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I love it when art and utility collide.  Which brings me to this special shout out to Colorado native: John Kirk Drogsvold. Drogsvald is a lighting designer inspired by the beauty of mountain topography. Originally from Boulder, CO, he earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design & Certificate in Entrepreneurship from CU Boulder. Drogsvald currently resides in Telluride, CO, where his ethereal lighting fixtures are designed and fabricated. In 2018, Drogsvald received the Best Individual Artist Award from the Telluride Art and Architecture Weekend, and was featured by the Telluride Arts District as Featured Artist in April 2019. He recently has...

Meet Pat Noonan- An ultra marathon runner from Brooklyn that decided to live in his tent at 11,300 ft., in an area called Alta Lakes, about 6 miles south of Telluride.  His goal this summer is ultra marathon nirvana. For people like you and me who can barely even imagine a one-mile jog, ultra marathon nirvana is basically when you run gazillion miles without breaking a sweat.  Pat runs 100 miles a week! Rest days call for an easy 10-mile jog up and down a peak or two. Push days call for a 10-HOUR run up and down several peaks.  ...

If you google “woman travelling solo,” you will find some interesting results. The majority of articles you’ll come across offer advice on safety while travelling solo. Women have to take far more precautions when traveling alone than their male counterparts. This is yet another reason to work towards equality and empowerment for women. Can you imagine our daughters and their granddaughters travelling the world alone without fear? Able to follow any path to any place their hearts desire without extra caution or companions? And to find, in all their adventures, women who are also free and empowered to support themselves...

When I used to live in NYC, I hated rain with a passion.  You couldn't hail a cab to save your life. You almost always forgot your umbrella just so that you would have to dish out another $20+ for a new one just to forget it again. And best of all, the subways, that you would inevitably have to succumb to, would be filled with gigantic rats and a truly one-of-a-kind, detrital fragrance.   Rain in Telluride is a COMPLETELY different story.  The rain out here is always welcomed. It brings out earth's most nutritiously decadent scent.  The rivers...

Every handbag, or Mochila, as they are called in Colombia, tells the story of the Wayuu culture through the hands of the women who weave them. Handcrafted with pride, women spend up to an entire month weaving just one handbag!  These one-of-a-kind bags are a major part of Columbia's indigenous Wayuu economy. To top it of, it allows for these women to keep an intrinsic part of their culture alive.  Expect these to be up on the website by next week!