I sit back, move my foot to the left, put an earbud in and shut my eyes. It's 12:45 pm on a Sunday. Tomorrow's a workday, and I'm going to Japan. Not for work, golly no, to ski, like… with friends and stuff. And drink Whiskey. And yet, back home are five profitable properties, five happy homeowners,...Original linkOriginal author: Skippy

Of what is a home comprised? Is it furniture, shelter, utility? Is it simply a collection of items and objects, or might it be something more? My experience over the past several weeks with owner Marianne Farrell at our new Aspenwood property in Snowmass helped me transcend this question. Yes. ...Original link(Originally posted by Skippy)

With the fall dwindling into the past and our clocks set back to preserve daylight, the quiet nature of Aspen in November provides an opportunity to reflect and set intentions for the coming winter season. This is an important practice of betterment. It is a time to evaluate what was, to re-align va...Original link(Originally posted by Skippy)

Unique. It’s a word we think about a lot. We live in an age corporate centralization. Of media consolidation. Of dispersion of information via the internet and goods via trucks and trains and planes across borders. Thee trend has resulted in increasing cultural uniformity. There is good in this to be sure, but concurrently our identities are often ...

What would you do if your time was yours again? If your phone did not ping with feverish need. If your next deadline did not scream from the immediate future. If your eyes opened in the morning solely with your circadian rhythm. In the throws of Aspen summers, these are questions so far removed from realization, asking them seems a privilege and ac...