Weekend in Review

It was a busy weekend in Aspen, with lots going on at work and at play. It was the women's world cup competition here on Aspen/Ajax Mountain (the ski slope right behind Aspen) so there were a lot of people in town and it was really festive. I unfortunately was holed up at work all day Saturday for orientation and training, and most of Sunday as well, so I hardly got to see any of the dowhill racing at all which was disappointing.

Saturday night made up for it, the Gin Blossoms performed an awesome gig on a stage set up in the middle of town sponsored by Bud(weiser) Light. Their gig was really professional despite the cold, big up to the guys for performing for over 2 hours in -24 degrees. They said it was the coldest performance they have ever done! Audience members were kind enough to donate various gloves, beanies, a half-jack of Jack Daniels and even a backpack (not too sure about that one) to the lead singer. He promptly wore everything donated, including the backpack, and performed his gig like that while quietly sipping on his Jack. Man after my own heart... They are working on a new album by the way.

The gig was followed by a beautiful fireworks display right over the snowcovered mountain behind Aspen. The white snow reflecting the fireworks made it seem quite surreal. Sunday was a slow day, though had work on the evening shift, delivering a lot of champagne and strawberries to VIP's at the hotel where I work. Check out the hotel website here, it's pretty smart. We had some Hollywood celebrities staying on the weekend as well which was rather nice.

Monday was admin day - boring. Today I woke up to about 4 inches of fresh snow and more dumping every second which was great because it hasn't snowed since last week. So I took the opportunity to go for another snowboarding lesson today on all the fresh powder, which was just incredible. Slammed into the hill a few more times, but it's all part of the fun! Work again tomorrow...

Oh and I was really useless and forgot my camera again, so I will get some photos from the other people I was with and post them as soon as I can.

posted by Cat Murray @ 01:42