Aspen Summer!
I just returned from two amazing weeks in Aspen. I loved going to five performances of the Aspen Music Festival. Highights for me included Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, music my Leonard Bernstein, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major and Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus. I enjoyed seeing The Last Five Years a musical put on my Theatre Aspen. This year’s Anderson Ranch Art Auction was excellent. I enjoyed my 2 week ceramics class with Christa Assad and Scott Parady, two very talented artists. I loved Scott’s very organic teabowls and enjoyed trying to create similar work using things I found on my hikes for texture.
I was so fortunate to meet Julia Hansen founder and artistic director Theater Masters in Aspen. Using her connections as former President of the Drama League in New York, she has brought several theater programs to the Roaring Fork Valley including supporting new works and producing them in New York. I have joined the National Council and am really excited about getting involved.
I had some amazing meals while there. I loved Lu Lu Wilson’s and Elevation. I also tried Crave downvalley near El Jebel. The salmon was great. I highly recommend this new find. I went to Wild Fig for the third time. My whole fish entree ($31) was not great. I think there are many better choices for dining in Aspen. Pine Creek Cookhouse for lunch and their hiker’s buffet was great as usual. I would also recommend the food at Anderson Ranch. The cafe is open to the public and the food with many vegetarian dishes is really excellent.
The weather was magnificent. I can’t wait to go back in September to see the Aspen leaves.
