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04/01/10Tea at the St. Regis
I read an interview in Oprah magazine recently about tea. Oprah was chatting with Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh. Nhat Hanh was talking about how mindfulness could be practiced by drinking a cup of tea. He says one should take an hour to drink a cup of tea mindfully. I had to laugh (with envy) at that level of focus, not doable in my busy daily life, but I completely agree that taking time out for tea with a friend can certainly be an enlightening and soul-nurturing experience. Park City's new St. Regis Deer Crest offers just the opportunity, offering an Afternoon Tea Ritual every Saturday and Sunday from 3 - 5 p.m. Held in the cozy library just off the airy lobby at the St. Regis (you can also choose to sit out on the sunny patio), the ritual begins with the lovely task... Posted at 12:32 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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03/03/10Local? Then Feel Like A Queen (or King) at Dakota Mountain Lodge's Golden Door Spa
It's the first week in March and I'm sitting outside, in a spa robe, relaxing in a lounge chair with a glass of lemon water, basking in the sun by a beautiful pool and watching workmen on tall ladders knock icicles off the roof of the Dakota Mountain Lodge. Quite the contradiction. While they're chipping away at winter, I've already left it behind. Because of my glorious day at the Golden Door Spa, I am exercised, steamed, massaged, exfoliated, hot tubbed, hydrated, nourished and warm from the inside out. Here's the deal, locals. If you purchase a treatment at Dakota Lodge's Golden Door Spa, you get to enjoy the entire facility for the rest of the day. AND, better yet - all Utah residents get special locals pricing. All year long. So a 50-minute Swedish massage is normally... Posted at 07:50 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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02/14/10A Taste of Talisker for All of Us
For years we've seen the advertisements about living the good life at Talisker, with enticing pictures of Lauren Hutton and other gorgeous models romping about the snow-covered mountains, wrapped in luxurious winter woolens, big smiles on their faces. Problem is, Talisker's developments - Tuhaye, Empire Pass and Red Cloud - are - uh - shall we say, a tad out of my price range. Finally, though, Talisker has a public component for all of us locals to enjoy - Talisker on Main restaurant. It opened in January and it's just delightful. Many of you will remember chef John Murcko - he was with Bill White Enterprises for 15 years, helping to build some of town's most successful restaurants (Grappa, Wahso, Chimayo, just to name a few.) In 2006, he took a job running all of Talisker's... Posted at 01:10 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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02/03/10Sundancin': It's All About Film
Ah, thank you, universe, for making it a cloudy day. That makes me feel MUCH less guilty about sitting around in movie theaters all day long today. Today is my glorious day of self-indulgence. With children tucked safely at school, I embark on a back-to-back film extravaganza - nestled in my theater seat, all by myself, doing nothing but being a sponge for cinematic invention. Some people who attend Sundance do this every day all day for a week or more, with parties and lunches added in to boot. Living here in town and having responsibilities (children, job, husband, dog, yes, probably in that order) doesn't allow complete immersion in the grainy world of film. That can be frustrating. But today is my glorious day to see film after film after film and order the family takeout for... Posted at 10:51 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/26/10Feeling Like Family At Sundance
My first dip into the pool that is Sundance was on Friday at the Eccles Center, our absolute gem of a state-of-the-art theater. It was noon and the place was packed. Twelve hundred people-full. I marvel to think that so many people can break out of their routines in the middle of the day like that. There was electric excitement in the crowd, and I felt so proud when Sundance staffers and members of the cast and crew got up to speak at the podium that our very own local artist John Helton designed and built years ago when the Eccles Center opened. The film was called "happythankyoumoreplease," written and directed by Josh Radnor, who stars in the television show "I Met Your Mother." Josh had a full team of family, friends and supporters sitting in the front rows,... Posted at 09:02 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/21/10And Sundance Begins!
You can feel it in the air … both the excitement of an impending creative explosion and the trappings that go along with it. The Sundance Film Festival begins tomorrow night. Banners designating various Park City buildings "theaters" are hung. Traffic is slowly increasing. Barrier fences and parking cones are sprouting up on residential streets. There are more people in town, more cell phones and of course, more snow! (Like clockwork, it always snows during Sundance, and incidentally, it's a fantastic time to ski because the mountains are wide open - the visitors in town are here for the films and don't tend to hit the slopes). Today is the day I get really excited about the festival.
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01/06/10New Jupiter Bowl Right Up Park City’s Alley
The holiday season gifted Park City with many presents. One of the shiniest? Our new bowling alley, Jupiter Bowl (a clever pun on our black diamond favorite at Park City Mountain Resort). We've been receiving press releases at the Park City Magazine office for several years now advertising the coming of the bowling alley, so it's quite satisfying and exciting to have it open! Lauded in pre-publicity as a complete "entertainment attraction," the place is truly living up to its aspirations, getting thumbs up from Park City kids and adults alike. The 22,000-square-foot building houses 12 bowling lanes, glitzy and new, with a rainbow of colored bowling balls and sultry runway lighting. There's an uber- high-tech, 50-foot video screen that spans the wall over all 12 lanes,... Posted at 08:11 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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12/04/09The St. Regis is OPEN!
Today's crisp winter temperatures made a perfect backdrop for the warm and welcoming grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the St. Regis Deer Crest. For several years now, Park City locals and visitors alike have watched the St. Regis slowly grow before their eyes - skiing by its initial building pad slopeside at Deer Valley Resort, watching the scaffolding and the cranes, and wondering what the heck that thing was growing out of the parking lot next to Snow Park Lodge (a funicular!) Today was the day we got to take a peek inside and celebrate the fact that the St. Regis is officially open and ready for guests. White gloved butlers attended to guests' every need. A harpist in a red dress serenaded guests in front of the dazzling 6,000-bottle wine vault. The views from... Posted at 06:30 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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11/16/09A Taste Of The Season To Come
As editor of Park City Magazine, I am very fortunate to receive several invitations to media dinners each year. Local restaurants invite writers to come and sample their cuisine so that we're informed about what they're serving and we can give them some ink when the occasion comes up. My very favorite media dinner each year is the annual Winter Menu Tasting at Deer Valley Resort. When Deer Valley opened in 1981, one of its missions was to serve food that was as good as you'd find at a fine hotel. It was a novel concept at the time, when dry, over-cooked and over-priced burgers were the norm at ski areas around the country. As we all know, Deer Valley lived up to its aspirations, winning countless dining awards over the last 28 years and earning a reputation for its fantastic... Posted at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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10/20/09On The Catwalk
I'm not much of a fashion maven. When not wearing tennis clothes, jogging shorts or ski pants, Levi 501s are pretty much my everyday Park City "look." There's nothing I like better than admiring the fashion pages of glossy magazines, but I've just never been one to pull it off myself. So it was with some trepidation that I walked in the doors at The Yard Saturday night for the "Art Meets Fas Posted at 12:04 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
hion" event Park City Magazine was sponsoring. As editor of the magazine, I felt I should have SOMETHING other than jeans on when I got there, to better blend with the crowd. I came up with a rather uninspired outfit - one...
Kristen Gould Case is editor of Park City Magazine and a freelance writer who publishes nationally. Weaned on the blue ice slopes of New England, she moved to Park City 23 years ago and hasn't looked back.
