08/30/10‘Restaurant month' aims to boost Vail's off-seasonVAIL, Colorado — For about as long as Vail has been a resort, people have tried to get more guests to town when it isn't winter. Ilene Rapkin thinks she has an answer to the off-season doldrums.Rapkin, a frequent Vail visitor and owner of I Openers, a marketing and consulting company, has spent the last three years thinking about and working on “Vail Restaurant Month,” which debuts Sept. 20.Rapkin, a former publisher of magazines including Conde Nast Traveler and Bon Appetit, has helped with marketing for the Vail Film Festival and Taste of Vail. A few years ago she came to Vail in the fall for the first time. She was amazed by the weather, but dismayed by how empty the town was.Shortly after, she started toying with the... Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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08/27/10Oktoberfest in Beaver Creek is approachingIt's that time of year again-so grab your beer stein and head up to the Beav! Posted at 02:16 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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08/11/10Vail Restaurant Month has more than 70 eventsVail Restaurant Month, set for Sept. 20 — Oct. 17, will present four themed weeks with more than 70 events. “I've had the pleasure to travel to the world's most famous hot spots, but no destination offers what Vail does in the fall,” Vail Restaurant Month co-founder Ilene Rapkin said. “From outdoor adventures in gorgeous natural surroundings, to some of my all-time favorite restaurants, it's always fun to surprise friends with the pleasures of Vail in this colorful season.”Kelly Liken, a recent competitor on “Iron Chef America” and “America's Top Chef,” added, “It's kind of a local secret that this is actually our favorite time of the year.” Each week of Vail Restaurant... Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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07/23/10Vail Valley Business Forum and Expo slated for July 29Join the Vail Valley Partnership at our fourth annual Vail Valley Business Forum at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek July 29. The event also includes a Business Expo that allows local businesses to network and display their products and services to attendees.The event starts with the expo, followed by a 30-minute keynote address, then a 90-minute panelist question and answer session in which attendees can ask questions of our expert panel on the topic: “The new economy, what's next and how you can adapt.”Keynote Speaker Thomas Frey has started 17 businesses and has helped with the development of hundreds more. He presents a rare blend of reality-based thinking coupled with a clear-headed visualization of the world ahead. Frey takes... Posted at 04:45 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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07/08/10Weekend SuggestionsSummer is well under way in the Vail Valley. Last weekend featured phenomenal fireworks on Saturday night over Harry A. Nottingham Park & Lake in Avon. They were spectacular and the weather was perfect! Vail’s 4th of July parade did not disappoint though I was a tad late for viewing from Bart & Yeti’s deck. I blame my tardiness more on old age than Beer Drinking Buddy’s beer tasting event in my dining room following Avon’s Fireworks. The Beaver Creek concert was enjoyable until we were drowned out by Mother... Posted at 11:20 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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05/14/10Whooops, She did it againAs the flour dust is settling from Kelly Liken’s great effort in Kitchen Stadium on Iron Chef America, the story breaks, she will compete against 16 other chefs’ on Bravo! Starting in mid-June for the Next Top Chef, Washington D.C. I thought that her disappearance in mid April and month long seclusion was to insure that she didn’t spill the beans about last Sunday’s outcome. Not... Posted at 01:55 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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05/10/10Iron Chef Kelly LikenLast night as I watched Kelly Liken on Iron Chef America I recalled very vividly the first time that I met... Posted at 03:00 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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05/07/10Valle Nevado, South America's premier ski resort, offering early-bird promotion: Buy 5 nights and receive 2 nights free!!First snow has fallen -- 4 Inches on May 6Valle Nevado, Chile, is offering North American skiers and snowboarders an Early-Bird Deal: Buy 5 Nights, Receive 2 Nights Free when booking before May 16, 2010. All-inclusive package rates include lodging, breakfast and dinner, lift tickets, access to Valle Nevado's fitness center and outdoor heated pool, après-ski, kid's activities and day care, and nightly entertainment. Prices, per person, start at $875 for the 3-star Hotel Tres Puntas, $995 for the 4-star Puerta del Sol, and $1,220 for 5-star Hotel Valle Nevado.The season runs from June 11 to Oct. 3.Valle Nevado received its first snowfall on May 6 -- a good... Posted at 11:28 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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03/12/10Vail's Vonn wins 3rd straight World CupGARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Standing atop the mountain, Lindsey Vonn already was the best skier in the world for the third year in a row.She didn't even have to make her last run, but she raced anyway and won Friday's super-G to become the most accomplished skier the United States has ever had.Vonn won her third straight overall World Cup title when her rival and friend Maria Riesch was bumped out of the top two in the race earlier in the day. Vonn then bumped everyone else down another spot, winning the 33rd World Cup race of her career to put the cherry on top of what was already a wildly successful day."I gave it all I had. I have nothing more," Vonn said. "I am the most successful American... Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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03/12/10Wyclef Jean to Headline Spring Back to Vail 2010Also performing free shows are Guster, Robert Earl Keen and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All StarsSpring Back to Vail, Vail Mountain’s iconic, high-energy, end-of-season bash, returns April 12-18, 2010 with four free outdoor concerts from Wyclef Jean, Guster, Robert Earl Keen and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. Recognized as the nation’s largest spring bash in the mountains, Spring Back to Vail celebrates the conclusion of Vail’s ski season by combining music, on-mountain events, in-town parties and the ever-popular World Pond Skimming Championships. “The 2010 concert lineup is outstanding with Wyclef Jean taking a break from his Haiti homeland support efforts,” said James Deighan of Highline Sports & Entertainment, the... Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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- Weekend Suggestions | Comments: 0
- Whooops, She did it again | Comments: 0
- Iron Chef Kelly Liken | Comments: 1
- Valle Nevado, South America's premier ski resort, offering early-bird promotion: Buy 5 nights and receive 2 nights free!! | Comments: 1
- Wyclef Jean to Headline Spring Back to Vail 2010 | Comments: 0
- Vail's Vonn wins 3rd straight World Cup | Comments: 0
