Thursday Things 12.17.15

This weekend I went skiing for the first time in 5 years. It was amazing, but slightly frightening at the same time. I need lessons. Any tips?

After driving up to Arapahoe Basin last Saturday through snow and fog, my friends and I decided to have a beer before hitting the slopes. By the time we finished our beers, got geared up, and went down the bunny hill 3 times they announced last call. Oops. We made it down the bunny hill one more time for an approximate 15 minutes of skiing.

On Sunday morning we planned to get to Keystone by 8:30, but instead we slept until 8:30 (because we uhhh… had some fun in Breckenridge) and got there at 10:00. By the time we geared up, rode the bus, and actually made it up the chairlift it was 11:30. Our goal was to leave Keystone at 12:00 so that we would miss traffic and get home in time for my friend to make it to work. Oops again. We had time to go down once. Good thing it was a 3.5-mile run, so at least it was somewhat worth it. Also, the beauty of having a ski pass is that you don’t have to pay lots of dollars in lift tickets for a little amount of skiing!

One thing we did do right was to make sure we left the mountains at a decent hour. We hit the road by 12:30 and had essentially no traffic. To celebrate we had brunch at Sputnik when we got back.

Overall, the weekend was such a blast and did teach us a few lessons:

• The ski lifts stop running at 4:00 pm (unless there is night skiing).
• Don’t leave your snow pants, jackets, gloves, and boots in the car overnight, because they will be freezing when you put them on in the morning, especially when it’s only 8 degrees outside.
• Frozen boots will take you about 15 painful minutes to put on.
• Be patient. There is a lot of “hurry up and wait” involved with skiing (on busy days at least).
• Leaving at noon is a good idea, because there will be minimal traffic.

Rookie mistakes, but at least we learned from them! I’m looking forward to going again and skiing for more than 15 minutes.

Then there are also these things unrelated to skiing, but all very fun:

• What does your favorite holiday cookie say about you?
• How to setup a holiday bubbly bar. This really needs to happen in my life.
• Find the best red lipstick for your skintone. Just in time for the holidays.
• These travel bucket list experiences are all amazing. I’ve hiked Machu Picchu. 1 down, 19 to go.
• An awesome article about 3 damaging lies women believe about their bodies.

I hope you get your holiday on this weekend! Katie and I are having a roomie brunch on Saturday with quiche, mimosas, and Christmas movies. It’ll be great.