek Place | 970.845.7959 Ticino | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748-6792 Vin 48 | 48 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.9463

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Italian Food & Pizza

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Steakhouse & Saloon

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4 Eagle Ranch | 4091 Highway #131, Wolcott | 970.926.3372 Baboune’s | 0131 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.2425 Back Bowl | 50 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.BOWL Dietrich’s Cafe | 313 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.5021 Dog House Grill | 10663 Highway 6, Gypsum | 970.524.1660 Dusty Boot | 1099 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.7002 Eagle Diner | 112 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.1919 Ekahi Grill and Catering | 116 Park Street, Gypsum | 970.524.4745 Fusion Cafe | 422 McIntire St., Eagle | 970.328.1234 Grand Avenue Grill | 678 Grand Ave., Eagle | 970.328.4043 Gypsum Grill Steakhouse | 686 Trail Gulch Rd., Gypsum | 970.524.7365 H.P.’s Provisions | 1160 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.5280 Heidis Brooklyn Deli | 150 Cooley Mesa Rd., Gypsum | 970.777.3663 Luigi’s Pasta House | 1143 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.5400 Mantos | 106 Oak Ridge Ct., Gypsum | 970.524.6266 Moe’s Original BBQ | 630 Grand Ave., Eagle | 970.337.2277 Paradigms | Corner of 4th and Capital St., Eagle | 970.328.7990 Pastatively Roberto’s Italian Cuisine | 94 Market St., Eagle | 970.328.7324 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 50 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.337.9900 Red Canyon Cafe | 128 Broadway Ave., Eagle | 970.328.2232 Yeti Grind | 330 Broadway Ave., Eagle | 970.328.9384

Ranch Western Atmosphere

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Chinese, Asian

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American Cuisine

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Homemade Bakery & Soup

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Coffee & Crepes Sandwiches

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American

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Contemporary Italian

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High End Tapas

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Tasting/Wine Bar, Paninis

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Mexican

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French Bistro

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Colorado Wild Game Grill

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Asian Cuisine

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Northern Italian

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VAIL Alpenrose | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8899 Alpine Tavern | Vail Racquet Club, East Vail | 970.476.7888 Atwater on Gore Creek | Vail Cascade Resort | 970.476.7014 Bart & Yeti’s | Lionshead, North of Arrabelle | 970.476.2754 Bearfish | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7596 Billy’s Island Grill | Lionshead | 970.476.8811 Bistro 14 | Eagle’s Nest, Top of Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.445.4530 Block 16 | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 Blu’s | Downstairs from Children’s Fountain | 970.476.3113 bol | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.5300 Bully Ranch | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5460 Campo de Fiori | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8994 Centre V | The Arrabelle at Vail Square, Lionshead | 970.754.7700 Chicago Pizza | 1031 S. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7000 CinéBistro | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.3344 Elway’s Steakhouse | 174 East Gore Creek Dr. | 970.754.7818 Flame | Four Seasons, Vail | 970.477.8600 Frost | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8050 Game Creek Restaurant | Vail Mountain | 970.754.4275 Garfinkel’s | Next to Lionshead Gondola | 970.476.3789 Gohan Ya | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7570 Joe’s Famous Deli | 288 Bridge St. | 970.479.7580 Kelly Liken | Gateway Building, 12 Vail Rd. | 970.479.0175 La Bottega | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0280 Lancelot | Next to Children’s Fountain | 970.476.5828 Larkspur Restaurant | Golden Peak | 970.476.8050

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La Tour | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.4403 Left Bank | Sitzmark Lodge in Vail Village | 970.476.3696 The Little Diner | West Lionshead Plaza | 970.476.4279 Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Market Café | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Mezzaluna | Lion Square Lodge, next to Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.477.4410 Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Nozawa | Holiday Inn, West Vail | 970.476.9355 Ocotillo | Vail Mountain Marriott Resort & Spa, Lionshead | 970.477.5675 Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Ore House | 232 Bridge St. | 970.476.5100 Osaki’s | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0977 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.9026 Pepi’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.4671 Qdoba | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7539 Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676 Russell’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.6700 Sandbar Sports Grill | West Vail Mall | 970.476.4314 Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827 Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow Drive. Suite #4 | 970-476-1588 Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.0125 Tap Room | Top of Bridge St. | 970.479.0500 Terra Bistro| 352 Meadow Dr., Vail Mountain Lodge& Spa | 970.476.6836 The George | 292 Meadow Dr. | 970.476.2656 Up The Creek Bar & Grill | 223 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.8141 Vendetta’s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070 Vail Chophouse | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.477.0555 Wendy’s Alpine Coffee Shop | 4695 Racquet Club Dr. Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890 Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332 Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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