It’s been a pretty snowy October thus far, which is always great news for the 2019/2020 season. Assuming you won’t jinx anything, you can check out the NOAA six month forecast for the snow report. Notoriously inaccurate, but enjoyable speculation.
Wondering Where Your Money is Safe?
As money managers—desperate for the security and liquidity of government bonds—further push the global stock of negative-yielding debt to an excess of $17 trillion (Anyone for a -.8% yielding Swiss bond? Read more about it here), perhaps one ought to be thinking about a tried and true real estate investment. For example, a commercial property in Aspen with an unbeatable location and long term tenants providing steady cash flow, one such as 710 East Durant.
New Listings: 1035 Cemetery Lane + 228 Eastwood Drive
Aspen is flanked by two lovely neighborhoods: East Aspen and Cemetery Lane. You get so much more house and nature, just minutes outside of the core. Eastwood Drive is to-the-studs remodel with 6 bedroom. 1035 Cemetery Lane was custom built in 2015 with a cascade of thoughtful touches. Lovely view over the valley towards the East up Independence Pass. View listing details.
From WSJ: Your Watch Says More About Your Status Than You Think
From De Kooning to Dice: Highlights from 40 years of Aspen Art
The Aspen Art Museum is celebrating 40 years this summer with a host of special events. If you’re a long-time local, or just getting up to speed with the Aspen art scene, Andrew Travers’ “24 Moments that Defined the Aspen Art Museum” is a great recap of all the ups and downs the museum has seen over the years. From humble begins to major art scene player it is today, the institution’s story runs rather parallel to contemporary art in general.
One of our favorite moments was the giant dice that artist Yutaka Sone rolled down the Buttermilk half pipe on a grey winter day in 2006. It didn’t quite go as expected, but of course, such can happen when you put art in, “Unexpected Places.”
Aspen Gets a New Museum and a New Ballet
The Aspen Institute announced a new museum will be erected to house and celebrate the work of artist Herbert Bayer who lived in Aspen from 1946 to 1975 and among many other projects, designed the Institute Campus, the music tent, and the original Sundeck. (Watch this short video on the history here).
Audiences are in for a surprise this summer when ASFB premieres its first-ever evening-length ballet: long-time collaborator Nicolo Fonte’s Beautiful Decay. Featuring an original set design by Tony Award-winner Mimi Lien, and the timeless music of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Max Richter’s reinterpretation of the same, this haunting work juxtaposes daring athleticism against the reality of aging.
Co-Working Workers Unite!
The internet promised us a new freedom to live and work where ever we please. This has come true, sort of, not really. One thing is for sure ... where ever we go, the work tends to find us. So why not have a nice place to do it?
Whether on vacation and needing a quiet space for a conference call or are looking for an office in town, the newly opened ALT/Aspen is at your service. Memberships are flex and the facilities are excellent. Co-Working has finally arrived in Aspen.
Views Go Far (So Does the Dollar) in Starwood
Real Tossers: Who Has The Best Salad in Aspen?
While restaurants are usually measured by their proteins—surfs, turfs, fishes and fouls—it’s the deceptively simple salad that keeps ‘em coming back. And in a town where appetites are as prodigious as the entrées, the question is: who tosses the best salad in Aspen?
Here are our top five:
6. JUS: Spinach Salad
Menu Description: Organic hand pulled chicken, spinach, cherries, manchego cheese, cherry tomatoes, red onion, served with a homemade champagne vinaigrette.
Notes: Tucked away inside the Ute City Building, this little health food spot doesn’t have much by way of ambience, but the food is fresh, organic and delicious. The chicken always tastes like it came right off the carcass and mixed with the cheese and champagne vinaigrette make for the best salad available out of a plastic container.
White House Tavern
5. & 4. White House Tavern: Kale Salad with Rotisserie Chicken and the Macho Salad
Menu Descriptions:
Roasted peanut vinaigrette, fresh herbs, grated Reggiano
Mixed greens, avocado, dates, goat cheese, toasted almonds, freshly shucked corn
Notes: White House Tavern is comfort food central and well worth the wait at this no-rez staple. If you can resist the crispy chicken sandwich or French dip, these chicken salads manage to be both hearty and heavenly.
3. L’Hosteria: Insalata di Cavolo e Barbabietole
Menu Description: Kale and red beet salad, almonds, goat cheese, sautéed cherry tomatoes, basil pesto.
Notes: Locals know that this restaurant is all about the bar menu. During the off season, the main dining room often stands open while locals crowd around the bar. Their delectable kale and red beet insalata is a fine start to any meal.
Monarch
2. Monarch: Table-Side Caesar
Menu Description: Hearts of romaine, crouton, white anchovy, parmesan
Notes: You may baulk at the very Aspen forty-dollar price, but the pomp and circumstance of Monarch’s table side caesar is well worth it. You can really see how good ingredients and a big bowl are all you need to get the job done.
Matsu
1. Matsuhisa: Baby Spinach Salad With Dried Miso and Grilled Shrimp
There is something truly exceptional about this confection of spinach leafs, truffle oil, yuzu juice, grated parmesan, deep-fried leeks, dried red miso and exactly five grilled shrimp. Light, but filling, simple but decadent, it is a very special salad for a very special town.
