Aspen Peak - Niche Media - Aspen living at its peak
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photography by Nick tiNiNeNko/getty images (sadowsky); c2 photography (guralNick, fletcher); Nick tiNiNeNko (polo) With daughter, Mia Sadowsky, at Aspen Peak's 10th Anniversary celebration at Bootsy Bellows; with Jody Guralnick, Ted Conover, and Michael Lipkin at the Aspen Design Room, where Conover spoke to support English in Action; Alan Fletcher and Carrie Wells at the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) National Council meeting sponsored by Aspen Peak and Maison Ullens. With Melissa Ganzi (far left), players, and guests at the Rocky Mountain Open polo event at the new Aspen Valley Polo Club. It was the busIest summer, ever. And this is not "Valley"-girl-speak—it really was. Construction, major sporting events, gallery openings, festivals nearly every weekend, multitudes of new shops coming on line—all while tourists blocked traffic on any street with a clear view of Aspen Mountain, snapping photos of their grinning, waving entourage. Only in the wee hours did traffic ease. But then, who can blame them? Amidst the hubbub, Aspen's most controversial downtown edifice, the Aspen Art Museum, finally opened to international acclaim, hot-glued tortoises notwithstand- ing. And in the middle of the Valley in Carbondale, the Powers Art Center also debuted. Both are stunning buildings by celebrated architects, holding vastly important collections. Aspen Peak was a part of both milestones and will always support the leading edge of art in Aspen's culture- savvy community. Aspen Peak also supported the Rocky Mountain Open polo event at the new Aspen Valley Polo Club. Attracting the finest players on earth to an exquisite new equestrian facility, this and the World Snow Polo event on December 19 and 20 will secure the Roaring Fork Valley as an international destination for the sport of kings—and, in the summer at least, for very large women's hats. When I asked players and producers how a teams' several dozen ponies get from, say, England to Aspen, the surprising answer was: FedEx. Truly. Even the climate cooperated in bestowing superlatives as the season rolled toward winter. The fall foliage was the longest-last- ing and most blazingly spectacular that anyone can recall. With the women's World Cup of Skiing and the X Games returning, we're holding the weatherman to his word about predictions of a bumper snow crop. As Aspen Peak begins a second decade of publication, we feel assured our community will look to its pages for connections to the best of philanthropy, food, design, art, architecture, fashion, and the fun that makes our remote and quirky village so unique. Cheers, Follow me on Twitter at @AlexpubAP and on Facebook at facebook.com/aspenpeak.magazine. alexandr a halper in letter from the Publisher 36 aspenpeak-magazine.com