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$35 Lift Tickets
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ly Sun Valley Alliance (FSVA) and the Sun Valley Resort have teamed up to present the first SKI FOR AIR SERVICE community ski day by offering a full-day $35 lift ticket for skiing at Sun Valley on Sunday, January 22, along with an aprèsski party at River Run featuring live music and a raffle offering a variety of prizes including four round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlines flights between Sun Valley and Los Angeles and Seattle. Proceeds for the day will support air service to Sun Valley. A limited number of the discounted $35 SKI FOR AIR SERVICE lift tickets will be available for sale in advance, for cash only, from January 11-21 at the following local shops: Sturtevants (Ketchum & Hailey), Board Bin (Ketchum & Hailey), PK’s Ski & Sports, Formula Sports and Ski Tek. All proceeds from the sale of the SKI FOR AIR SERVICE lift tickets and raffle tickets will go to support the non-profit FSVA’s efforts to maintain and increase commercial air service to the Sun Valley area. According to research surveys, commercial flights to Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) bring in over 41,000 visitors and parttime residents/second homeowners each year with an annual estimated economic impact of over $72 million in direct spending during their visits. “We are very excited about this new opportunity that provides the community with a fantastic deal on skiing Sun Valley while supporting our critical air service initiatives, “ remarked Eric Seder, president of Fly Sun Valley Alliance. “And once again, Sun Valley Resort has stepped up in a big way to partner in this effort.” Seder noted that the entire community benefits significantly from air service and this is another unique way that people can have fun while supporting an important cause that impacts the local economy, many different types of business and thousands of local jobs. Ticket Sales - The $35 SKI FOR AIR SERVICE lift tickets will go on sale at participating retailers on Wednesday, Jan. 11, and will continue through Saturday, Jan. 21, or until the limited number of lift tickets available are sold out. Lift tickets will not be available for sale on SKI FOR AIR SERVICE Community Ski Day on Sunday, Jan. 22. Lift ticket purchases are cash only and not refundable. There is no limit to the amount of tickets an individual may purchase. Après-Ski Party and Raffle - As part of the SKI FOR AIR SERVICE community ski day, FSVA will be holding a raffle with some great prizes for the lucky winners, including: four round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlines between Sun Valley and Los Angeles and Seattle; ResortQuest Sun Valley condo rental for two people for three nights; $160 Sippin’ in Ketchum Package - gift certificates from Tranquility Teahouse, Perry’s, The Coffee Grinder, Starbucks; Remington 12gauge pump-action Model 870 shotgun; handcrafted Western spurs, and more! Each SKI FOR AIR SERVICE lift ticket purchaser will receive a special two-for-one voucher with their ticket that allows them to get double the amount of raffle tickets they purchase. Raffle tickets will cost $5 for one or $20 for five and will be available for sale all day on January 22 at both the River Run and Warm Springs day lodges. The winner will be drawn during the SKI FOR AIR SERVICE Après-Ski Party from 3-5 p.m. at River Run Lodge.. INFO www.flysunvalleyalliance.com
at Tranquility Teahouse
This bowl of Tea Flowers contains herbs and blossoms. “There’s no caffeine in it—it’s just a lovely drink with a hibiscus, honeydew and sweet fruit taste,” said Pam Colesworthy.
This plate contains a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting, almond spice cookie and almond meringue cookie dipped in chocolate.
PHOTOS & STORY BY KAREN BOSSICK
spices as orange peel and licorice. Dore serves high tea from 4 to 5:30 p.m. each day, serving traditional tea along with finger sandwiches, cookies and scones and jam on 6-inch-square plates. Tobin Jutte, the teahouse’s “food curator,” creates light meals of such things as edamame, English cucumber hummus boats, turkey, provolone and cranberry Panini, quiche, African chicken peanut soup and polenta pie, lasagna and cauliflower curry casserole. He also bakes a line of tasty glutenfree cranberry-orange scones, almond meringue cookies dipped in chocolate, tiny red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and even a rosemary-olive oil cake infused with chocolate bits and drizzled with a sweet concoction of balsamic vinegar. There’s a ZenMatcha vanilla ginger latté, hot cocoa infused with peppermint and other teas and espresso and cappuccino for those who would prefer something other than tea. The shop also carries such boutique gifts as Zulugrass and Zuluwood jewelry, traditional chai cups, lidded cups with infusers and bamboo scoops like the one Colesworthy uses with the matcha for sale. Colesworthy, who has placed crystals throughout the tearoom to generate good vibes, says she opened the teahouse as a “sanctuary of wellness.” “My system can’t take much coffee. And coffeehouses are often too loud and noisy. I wanted a peaceful place—a place of tranquility and serenity,” she says. Tea Master Sylvie Dore, who worked in Whole Foods’ nutrition and body care department before moving to Ketchum to work in the Idaho Biotech lab, is living
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elf-appointed tea maven Pam Colesworthy is preparing a cup of antioxidant alchemy. She measures a teaspoon of matcha — a highly concentrated powdered green tea — out of a tea caddy with a slim bamboo tea scoop and transfers the tea into a Raku-style tea bowl. As the powder wafts through the air, she adds hot water and whips the tea and water together with a bamboo whisk. Then she offers it to the customer in front of her. “You can meditate through the tea—it’s a lovely time out,” she says. “And one cup of this is worth 10 cups of green tea for the antioxidants it contains.” Colesworthy, a Realtor and property manager in the Wood River Valley since 2001, has added the business of dispensing the feel-good properties associated with tea to her resumé. Her new Tranquility Teahouse, located in a cozy canary-colored house at Sixth and Washington streets in Ketchum, offers a tranquil place for people to relax over their pick of 28 loose leaf teas from around the world. The teahouse not only draws from the traditional tea ceremony of the Japanese but it pays homage to the high tea pastime of the English where tea is the national drink. Tea Master Sylvie Dore conducts free tea tastings at the bar from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, offering up several choices of tea, including Silver Needles tea, an organic white tea with a roast chestnut and wild honey aroma from the Hunan Province of China, and Ayurvedic teas made of an Indian basil plant blended with such
A bowl of ZenMatcha tea consists of the youngest top three leaves of the tea plant, which are ground to a fine powder. It is reputed to have more antioxidants than blueberries and can lower cholesterol and blood pressure, increase metabolism and boost energy. It can be served hot or cold straight up, as a latté with a vanilla soy almond milk and ginger or even a shot of white chocolate syrup.
“Teas are the optimal way of taking herbs.” –Sylvie Dore, Teamaster her dream in the new teahouse as she creates her signature chai tea. Dore, a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz, is studying to be a master herbalist using herbs to treat and prevent disease. And, she says serving up tea fits right into that. As proof, she mixes a blend of teas containing rosehip, lemon balm and licorice leaves for a throat-soothing tea rich in vitamin C and antiviral properties for the customer who’s feeling under the weather. And she has a special cup of chamomile and lavender tea, which she says is relaxing and revitalizing, for those with tension headaches. “Teas are the optimal way of taking herbs,” she says. “There are wonderful healing properties to teas and herbs and all the things that can be infused with water,” adds Colesworthy. “Most of the world drinks tea. You can’t drink water in so many places if you don’t boil the water. And if you have boiled water, you might as well add some flavoring—and some health.” tws
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