46 Degrees, Time to Ski

Remember how I posted how much skiing I was going to do this season? Well, that really didn't happen. Now, I could make all kinds of excuses to why that didn't happen, but lets face it, if I'm too lazy to ski, do you really think I'm going to spend time typing? The reality of the situation is I'm getting older and even though I'm awesome on skis, I chickened out with my vacation getting closer. Granted, I could have fun sitting on a beach in a cast, but I'd rather be diving and I doubt they make dive rated casts. Though I'm disappointed I didn't get more skiing in, what really pains me is the stack of unused free passes I have.

It was setup for a gorgeous week of weather and I knew it was now or never to use some of those free passes. I grabbed my ski buddy and off we went after work. The skiing wasn't the greatest, but the price was right! The lines were pretty good too, as in none, just how we like it! There were only a handful of people on the slopes and even though it felt like skiing on a giant Slushy, it was better then I expected. Since this was only my third time out this season, I decided not to break out the shorts....but I was tempted.

Very glad we got this last chance in. Turns out they closed on the 10th, may I interest you in buying a few free passes?

Photowalk Revisited

Almost two years ago, I experienced my first Photowalk. Though I've only gone once since, it has again caused a new experience, in an indirect way this time. The artist directly responsible for getting our Photowalk group together in the first place was back in town again, this time, displaying her work in an event called Art Hop.

Now, I had heard of Art Hop before...okay maybe I had barely heard of it before. My only knowledge of it had been passing a little grandma type woman in a parking garage and sharing a moment of our current travels. I had just cultured myself with what I'm sure was a violent movie at the theater and she on her way back from the Art Hop. She did say it was rather fun and I should give it a try, but I'm sure I wrote it off as the wine talking and not her based on her rosy checks. Having somebody I "knew" displaying their work was a much greater incentive to give it a try, so tonight was the sampling.

I'm learning that listening to little grandma types is probably decent advice (but you didn't hear that from me). It was a rather different experience and I can't say I had any real expectations, but it made for a fun evening. There was a good turnout with the number of people and one of the more enjoyable things which I find odd (seeing that I was there to look at art) was witnessing the people interactions. It seemed like every few minutes somebody was bumping into an old friend. It's strange how some small details stick, but I found myself wondering it was simply luck, happened to be lots of liked minded people together in a small area, if it just so happens that Kalamazoo is a perfect sized town, and if this phenomena would translate to larger cities or would disappear completely. Overall, the art, I thought was mediocre. I liked a few things, but not even close enough where I'd debate about purchasing, but that's art.

The next Art Hop is April 2nd, and I'll go again.