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I have a vague memory of eating said salad back in the summer of 2001 while backpacking to my first alpine lake. Back then I was incredibly impressed. I can say that was not the case today :-P. The amount of packaging versus Packit ...

Learn a little history while eating lunch at 1 pm to 4 pm Jan. 25 at Alpine Banquet Hall, 8230 S. Cass Ave., Darien. The Darien Historical Society will host dinner and entertainment starting with cocktails at 1 pm ...

World Cup overall alpine skiing champion Bode Miller (Franconica, NH) and World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) are having a big day. Following lunch Friday afternoon with Russian Prime Minister Valdimir Putin, ...

... then this one is for you ... well at least for those who believe in lunch on the piste. This is, in part, a completely shameless plug for the French Alpine village where I live and work (when I'm not living and working in London). ...

del.icio.us. For many skiers in America, a good day is all about quantity — we rush the lift lines to get in as many runs as possible, repeatedly hit the peaks to tally the most vertical feet, and skip the lunch break to maximize the number of ...

World Cup alpine ski racers went to spectator-friendly night slalom skiing last week in their first races of the New Year, held dat Zagreb, Croatia and in Moscow, Russia. Sunday's World Cup women's night slalom at Zagreb awarded the annual Snow Queen ...

Warmed by a fire and slippers, Clara Iaccarino dines in luxury on the Colorado slopes. Mid-station dining on the ski slopes is not glamorous. In most cases, you grab a tray, slide it along a metal rail pointing at pots of chilli con carne or French ...

I have a theory about property purchases. Somewhere between the ages of three and six we subconsciously make up our minds about the types of houses we’ll eventually end up buying, commissioning, renovating and moving into. And this is especially ...

MOSCOW — We didn't have a World Cup race last weekend, but 16 of us competed in a slalom exhibition on a manmade slope in the Russian capital. It was an amazing experience. The race was created to stir up interest for alpine skiing in Russia ...

Everyone loves a bargain, particularly when the economy seems to have gone south ahead of us. Here is a roundup of some recent deals: - Scenic Tours has two money-saving offers -- it is pricing all its trips with the U.S. and Canadian dollars at par ...

One minute it was American comedian Jerry Seinfeld having a relaxed lunch with his family in the restaurant at the top of the gondola. Next it was a ski bum sitting outside the bank on an icy Main Street, waxing on about how you can still live and ...

Holiday ski traffic has given resort operators a reason to smile. At Copper Mountain, resort officials are encouraged by this past week’s skier and lodging numbers, said spokeswoman Lauren Pelletreau. Bookings for the coming weeks aren’t as ...

The New Year brings with it the offer of renewal. New hope, new aspiration, new resolution. The problem is, it seems to come around with increasing regularity and renewed tedium, especially with those tired old resolutions. So it occurred to me that ...

Who needs a rucksack to go hiking when you can take a wheelie case? As well as strappy sandals, a summer dress, a Time Out city guide, a big fat novel, various hair products and unguents, and there, buried at the bottom of my case like an ...