Wednesday night my 17-year-old son, Derrick, was a contestant in the Mr. Miner Pageant at Park City High. Ah yes, every mother’s dream. Let me explain. Mr. Miner is an annual Park City High event right around homecoming week. (The “miner” being the Park City High mascot.) The student body selects 10 senior boys (this […]
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Telluride: Free Thinkers and Beer Drinkers
I just got back from my weekend at the Telluride Jazz Festival. I’ve been to Telluride countless times, for the Jazz Fest and for the Telluride Film Festival, and I have to say it’s one of my favorite places in the whole world. Ironically, it’s a lot like my hometown of Park City, Utah, except […]
Crescent Super Band Wows at Telluride Jazz Festival
(This is an update to this post, since I just got done seeing the Crescent Super Band perform again live at the Telluride Jazz Festival.) In one word, AWESOME! I know it’s an overused word, but it’s the only word I can think of to describe The Crescent Super Band’s performance this weekend on the […]
Passion Makes Perfect
The UPS guy just dropped off a package, but I had to go outside to chat with him because there was a tenor sax and a bassoon wailing in the house. Actually, the latter was a tromboon, called such become my son took the mouthpiece and reed from his bassoon, stuck it in his trombone […]