by Kristina | Jan 14, 2015 | Publications
Meany Lodge is one of The Mountaineers three family-friendly mountain lodges located in the heart of Snoqualmie Valley. Boasting the world’s fastest rope tow (ascending 450 vertical feet at a blistering 17mph) and home to a colorful cast of characters, Meany is...
by Kristina | Dec 23, 2014 | Advice, Life
In the fall of 2007 I made a decree to my family: “I will not be celebrating Christmas this year,” I said authoritatively. “I’m not going to get you anything, and my gift to you is that you don’t have to get me anything in return....
by Kristina | Dec 10, 2014 | Advice, Life
One of the benefits of getting older is the ability to look back on your life with a certain understanding and perspective about how the different choices you made delivered you right to where you sit at this exact moment. As you’re reading this – as...
by Kristina | Dec 5, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year
I’ve been lucky enough to have some of you readers for a long time, and you’ve seen my dedication to the blog ebb and flow. Sometimes I have tons of inspiration and no content, and other times I’m so overwhelmed by fun stuff to write about I just...
by Kristina | Nov 26, 2014 | Advice, Life
People say I’m intimidating. A good friend recently told me she doesn’t feel like she knows me very well despite having traveled together to another country and knowing each other for years. I’ve heard this for much of my life actually. “You’re intimidating.” In high...
by Kristina | Nov 13, 2014 | Advice, Life
Awesome poster from Ork PhotosAhh Seattle. The land of perpetual rain and grey skies where sunshine dare not enter. Home to tech giants Amazon and Microsoft and the awkward tech-nerds who come with them. A city of hipsters wearing socks with sandals and talking about...
by Kristina | Nov 3, 2014 | Advice, Favorite, Life
We all want to be happier. It just so happens that how to be happier is more simple than you think. We’re busy. Things move fast. A problem only compounded with increased age and added responsibilities. Our online lives are supposedly helping us in this...
by Kristina | Oct 29, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Last week I told you about the triumphant completion of 3 years/36 months of Turns All Year. I feel like I write enough about skiing that you’re all probably sick of it, but this is my blog and I want to celebrate ALL of the months I haven’t specifically...
by Kristina | Oct 26, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mt. Rainier, Turns All Year, Tutu
I love that the Pacific Northwest is home to something like Turns All Year. Broadly, TAY is a group of people who count the number of consecutive months in which they ski with the goal of doing it for a solid year. Each consecutive year becomes both easier and harder...
by Kristina | Sep 26, 2014 | Advice, Life, Travel
Remember when you were a kid? You’d wait all year long counting down to the last day of school. Then, with great anticipation the last bell of the year would finally ring. You’d run out, blasting through the double doors, and immediately begin unabashedly...
