Life in Park City
A Walk In The ParkJanuary 2009
01/31/09FLYING HIGH AT DEER VALLEY AND PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT
Wow! The aerials action under the lights at Deer Valley Resort last night was unbelievably exciting. It was a perfect night for aerials competition - clear, cool and no wind. The crescent moon hung sideways right over the kickers, so as the athletes came off them, twisting, spinning and twirling, they looked like they were going to touch the moon. An enthusiastic crowd of about 4,000 showed up to take it all in. Every one of the athletes interviewed thanked the crowd for their support - it truly means a lot to them, so keep it up, Park City! Our own Park City local (and Park City Magazine blogger) Emily Cook took third place - her second podium placement of the year so far on the World Cup circuit. Congratulations, Emily! On the men's side, Parkite Jeret "Speedy"... Posted at 12:24 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/29/09FREESTYLIN' AT DEER VALLEY
It's here! Another freestyle world cup at our own Deer Valley Resort. How do you know? Because when you pull up to Deer Valley at dawn to work the race (I am the press room manager for the event) the sun is rising up over the Champion mogul run (the same one used during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games), the mind-blowing kickers for the aerial jumpers loom overhead, the international flags are waving, and athletes in matching uniform jackets are runn Posted at 04:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/23/09Sundancin' II
Why are we so attracted to film? For me to leave a perfectly beautiful sunny Park City blue sky day to go sit in a dark theater - that takes a real distraction. Maybe it's the voyeuristic aspect of film that's so appealing … we can enter people's private lives, in their houses, their bedrooms, their cars, even their thoughts … and stare all we want. No one's going to ask us to stop. It's so delicious. Or maybe it's because on the big screen, with professional lighting and things filmed at just the right time of day, or in just the right corner of a room, humanity looks so absolutely beautiful … so beautiful that we can't turn our eyes away. Even the big cinema sound - the crinkling of a newspaper in someone's hand - the clipping of a woman's heels down a... Posted at 03:43 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
01/21/09Inauguration Park City Style
What a way to start the day. And a new era. I spent yesterday morning watching the inauguration with about 200 fellow Parkites (and visiting Sundance people) outside on lower Main Street. The jumbotron that was supposed to host the viewing refused to work (and having formerly been a special events coordinator, I shudder to think of the poor soul who must have been sweating bullets with stress over THAT one), so instead, some quick-thinking geniuses set up several large flat screen televisions which served the purpose just fine. The crowd was enthralled, smiling, respectful. The crowd was happy. The crowd was silent and reverent when President Obama gave his speech, and burst out laughing when the camera swept over the scrunched up face of George W. Many Moms and Dads had let... Posted at 01:44 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/21/09Sundancin'
I have to admit, when you live in Park City, and you know the Sundance Film Festival is about to embark on town, there is a tad of trepidation - mostly about traffic and parking and getting around. And your cell phone reading "circuits busy" because there are so many more talkers in town. And about seeing all of those people in black with silly shoes on slipping around our snowy sidewalks. (Because it ALWAYS seems to snow during Sundance). But. The minute I picked up my press credential and film catalog, I got excited and totally into the swing of a wonderful week of CREATIVITY abounding. The catalog itself is a treat. It's like when you used to get a course syllabus at school at the very start of the semester - it listed the great books you were going to get to read... Posted at 01:42 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/07/09Just Another Example of Why We Love Park City
A few weeks ago, Park City's beloved Recycle Utah announced that it could no longer accept glass because with the economy in dire straits, the market for selling glass has, well, shattered. It was the strangest feeling ever to even think of throwing our wine bottles or pickle and mayonnaise jars in the TRASH, after having recycled them in Park City for many years. I wasn't the only one who felt that way. Scads of Park City residents shuddered at the thought of throwing glass away and asked what could be done. Recycle Utah suggested that if every time you drop a load of recyclables at the center, you throw a dollar in the donation box. It worked. The dollars are adding up. And then the City gave Recycle Utah a grant to continue the glass recycling. Even with all of this awesome... Posted at 08:04 PM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
ing about town, throwing snowballs at each other (I marvel at this - to see them playing in the snow - when they're competing on it all day and yet they...
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.
